THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTIVITY OF VISUAL STORYTELLING Sam Asaert
Workshop Video and Dance
2 December | 7pm to 9.30am
Estúdios Pro.Dança
In this workshop, intended for anyone interested or engaged within the crossroads of dance and film, award-winning visual artist Sam Asaert will present a practical approach to translating dance, from an ephemeral medium, into dance cinema, which is a timeless medium.
Using a camera, which broadcasts a live image to a screen, Sam will work with two dancers in order to highlight the enormous variety of visual possibilities in the translation of dance into dance cinema.
The two dancers will perform one short piece of choreography – a phrase of perhaps only 15 seconds. This choreographic phrase then becomes the blueprint with which Sam will illustrate – through the live broadcasting camera – the visual and emotional possibilities that cinema offers to dance, which the theatre stage cannot. Sam will engage with the workshop participants to put on the live-screen a variety of cinematic approaches to the same choreographic phrase. A different emotional intent will form the base for a different approach.
Sam will guide willing participants into the process of approaching dance with cinematic tools and know-how.
The dancers perform, the camera registers, the participants watch and interact
Format:
In person
Language:
English
Estúdios Pro.Dança - Rua São Domingos à Lapa 8N Lisboa 1200-835
Sam Asaert (1987, Antwerp) is an internationally acclaimed visual artist, filmmaker, photographer, storyteller and content creator.
With a strong background in photo and film, dance, and journalism work, his artistic oeuvre explores the world around us using different media.
From projects with a documentary approach to projects with a more profound artistic and choreographic language; his work always has a strong focus on emotional and empathetic connection with the human body, humanity, its fate and its dignity.
