Reflection, projection

NO venue or series offers a more exciting array of major international choreographers this summer than the Dance Camera West Film Festival, running throughout June in eight Southland locations. Works by or documentaries about such contemporary titans as Pina Bausch, William Forsythe, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Angelin Preljocaj set the seal on a schedule filled with new adventures, even as the festival enters its sixth year.

The opening slate of short films, titled “Screendance: A New Visual Language,” at REDCAT includes Preljocaj (June 1), while Bausch is featured on a free program at the Hammer Museum(June 16). Keersmaeker’s work and the latest from Forsythe are on view at REDCAT (June 23), and Thierry DeMey leads a festival-within-the-festival in UCLA’s Glorya Kaufman Hall (June 23-26). Provocative collaborations between emerging filmmakers and dance-makers supplement the starrier screenings, and there’s even an evening of local work set for June 9 at the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center.

And for those who absolutely insist on red carpet-style, celebrity-driven hoopla to glamorize anything filmic, there’s always the very first Choreography in Media Honors, June 7 at the Directors Guild of America.

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Dance Camera West Film Festival opens June 1 at REDCAT and runs at various venues through June 30. (213) 480-8633, dancecamerawest.org