by Nel Shelby | Jul 9, 2019 | Promotional Video
Yay! We’re back at Vail Dance Festival! Every summer, I spend two weeks in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains filming and editing videos for Vail Dance Festival. I love it here!!! It’s my happy place. I grew up in Colorado, so I’m a Colorado girl at heart!! We made this...
by Nel Shelby | Jul 7, 2019 | Promotional Video
I JUST gave Virginia Johnson and Anna Glass big hugs – Dance Theatre of Harlem arrived at Jacob’s Pillow!!! Having Dance Theatre of Harlem at Jacob’s Pillow just feels right. They are celebrating 50 years. What an amazing accomplishment! We created this...
by Nel Shelby | Jun 27, 2019 | Promotional Video
I love that June is Pride Month. It’s so important to me to be who we are. Today at Live Arts, they’re hosting THE HOUSE PARTY, which is a 6-hour celebration that honors the historical importance and unwavering power of collectives in LGBTQAI culture and pays...
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...
