Sept 5, 6 / 11:00 — 16:00 / THE NATIONAL CENTER OF DANCE BUCHAREST

For the tenth anniversary edition of BIDFF, Fu Le, choreographer, film director and artistic director of the dance company Tetrapode from France is coming to Bucharest to coordinate a two-day screendance lab at the National Center of Dance. The workshop is dedicated to dancers, performers, choreographers, theatre and film directors, as well as cinematographers and visual artists who want to explore dance film. Students from dance, theatre, film and visual arts academies are encouraged to participate. Participants will explore different ways of manipulating objects and relating to the surrounding environment from the perspective of play partners.

Registration

• Participantion fee: 250 RON

• To participate in the screendance lab, please send an email to contact@bidff.ro, with the subject “Screendance Lab with Fu Le”, in which you should mention your full name, phone number and occupation.

• The fee will be paid after the festival team will confirm your place, by bank transfer.

• Registration deadline: September 3

About Fu Le (FR)

Fu Le is a filmmaker and choreographer, director of the Tetrapode dance company in France. Graduated in sculpture at the Art Crafts National School in Paris, he then trained in physical theater and in contemporary dance in Argentina, Belgium and Switzerland. He then pursued his research in Taiwan, questioning social issues linked with urbanization. 

Fu Le produced a dozen dance films awarded worldwide. He founded in 2020 the Tetralab - international screendance laboratory, and he is now associated artist in residency at La Maison de la Danse - Istres. Evolving on the edge between dance and video, he brings visual arts to the intimacy of bodily sensations. His cinematographic approach is based on the single-shot practice, and how to manage the choreography of the camera itself.