AN EXPLORATION OF

THE VISUAL AND PHYSICAL POETRY OF DANCE FILM

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

STRUCTURE

1. INSPIRATION from other disciplines of VISUAL ARTS
2. FILM EXAMPLES
3. PRACTICAL EXPLORATION: EXERCISES / TASKS

ASPECTS WE EXPLORE

• INSPIRATION & CONTEXT: getting inspired by the work of visual artists; from painting to photography & cinema
• BODY: the poetic power of the moving body being captured by the camera
• SPACE: consideration and importance of the chosen space, the relation and dialogue between the performative, dancing body and its surrounding
• TIME: kinetic composition and timing – from shoot to editing and post production
• CAMERA: introduce possibilities to capture the body and movement
• VISUAL COMPOSITION: choices and the work with the image – from framing the shot to choices in post-production
• ALCHEMY – dialogue of different media, elements and disciplines

ABOUT ANDREA HACKL

A PASSION FOR MOVEMENT

A HIGHLY DEVELOPED SENSORIAL AND KINETIC PERCEPTION,

A KEEN EYE FOR VISUAL COMPOSITION,

& A LOVE FOR THE POETIC

Andrea Hackl creates physical and visual poetry. Having a career as dancer and choreographer, her visual work is equally inspired by her kinetic and sensorial perception. She has been producing dance films since more then 10 years – beyond her passion for photography, her first impulse to explore the medium of film arrived when finding herself in an artistic residency in a rural area and deciding to – rather then putting anything into the place – use this medium to create a bridge and bring captured scenes back with her.

Since that first exploration her work has evolved in many ways but nature and a dialogue with landscapes, the earth and the elements have remained central elements in many works – body and landscape intrinsically connected in a poetic dialogue, like expressions of or complementing one another. no space ever just being a chosen ‘setting’. She wants to share an experience with the audience, let the medium of film become sensorial and experiential.

Her films have been presented at festivals world wide, amongst which CINEDANS Amsterdam, POOL Movement Art Film Festival Berlin, In Shadow Lissabon, Cinedanza Modena, Dance Days Chania and many more. in 2021 she received the POOL ARTIST PRIZE for her work and contribution to dance film and, over the years, her films won various awards as BEST DANCE or EXPERIMENTAL FILM or for BEST CHOREOGRAPHY. One special aspect the Juries have been pointing out about her work being the powerful dialogue taking place between all elements; the movement, the camera.

>> CV incl FILMOGRAPHY <<

-> ACCESS A RECENT CONVERSATION & INTERVIEW about THE CREATIVE PROCESS, DANCE FILM MAKING AND ART, between Andrea Hackl & SIlja Tuovinen for POOL MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival Berlin’s online journal POOL DIVES DEEPER: >> HERE <<