by Nel Shelby | May 31, 2019 | Dance Film, Performance Video, Promotional Video
Yay! Jacob’s Pillow’s 2019 Festival Season is happening next week! Every year, my team at Nel Shelby Productions gathers dance video footage from all of the artists preparing to perform at the upcoming summer festival at Jacob’s Pillow. We edit this...
by Nel Shelby | May 15, 2019 | Performance Video
Back in July of 2018, Trevor Carlson and Ken Tabachnick of The Merce Cunningham Trust asked if I could film and livestream Night of 100 Solos: Cunningham Centennial. When they told me it would be in three separate cities, I had to really think if this was right for...
by Nel Shelby | May 13, 2019 | Promotional Video
Live Arts has been a collaborator for a while now. I recently had a quick in-person meeting with Lili and Tyler (Graphics Designer and Communications Director) at Live Arts and was reminded how fun it is to work with them. We have created a system of working together....
by Nel Shelby | Apr 13, 2019 | Promotional Video
We made another promotional video for New York Live Arts! Each season, we work closely with New York Live Arts to create promotional videos for their marketing purposes, and one of our latest videos is for Netta Yerushalmy’s Paramodernities. We have filmed bits and...
by Nel Shelby | Apr 3, 2019 | Performance Video
I learned the Cunningham technique while in college. I loved it so much. It reminded me of my core constantly… So much strength involved in dancing Cunningham! Merce Cunningham is an icon, so to be challenged with live-streaming and filming his work is truly an...
by Nel Shelby | Mar 25, 2019 | Promotional Video
Ballet Hispanico has been our client for years, and it’s such a joy to work with them! Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro and his team are smart and organized when it comes to using video for their company. They know what they need, and they’ve also found...
by Nel Shelby | Mar 18, 2019 | Promotional Video
“We’ve filmed lots of Amy Jordan’s dance performances in the past so I’m familiar with her story, but it was a joy to revisit it in this kind of light. I knew she was a fierce woman who overcame these insane obstacles and got herself back on stage dancing, but...
by Nel Shelby | Feb 27, 2019 | Dance Documentary
Our next PS Dance film is almost ready!!! Behind-the-scenes of filming PS DANCE! – The Next Generation I am so thrilled to be working on the next PS DANCE! documentary film: PS DANCE! – The Next Generation. In January, I spent the entire month living and...
by Nel Shelby | Feb 15, 2019 | Dance Film
Last September, I spent a long weekend at Jacob’s Pillow filming a behind-the-scenes film of Adam Weinert’s reconstruction of Dance of the Ages, the iconic Ted Shawn piece. Dance of the Ages debuted in 1938 (80 years ago!) and Weinert did a magnificent job bringing...
by Nel Shelby | Feb 15, 2019 | Promotional Video
DON’T MISS THIS YEAR’S DANCE/NYC SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTES!As you probably know by now, Nel Shelby Productions is a proud partner of Dance/NYC. We’ve worked with Dance/NYC to film and share past symposium sessions and promote the conference through video. We also...
