Ritual for Crises
This is dance performance/videoart from a period of huge social restrictions and personal isolation. I turned to nature, and in my solitude I brought a camera which stood on a tripod and which could capture what happened between my own body and nature, how the places I was in responded to the different emotions that I came with, and what was completely, unpredictably created by the encounter.
I wanted the pure, simple and undisguised in life reflected on the film. That which held and saw me, that which was not frightened and did not avoid or suspect me of anything. Each encounter was rich and healing and together they became a ritual that gave birth to music and poetry and that showed a way out of the crisis.
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Åsa RockbergDirectorFounder of Earthheart Dance, choreographer, director, dancer, actor, producer since 1997.
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Åsa RockbergWriter
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Åsa RockbergProducer
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Åsa RockbergKey Cast
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Raitis VulfsEditorFilm director, film artist, camera man and editor since 2004.
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Rafael PinedaComposerSinger, musician, songwriter and composer since 2005.
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Alexey SiverenkoComposer
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Laurel WakemanTranslator & wordprocessor
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Project Type:Experimental, Short, Other
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Runtime:37 minutes 48 seconds
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Completion Date:March 27, 2025
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Production Budget:10,000 SEK
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Country of Origin:Sweden
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Country of Filming:Sweden
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:1080p mp4
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Åsa Rockberg is the founder of Earthheart Dance, which works with human growth through movement and dance in contact with nature.
She creates performing art with themes from various mythologies and nature, which act as mirrors for people living in the modern world.
Her art is recognized from the authentic expression and presence.
Since 1997 she has been performing in various places throughout Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany, cooperating with different musicians from many countries. She has during this time also been teaching various groups of people to experience the magic of nature and express their deepest emotions. In 2011 she started to make dance art films.
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All beings are bound together. All living essence connects.