RawDance: Moving Talks (documentary)
Over 10 days, a team of multidisciplinary Romanian artists researched, created and performed in Wuppertal, Germany. RAWDANCE Project proposed a deeper cultural connection between the contemporary dance scenes from Bucharest and Wuppertal. The exchange included several street performances infused with Romanian mythology and tradition. They blended choreographed structures and real time composition with live music and also featured universal talks with members of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Company and Tanz Station - Barmer Bahnhof.
The documentary follows the struggles and victories of the RawDance collective in their rehearsals and performances. It also challenges the dancers' and musicians' definitions of art and its function in this world but also their views on pain, passion and purpose and discussions on how the perception of dance has evolved through time. Gradually, we meet the dancers from Wuppertal who share their experiences of having worked with visionary choreographer Pina Bausch, her present legacy and what the future might look like.
TEAM:
directed by
CORINA ANDRIAN (Red-Cor)
PERFORMERS
Maria-Luiza Dimulescu
Mariana Gavriciuc
Anastasia Grigore
George Pleșca
Beatrice Tudor
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Cătălin Rugină
MUSIC
MARA (vocalist)
Radu Vâlcu (guitar)
Răzvan Florescu (drums)
Mihai Balabaș (violin)
COSTUME
Valentin Teodorescu
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Viorel Grigore
EDIT
Corina Andrian
SPECIAL THANKS
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch dancers Eddie Martinez, Julie Anne Stanzak, Alexander Lopez-Guerra and Bettina Wagner-Bergelt (Artistic Director), Andreas Deutz (Stage Manager)
Financier: Ministry of Culture
Co-Financier: AFCN
Partners: Goethe Institut Bukarest, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, UNATC, TanzStation, LOCH, Apollo111
RawDance is a project organised by Delazero Association, co-financed by The Administration of the National Cultural Fund and financed by the Ministry of Culture, Romania.
The project doesn’t necessarily represent the position of AFCN. AFCN isn’t responsible for the content of the project or the ways in which the results of the project might be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the fund beneficiary.
