dance – Video Vortex XII http://localhost/wordpress/vv12 art, archive, algorithms, activism Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:40:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 http://localhost/wordpress/vv12/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-logo-150x150.png dance – Video Vortex XII http://localhost/wordpress/vv12 32 32 Error 500 http://localhost/wordpress/vv12/error-500/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:40:49 +0000 https://vv12.org/?p=646 by Rita Al Cunha (Duration – 1:44)

‘ERROR 500’ paints the mistakes and the systematic attempts to fix them. The movement isseen as a way out of a fragmented reality. The film was born from an experimental collaborationbetween a film director, a contemporary dancer and a music composer, within a mechanicalreality. Last March, ’Error 500’ ; was curated by NOWNESS as one of their picks and in April waspart of the ScreenDance Festival’s official selection, in Sweden.

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When I dance http://localhost/wordpress/vv12/when-i-dance/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 16:35:38 +0000 https://vv12.org/?p=539 by Daniela Lucato (Duration – 67:00)


Four dancers from Israel, Spain and Italy decide to take part in a cultural project and investigate the stories of some refugees from Pakistan living in camps outside Berlin. A reflection aboutthe possibility of the body to tell stories, deleting social and ethnic distinctions, and connecting people from different groups. The project focuses on the work of the dancers who decided totake part in the performance “Connecting Fingers” that had its premiere in Berlin at the EnglishTheatre in June, 2015. The show shares stories from some refugees who live or have livedin camps outside Berlin. The refugees were interviewed about their personal lives, and theyshared private anecdotes and political situations they experienced.

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