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Nel Shelby Productions: A Video Review Of Dance In 2014

January 13, 2015 by Rachel Hellwig

By Nel Shelby

Happy New Year!!

2014 was an incredible year filled with so much dance. I pinch myself constantly, because I get to do what I love.

Thank you to all of our amazing clients that make our work so worthwhile. It is a blessing to be in the dance world and to film in theaters all over the country and specifically in New York City.

For the first time in 12 years, I created a video review of the past year. I couldn’t possibly include everything NSP worked on, but I wanted to give you a taste of the wonderful work that has graced our cameras in 2014.

 


Contributor Nel Shelby, Founder and Principal of Nel Shelby Productions, is deeply dedicated to the preservation and promotion of dance through documentation of live performances, fully edited marketing reels, live-stream capture, and documentaries and films that encapsulate the essence of nonprofit organizations.

Nel Shelby, Photo by Matthew Murphy

Photo by Matthew Murphy

Her New York City-based video production company has grown to encompass a diverse list of dance clients including American Ballet Theater II, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Gallim Dance, Gotham Arts, Kate Weare and Company, Keigwin + Company, Monica Bill Barnes Company, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Wendy Whelan and many more. She has filmed performances at venues throughout the greater New York area including The Joyce Theater, New York Live Arts, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, St. Mark’s Church and Judson Church, to name a few.

For nearly a decade, Nel has served as Festival Videographer for the internationally celebrated Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires. Each season at the Pillow, Nel’s responsibilities include documenting aspects of festival culture in addition to its 20 mainstage dance performances, filming and overseeing documentation of more than 100 free performances and events, managing two dance videography interns and an apprentice, and educating students about the technical and philosophical aspects of filming dance.

She also serves as Resident Videographer at the Vail International Dance Festival where she spent her first summer creating five short dance documentary films about the festival in addition to documenting its events and performances. Her longer-form, half-hour documentary on Vail’s festival, The Altitude of Dance, debuted on Rocky Mountain PBS in May 2013.

She has created four short films for Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature, and she collaborated with Adam Barruch Dance to create a short film titled “Folie a Deux,” which was selected and screened at the Dance on Camera Festival in New York City and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. She is making a dance documentary featuring Nejla Y. Yatkin, called Where Women Don’t Dance.

Nel has a long personal history with movement  – she has a B.A. in dance and is a certified Pilates instructor. She continues to train with world-renowned Master Teachers Romana Krysnowska and Sari Pace, original students of Joseph Pilates. In addition to her dance degree, Nel holds a B.S. in broadcast video. She often collaborates with her wonderful husband, dance photographer (and fellow 4dancers contributor) Christopher Duggan on creative projects with dancers in New York City and beyond. They live with their beautiful daughter Gracie and son Jack in Manhattan.

Filed Under: Dance Video Tagged With: dance video, dance videography, nel shelby, Nel Shelby Productions

15-Second Short: Netta Yerushalmy At Danspace Project In NYC

December 18, 2014 by Rachel Hellwig

by Nel Shelby

When my Nel Shelby Productions team really loves filming something, we want to show it off. We really enjoy working with Netta Yerushalmy and were delighted to capture her HELGA And The Three Sailors with two cameras at Danspace Project this Fall.

Look out for more short (like, 15-seconds short!) dance videos showcasing some of the performances we’ve filmed. (See them first on Facebook & Instagram.)

VIDEO TIP

15-second videos are perfect for Instagram and great for catching and keeping the short attention spans of your fans online. They’re fun to do in a series leading up to a show or to hold interest in between projects.

Remember, video makes a HUGE difference when it comes to a patron’s decision-making. (Google found that “Video has the most impact on consideration” when researching how people buy tickets.) Whether you’re trying to get people to donate, see a show, attend a workshop…visuals are important and video moves people to action!

 

Filed Under: Dance Video, Social Media, The Business Of Dance Tagged With: dance video, dance videography, Danspace Project, HELGA And The Three Sailors, nel shelby, Nel Shelby Productions, Netta Yerushalmy

Lindsay Nelko’s “Awakening” At Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater

September 25, 2014 by 4dancers

Lindsay Nelko’s “Awakening” (Promotional Video) from Nel Shelby on Vimeo.

by Nel Shelby

We were excited when Lindsay Nelko approached us for a promotional video showcasing her New York City production of “Awakening” at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater! Lindsay is a young Canadian choreographer whose career is really starting to take off; you may have seen her on TV as a choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance. It’s always been a dream of hers to make a full length work and show it in NYC, and now that dream has come true!

Because Lindsay was only in New York City for a limited time, she was able to work with her dancers for just a few short weeks before the performance. We filmed some of those precious hours in the studio, and a few interviews with the dancers, to create something that would promote her upcoming show. Our team had only a few days to create and edit this promotional video so Lindsay could get it out into the world before the show and boost ticket sales.

It was a really fun project and her dancers looked incredible! Jessica Ray did a great job editing!


Contributor Nel Shelby, Founder and Principal of Nel Shelby Productions, is deeply dedicated to the preservation and promotion of dance through documentation of live performances, fully edited marketing reels, live-stream capture, and documentaries and films that encapsulate the essence of nonprofit organizations.

Nel Shelby, Photo by Matthew Murphy

Photo by Matthew Murphy

Her New York City-based video production company has grown to encompass a diverse list of dance clients including American Ballet Theater II, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Gallim Dance, Gotham Arts, Kate Weare and Company, Keigwin + Company, Monica Bill Barnes Company, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Wendy Whelan and many more. She has filmed performances at venues throughout the greater New York area including The Joyce Theater, New York Live Arts, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, St. Mark’s Church and Judson Church, to name a few.

For nearly a decade, Nel has served as Festival Videographer for the internationally celebrated Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires. Each season at the Pillow, Nel’s responsibilities include documenting aspects of festival culture in addition to its 20 mainstage dance performances, filming and overseeing documentation of more than 100 free performances and events, managing two dance videography interns and an apprentice, and educating students about the technical and philosophical aspects of filming dance.

She also serves as Resident Videographer at the Vail International Dance Festival where she spent her first summer creating five short dance documentary films about the festival in addition to documenting its events and performances. Her longer-form, half-hour documentary on Vail’s festival, The Altitude of Dance, debuted on Rocky Mountain PBS in May 2013.

She has created four short films for Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature, and she collaborated with Adam Barruch Dance to create a short film titled “Folie a Deux,” which was selected and screened at the Dance on Camera Festival in New York City and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. She is making a dance documentary featuring Nejla Y. Yatkin, called Where Women Don’t Dance.

Nel has a long personal history with movement  – she has a B.A. in dance and is a certified Pilates instructor. She continues to train with world-renowned Master Teachers Romana Krysnowska and Sari Pace, original students of Joseph Pilates. In addition to her dance degree, Nel holds a B.S. in broadcast video. She often collaborates with her wonderful husband, dance photographer (and fellow 4dancers contributor) Christopher Duggan on creative projects with dancers in New York City and beyond. They live with their beautiful daughter Gracie and son Jack in Manhattan.

Filed Under: Dance Video, SYTYCD Tagged With: awakening" so you think you can dance, dance video, dance videography, lindsay nelko, nel shelby

Vail International Dance Festival 2014 – International Evenings of Dance

August 13, 2014 by Rachel Hellwig

by Nel Shelby

Our dance video team  is always​ thrilled to film the Vail ​International ​Dance Festival. Artistic Director Damian Woetzel makes sure every night has a beautiful performance on their outdoor stage in the mountains. It’s our job at Nel Shelby Productions to create dance ​videos as quickly as possible, ​for ​those of ​you who can’t attend​ to get a real look at the talent onstage.

The performances at Vail International Dance Festival just get better and better each year!! The festival’s International Evenings are some of the most exciting to film, so I just have to share these dance videos with you.

 ​​

FIRST UP: STREET DANCE VIDEO FROM VAIL’S INTERNATIONAL EVENINGS

Lil Buck is always a crowd-pleaser, and Damian Woetzel and Lil Buck are a great team. This year, they crafted a really beautiful piece featuring Lil Buck, King Charles, Stringz, and Ron Prime Tyme Myles.

 

NEXT, TILER PECK MAKES HER DEBUT IN TWO BALLET ROLES

Audiences can’t get enough of Tiler Peck, and if you watch the dance video of her two debut roles during International Evenings, it’s easy to see why.

 

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM INTERNATIONAL EVENINGS

This summer, the festival’s International Evenings of Dance included dancing by Tiler Peck, Lauren Lovette, Robert Fairchild, Craig Hall, Chase Finlay, Zachary Catazaro, and Joseph Gordon (New York City Ballet); Isabella Bolyston and Herman Cornejo (American Ballet Theatre); Shantala Shivalingappa; Carla Kӧrbes (Pacific Northwest Ballet); Misa Kuranaga and Jeffrey Cirio (Boston Ballet); Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Lauren Cuthbertson, and Matthew Golding (The Royal Ballet); Gabriel Missé & Analía Centurión; Fang-Yi Sheu; Lil Buck; Alessandra Ferri; Ron Myles; Brian Brooks (Brian Brooks Moving Company); Haleem “Stringz” Rasul; King Charles; and BalletX. Not to mention live music by Michael Block, Sandeep Das, Cameron Grant, Kathryn Hatmaker, Grace Park, Cristina Pato, Frank Shaw, and James Hall.

Artistic Director Damian Woetzel really out d​id himself, creating exciting dance partnerships with incredible performers from all styles of dance and corners of the dance world. I love dance!!

Contributor Nel Shelby, Founder and Principal of Nel Shelby Productions, is deeply dedicated to the preservation and promotion of dance through documentation of live performances, fully edited marketing reels, live-stream capture, and documentaries and films that encapsulate the essence of nonprofit organizations.

Nel Shelby, Photo by Matthew Murphy
Photo by Matthew Murphy

Her New York City-based video production company has grown to encompass a diverse list of dance clients including American Ballet Theater II, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Gallim Dance, Gotham Arts, Kate Weare and Company, Keigwin + Company, Monica Bill Barnes Company, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Wendy Whelan and many more. She has filmed performances at venues throughout the greater New York area including The Joyce Theater, New York Live Arts, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, St. Mark’s Church and Judson Church, to name a few.

For nearly a decade, Nel has served as Festival Videographer for the internationally celebrated Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires. Each season at the Pillow, Nel’s responsibilities include documenting aspects of festival culture in addition to its 20 mainstage dance performances, filming and overseeing documentation of more than 100 free performances and events, managing two dance videography interns and an apprentice, and educating students about the technical and philosophical aspects of filming dance.

She also serves as Resident Videographer at the Vail International Dance Festival where she spent her first summer creating five short dance documentary films about the festival in addition to documenting its events and performances. Her longer-form, half-hour documentary on Vail’s festival, The Altitude of Dance, debuted on Rocky Mountain PBS in May 2013.

She has created four short films for Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature, and she collaborated with Adam Barruch Dance to create a short film titled “Folie a Deux,” which was selected and screened at the Dance on Camera Festival in New York City and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. She is making a dance documentary featuring Nejla Y. Yatkin, called Where Women Don’t Dance.

Nel has a long personal history with movement  – she has a B.A. in dance and is a certified Pilates instructor. She continues to train with world-renowned Master Teachers Romana Krysnowska and Sari Pace, original students of Joseph Pilates. In addition to her dance degree, Nel holds a B.S. in broadcast video. She often collaborates with her wonderful husband, dance photographer (and fellow 4dancers contributor) Christopher Duggan on creative projects with dancers in New York City and beyond. They live with their beautiful daughter Gracie and son Jack in Manhattan.

 

Filed Under: Dance Video Tagged With: Damian Woetzel, dance video, dance videography, International Evenings of Dance, Lil Buck, nel shelby, Tiler Peck, Vail International Dance Festival

Dance/NYC’s #newyorkersfordance Video Campaign

June 19, 2014 by 4dancers

by Nel Shelby

We have been working with Lane Harwell and Dance/NYC for over a year now, making short, fun videos for their #newyorkersfordance campaign. Dance/NYC has invited everyone from stars in the dance field to New York City officials to Isaac Mizrahi winners to come speak about their passion and love for dance in NYC.

We create short videos from their statements on camera and Dance/NYC has been releasing them throughout the year. They also launched a new, redesigned website, with the videos front and center, and it looks fantastic!

These videos are meant to draw attention to the importance of dance and dance artists’ voices in the city we call home. It’s so great to be part of this campaign!

You can watch all the videos Dance/NYC has released so far on their YouTube channel.

Contributor Nel Shelby, Founder and Principal of Nel Shelby Productions, is deeply dedicated to the preservation and promotion of dance through documentation of live performances, fully edited marketing reels, live-stream capture, and documentaries and films that encapsulate the essence of nonprofit organizations.

Nel Shelby, Photo by Matthew Murphy

Her New York City-based video production company has grown to encompass a diverse list of dance clients including American Ballet Theater II, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Gallim Dance, Gotham Arts, Kate Weare and Company, Keigwin + Company, Monica Bill Barnes Company, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Wendy Whelan and many more. She has filmed performances at venues throughout the greater New York area including The Joyce Theater, New York Live Arts, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, St. Mark’s Church and Judson Church, to name a few.

For nearly a decade, Nel has served as Festival Videographer for the internationally celebrated Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires. Each season at the Pillow, Nel’s responsibilities include documenting aspects of festival culture in addition to its 20 mainstage dance performances, filming and overseeing documentation of more than 100 free performances and events, managing two dance videography interns and an apprentice, and educating students about the technical and philosophical aspects of filming dance.

She also serves as Resident Videographer at the Vail International Dance Festival where she spent her first summer creating five short dance documentary films about the festival in addition to documenting its events and performances. Her longer-form, half-hour documentary on Vail’s festival, The Altitude of Dance, debuted on Rocky Mountain PBS in May 2013.

She has created four short films for Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature, and she collaborated with Adam Barruch Dance to create a short film titled “Folie a Deux,” which was selected and screened at the Dance on Camera Festival in New York City and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. She is making a dance documentary featuring Nejla Y. Yatkin, called Where Women Don’t Dance.

Nel has a long personal history with movement  – she has a B.A. in dance and is a certified Pilates instructor. She continues to train with world-renowned Master Teachers Romana Krysnowska and Sari Pace, original students of Joseph Pilates. In addition to her dance degree, Nel holds a B.S. in broadcast video. She often collaborates with her wonderful husband, dance photographer (and fellow 4dancers contributor) Christopher Duggan on creative projects with dancers in New York City and beyond. They live with their beautiful daughter Gracie and son Jack in Manhattan.

Filed Under: Dance Video Tagged With: #newyorkersfordance campaign, dance nyc, dance video, dance videography, nel shelby

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