Contact the Filmakers
Producer: Ellen Van't Hof
Associate Professor of Dance
Calvin College
Calvin College HPERDS Dept.
3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Cell: (616) 403-3582
Office: (616) 526-6031
evanthof@calvin.edu
Biography
A professor of dance for over 30 years at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ellen Van't Hof directs Calvin's dance program. In addition to studio dance classes such as Modern Dance, Folk and Ethnic Dance, Jazz, and Tap, Professor Van't Hof has designed and teaches courses such as Dance in World Cultures, Dance in Western History, Visual Design in Dance, Rhythm in Dance, and Dance Composition and Performance. She secured a sabbatical for the fall semester 2006 to move to Alaska to collect data and film footage. She is a visual artist and has a research record and national and international presentations that include studies of dance in culture, choreography, and integrated arts.
Director/Editor: Robert Prince
Assistant Professor of Journalism
University of Alaska Fairbanks
PO Box 756120
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Office: (907) 474-6249
rprince6@alaska.edu
Biography
An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Robert Prince has made it his mission to use filmmaking as a tool for sharing important stories and saving them for future generations. His latest documentary Making Choices: The Dutch Resistance during World War II won the Audience Award at the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival and was picked up for distribution by four different companies—most notably the National Educational Telecommunications Association, which distributes programming to Public Television stations around the United States. He is an assistant professor in the Journalism Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks teaching courses in documentary filmmaking and video production.