Based on the dance films I have seen in the past two years, I can say that the authors too often lack a sense of film as a medium: the dance is there, but the film is not. It is forgotten that time, space, characters and what surrounds and creates them function differently on film than on stage.
The second problematic area is the clumsy integration of choreography into the world of film, which causes the language of dance on film to seem unjustified and not communicative enough. In those instances, dance does not say much and the reason a body moves a specific way remains uncertain.
In the films that have been selected this year, the authors have created comprehensive worlds, despite the intricacy of the genre, and dance (in some cases movement as a whole) is a natural part of those worlds. These films are great examples of how space and a dancing body can form an eloquent whole, which in turn creates a spacious and voluminous world.
Arolin Raudva
choreographer-dancer
Festival programmer for Dance Films
Dance Films: Kinetic Novellas
Dance Films: Kinetic Novellas
Genre
Short film
Director
Tomáš Hubáček, Klaas Diersmann, Tereza Vejvodová, Vittorio Campanella, Riccardo Maione, Curry Sicong Tian
Run time
0h 45min
Genre
Short film
Director
Tomáš Hubáček, Klaas Diersmann, Tereza Vejvodová, Vittorio Campanella, Riccardo Maione, Curry Sicong Tian
Run time
0h 45min
Based on the dance films I have seen in the past two years, I can say that the authors too often lack a sense of film as a medium: the dance is there, but the film is not. It is forgotten that time, space, characters and what surrounds and creates them function differently on film than on stage.
The second problematic area is the clumsy integration of choreography into the world of film, which causes the language of dance on film to seem unjustified and not communicative enough. In those instances, dance does not say much and the reason a body moves a specific way remains uncertain.
In the films that have been selected this year, the authors have created comprehensive worlds, despite the intricacy of the genre, and dance (in some cases movement as a whole) is a natural part of those worlds. These films are great examples of how space and a dancing body can form an eloquent whole, which in turn creates a spacious and voluminous world.
Arolin Raudva
choreographer-dancer
Festival programmer for Dance Films
The second problematic area is the clumsy integration of choreography into the world of film, which causes the language of dance on film to seem unjustified and not communicative enough. In those instances, dance does not say much and the reason a body moves a specific way remains uncertain.
In the films that have been selected this year, the authors have created comprehensive worlds, despite the intricacy of the genre, and dance (in some cases movement as a whole) is a natural part of those worlds. These films are great examples of how space and a dancing body can form an eloquent whole, which in turn creates a spacious and voluminous world.
Arolin Raudva
choreographer-dancer
Festival programmer for Dance Films
Info
Rating
(none)
Production year
2020
Global distributor
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Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/22/2020