CHECK OUT Yes, the rumors are true! Kriota has started a blog, but it's not just any blog. This virtual space is devoted to analysis of films with medical or anatomical themes. Learn about tissue rejection, anatomy, infectious disease, and more, through the study of Hollywood-style science. www.thecinematologist.blogspot.com

THE BENTFOOTES WINS SECOND PLACE AT THE LANDLOCKED FILM FESTIVAL The Bentfootes traveled to Iowa City, Iowa for the 2008 Landlocked Film Festival in August. The Landlocked Film Festival, in its second year, presented documentaries and narrative films of lengths ranging from 2 minutes to 2 hours in a variety of genres, as well as a series of panel discussions and workshops. We're proud to announce that The Bentfootes was awarded Second Place in the Narrative Feature, long format competition at the festival. Now that we've conquered Iowa, the rest of the world can't be far behind!

ANATOMY WORKSHOPS Upcoming Manhattan workshops at Kinected/Kane School in 2009 - Core Anatomy and new Palpation workshops this spring!. A new workshop is also upcoming at RealPilates. Kriota visits Philadelphia and Dhyana Yoga in February with an introduction to anatomy for yogis. Click on the link below for more information. click here

DURA MATER AWARDED 2008 DANCE MOViES COMMISSION EMPAC, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, announced the four recipients of the 2008 EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission last week. Dura Mater's latest project, Sunscreen Seranade, was one of them!! Chosen from a short list of 28 projects by an international panel of dance-film practitioners, curators and producers, the projects range in format, style and emotional tone: from single-channel video installation to 16mm film, from the spectacular to the surreal. Sunscreen Serenade, directed and choreographed by Kriota Willberg, with sound by Carmen Borgia and illustration and design by R. Sikoryak (USA) is a global-warming themed, Depression-era musical, populated by hand puppets. We'll be shooting the new footage at the beginning of October and will keep you posted on its progress!

"Willberg makes, you know, dancing — musical, interesting, slyly funky, nicely structured." — Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice "Willberg's simple movement is endlessly inventive and her choreographic craft is mature, her dances continually engage the eye. Only at the end does their humor become apparent…after a few moments of staring openmouthed at the dancers, I burst into giggles I couldn't stop." — Terry Brennan, Chicago Reader "Kriota's knowledge of the body, as an anatomist, dancer and yoga practitioner make the perfect blend … She is inspiring, humorous and an excellent facilitator. I can't wait to return next year for more on-going study." — Cheryl Catranbone, owner of Golden OM Yoga "Dem' Bones … Dem' Bones," Main Street Gazette, July/August 2003