DIGI DADA

(The full title is) "DIGI DADA - Songs of the Earth" is the cinematic “pas de deux” of a contemporary dance performed by two dancers to the classical music masterpiece composed by Bartok. "DIGI DADA - Songs of the Earth" is a poetic interpretation of a Human Connection with the Earth. SHE and HE dance their hearts out to bring rain to the thirsty desert.
On the screen, we observe two diametrically opposed possibilities of synchronizing music with dance. In the very center of the screen, we see the dancers' performance synchronized with the music in real-time.
While looking at other parts of the screen towards its edges, we see multiple repetitions of the same pair of dancers, but their performance is to varying degrees accelerated and time shifted. Paradoxically, the distorted dance of these characters is also synchronized with the music, but in a different way.

In order to achieve this effect, a special computer program was created for measuring differences in the volume and intensity of the recorded music and converting them into the time shift seen in the film's images.

"DIGI DADA - Songs of the Earth" is a part of the Micro Concerts Series, created in cooperation with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra in Germany. Our experimental short is a part of a compilation of four-part surreal Videoart "Songs From The Earth" created for the music by Gustav Mahler, Leos Janacek, Bela Bartok, Arnold Schoenberg performed by Kent Nagano, and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra in Germany. Filmed in Arizona at Gila Monster Studios and on location.