Panel discussion: Movement as storyteller – dance and choreography in film

Language: Norwegian
Duraction: Approximately 45 minutes

Pix on Art at Dansens Hus shows films that intersect with dance in various ways. How does dance function as a storytelling tool in film? And how can cinematic techniques influence choreography and performing arts? 

In this panel discussion, film directors Itonje Søimer Guttormsen and Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken meet to explore the borderland between film and dance – and how the two forms of expression influence and enrich each other.

Based on their own practice, the panel share their experiences of using choreography as an integral part of filmmaking: how movement, rhythm and the body can convey stories, and how dance can create emotional and narrative layers that go beyond the verbal. The conversation will also touch on how the language of film – such as editing, camera movements and sound – can be translated into performing arts and choreographic thinking.

Welcome to a conversation about the physicality of film – and the filmic nature of physicality.

Bios:

ITONJE SØIMER GUTTORMSEN (b. 1979) is an Oslo-based filmmaker who studied at the European Film College in Denmark, the Norwegian Film School and Akademin Valand in Sweden. Her short film RETRETT about the troublesome movement artist Gry-Jeanette Dahl aka Gritt made a name for itself at festivals in Norway and abroad in 2016, and in 2021 she released the feature film GRITT which had its international premiere in the main competition in Rotterdam. Itonje leads the sporadic performance group ‘Lilithistene’, which was last seen at Akershus Kunstsenter in the spring of 2020, and is the founder of the art film festival ByFlimmer and KORET. She is soon ready with her second feature film BUTTERFLY, produced by Mer Film, and has developed a "Lilithistic production method" to promote artistic freedom and courage.
 

HENRIK MARTIN DAHLSBAKKEN (b. 1989) is a self-taught film director who has won numerous awards for his short and feature films. His debut film Å vende tilbake (2015) was shortlisted as Norway's candidate for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars and won the main prize at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck. Both Rett vest (2017) and De fredløse (2021) were selected for the BFI London Film Festival. His biographical artist portrait Munch (2023) opened the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2023 as the first Norwegian film ever, and was highly acclaimed by critics in both Norway and abroad. In 2024, he returned to Rotterdam with the war film Konvoi (2023), which sold over 270,000 tickets in Norwegian cinemas, was nominated for seven Amanda Awards and has become an international box office success.