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FIRST, DO NO HARM: PRACTICAL APPROACHES AND PHILOSOPHIES FOR FILMING DANCE

Thomas Freundlich (FI)
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Workshop
21st of November | 10am to 12pm

In this 2-hour masterclass, multi-award-winning dance filmmaker Thomas Freundlich explores the different aesthetic approaches and practical techniques for translating dance to the screen, starting with basic questions of viewpoint, visual vocabulary and cinematographic choice. The masterclass brings to light the ways in which our every decision in capturing dance is a continuation of the century-old debate on how to render a three-dimensional art form on a two-dimensional screen, whether it be cinema, TV or social media.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Filmmakers, choreographers and performers working in screen dance, but it is open to anyone with an interest in the topic

FORMAT

In person


LANGUAGE

English

An acclaimed dance filmmaker and one of Finland’s most awarded short film directors. A former choreographer and dancer, he creates dance shorts, documentaries, multi-camera productions, and projection designs. His work has been shown at over 350 festivals and broadcast on Arte, Yle, SVT, and more. His short Cold Storage (2016) won 44 awards and was Finland’s most screened short film (2017–2019).

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