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" Dancing in the Silence "

A Girl. A Terrace. A Dance.
A moving prayer.
The film was created during the lockdown when the world was silent and the " Dance became slow "... I started dance improvisations on my Terrace without music or any eguipment and I realized that the dance was there - it was never gone. If we trust our " inner - net " we will discover a music still unheard. Our own.

  • Alkistis Voulgari
    Director
  • Room 37 Artworks
    Producer
  • Alkistis Voulgari
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    " Χορεύοντας με τη Σιωπή "
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 29, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Italy - Greece " RestArt Project " : Bibart Biennale Internazionale d' Arte di Bari and Eyes Walk Digital Festival
    Bari
    Italy
    September 15, 2020
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Alkistis Voulgari

Alkistis Voulgari was born in Athens. She is an actress and dancer specialized on Isadora Duncan's Dance Technique. The last two years she started her own filming experimentations and performance creations which contain Theatre, Poetry, Literature, Dance, Isadora's choreographies as well as personal choreographies.
Her latest live performance, "Travel through Time" , was presented at Compartments Dance Festival on September of 2019.
The experimental short film "Dancing in the Silence” from the "TERRACE PROJECT" 2020 was hosted at Bibart’s Biennale Internazionale D’ Arte di Bari and since then the films of the project are travelling in several international film festivals. At the moment she is collaborating with The Museum of Dead Words in Brooklyn / NY - the Online Series, interpreting the word EVIL through the performance "The Fight Within".
She works in the film industry since 2006 starting from BBC History Channel, playing Manto Mavrogenous and Venus of Urbino in "El Greco" film directed by Giannis Smaragdis.
In 2008 she was the leading character of the first greek webseries called "Dikiasou.com" and then became a member of "Cultoura", a group of new cinematographers who were experimenting on short films. She played also in TV series leading and supporting roles.
Τheatre holds a significant part in her life, starting playing on stage since 14 years old. She met many exceptional teachers and co - artists who helped her to deepen her way of expression and experiment on different schools of Art, theatrical genres and dramaturgy.
She is an official member of CID (International Council of Dance - Unesco) since 2018 and also a writer having published her own e – books on the web.

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Director Statement

The idea came during the quarantine and it started from a respond to a Call : All the artists should dance on their Terrace in a specific our during the International Day of Dance. I went on my Terrace and started dance improvisations. And the idea took a first form. Now the project is on going and I experiment with various forms of Art by combining them or explore them alone such as poetry and movement mix, photography and narration, dance improvisations, video art ,etc. It seems very interesting to me as I investigate new fields of artistic expression which I would like to share and communicate with a larger audience. I believe that there is a whole new territory of experimentation and evolution in front of us both exciting and challenging.
My personal approach is not to forget the warmness of human contact but to pass it through the digital form of art. I am focusing on the human presence more, on the live performance and not so much on the video art itself.
Eventually, the project is open and can embrace many forms of art, even interaction and collaboration with other artists.
The message is to focus in our Inner-net and to express it through the Internet.