The Art of Movement
a film by Boglarka Börcsök
in collaboration with Andreas Bolm
a TANZFONDS ERBE project
DE 2020, 58 min., Hungarian with English subtitles.
A sensual and insightful film about three elderly dancers from Budapest. Irén, Éva and Ágnes - all between 90 and 100 years old - were once part of the early modern dance movement in Hungary.
Taking the role of a dance student and dialogue partner Boglárka retraces how each of the elderly dancers transformed their lives and movement practices in order to survive the major socio-political changes of the last century.
The film takes us into a personal and bodily encounter with three very different personalities and their relation to their past and present. Returning to the stage and performing in their private rooms, Irén, Éva and Ágnes reveal us an incredible richness of experience stored in their bodies.
A choreography of memories.
Cast Éva E. Kovács, Irén Preisich, Ágnes Roboz Written & Directed Boglárka Börcsök Artistic collaboration Andreas Bolm Editing Andreas Bolm & Boglárka Börcsök Cinematography Lisa Rave Production Whole Wall Films, Boglárka Börcsök Production management Elisa Calosi Color & Light Andreas Bolm Sound mixing Jochen Jezzusek English Translation David Robert Evans
Funded by Tanzfonds Erbe - an initiative by German Federal Cultural Foundation, La Musée de la Danse/ Centre choréographique de Rennes et de Bretagne, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlin
Supported by Akademie Schloss Solitude & József Attila Circle within the Eastern European exchange program, Hungarian National Film Fund - Film Archive, OSzMI - Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute, Pact Zollverein Residency Program, AQB - Art Quarter Budapest, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Orkesztika Foundation, weltfilm
filmstills: Lisa Rave
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