The Square Dance Film (2020)

DURATION: 30 MIN
FULL HD 1920X1080, 25P, 16:9

[OCTOBER 2020] PIXELSGARAGE AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE – SPECIAL MENTION
[SEPTEMBER 2020] INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF PERFORMANCE ART 2 – 43RD DRAMA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, DRAMA, GREECE – OFFICIAL SELECTION
[AUGUST 2020] BUEIFF CHANNEL, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – OFFICIAL SELECTION
[AUGUST 2020] FLICKFAIR FESTIVAL, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OFFICIAL SELECTION

*** SPECIAL MENTION ***
*** EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY ***
*** PIXELS GARAGE-AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE ***
“THE SQUARE”, FROM DIRECTOR SOFIA KONDYLIA, IS AN EXPERIMENTAL FILM THAT EXPLORES THE IMMEASURABLE GEOMETRY OF FEELINGS.”
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OCTOBER 2020

Trapped in the architecture of her own mind.

Attempting to grope the immeasurable geometry of feelings, she loops on the perimeter of an impeccable shape, the square. The square does not condone any mistakes and drives the individual to the quest of a never-ending pattern, of a structure within a structure, within a structure, on a seemingly infinite existence in between our familiar dimensions. Trapped in the architecture of her own mind, she is trying to balance between the geometry of sentiments and the vanity of human rationalization. Are fractals the answer to inner human geometry?

“The Squared” dance film is the final delivery product of the first case study of “Performing Geometries” practice-as-research project, on the square shape. The research pursues the embodiment of three regular polygons -the square, the triangle and the never-met circle- aiming, through dance repetition, at a mode of performing where the dancing body and mind experience absolute balance when dancing and creating space.