Bödälä - Dance The Rhythm
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bödälä - Dance The Rhythm |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Swiss German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 78 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gitta Gsell |
| script | Gitta Gsell |
| production | Franziska Reck |
| camera |
Hansueli Schenkel , Peter Guyer , Patrick Lindenmaier |
| cut | Bernhard Lehner |
Bödälä - Dance The Rhythm is a documentary by the Swiss director Gitta Gsell , filmed in various locations in Switzerland . The film was awarded the Prix du Public, the audience award of the Solothurn Film Festival.
Synopsis
Bödälä - Dance the Rhythm is a film about people who make their feet archaic and powerful as their artistic means of expression. Starting from Bödelen in central Switzerland, the film embarks on a journey to tap dance , flamenco and Irish dance . The rhythmic stamping of the shoes is reminiscent of ritual folk dances . Show and competition dances emerge from the “dance of the people”. The film encounters dancers who express joy, lust and sadness to the rhythm of their feet.
Reviews
“Above all, dance films should thrill you. Even documentaries about dancing should convey a lot of the fascination with movement. With that in mind, filmmaker Gitta Gsell did everything right. In Bödälä - Dance the Rhythm, she focuses on two ancient Swiss dance styles and also shows the links to related international forms. A cool business. "
“It is the great merit of Swiss director Gitta Gsell that she is breaking new ground with“ Bödälä - Dance the Rhythm ”. Never before has percussive dance been shown so fast-paced, lovingly, comprehensively and with infectious ease in a movie as in your latest documentary. "
"" Gäuerle "and" Bödälä "are Swiss stamped dances in which the feet are rhythmically stepped to music on the parquet. The Zurich filmmaker Gitta Gsell wants to know more about this Swiss tradition and in her film, which won the audience award at the Solothurn Film Festival, portrays people who maintain and continue the tradition. But other, international forms of tap dance are also presented here: From flamenco to classic tap dance to Irish dance, Bödälä offers a wide range of rhythmic dances. The result is a musical mosaic with numerous interested personalities who stamp the floor properly. "
“Director Gitta Gsell doesn't need many words to tell the story of stamping. The similarities and differences between the four dance forms are almost entirely explained by the imagery. The few interview excerpts, on the other hand, are reserved for portraits of the people who tell here what dancing means for them personally. Short statements with memorable sentences are complemented by the faces while dancing, which basically describe the rest of the motives and the attitude to life. After all, dancing is not about words, it is about movement. Even if the term 'Bödelen' describes so beautifully what can be seen there .. "
“You can make music with your feet. On the stage and at the festival. The film «Bödälä» carries you away. "