DANCESCAPES | 360° VR plesni film

Five choreographers, nineteen performers and five locations in four countries meet in Dancescapes, a 360° VR dance film directed by Enya Belak. The film takes us from the chimney of the former thermal power plant in Trbovlje and the mine in Velenje, through the Fountain of Youth in Belgrade and Žlinja in Svetvinčenat, to the abandoned pools of Bentbaš in Sarajevo. Each of these locations was the starting point for a separate choreographic work, and Dancescapes connects them into one journey through movement, music, architecture and different histories of space. “The film is an escape into dance, an ode to quiet spaces and a forgotten presence. In a 360-degree view, in one continuous sweep, we embrace the stories of the past while re-imagining the future through dance. Dancing brings these spaces back to life, like an echo that travels through landscapes. “ Enya Belak, director At the heart of the director's idea was the search for connections between different choreographic languages, soundscapes, light and dark, architecture and landscapes. Traveling between locations, Belak searched for what, despite their different stories, could bind them into one whole. Dancescapes is not seen as a classic movie. It was shot in 360° virtual reality technology, so after we put on the VR glasses, the frame is no longer predetermined. The viewer is inside the space and chooses where to focus their gaze, experiencing dance, performers and architecture from close proximity. Captured in 360°…