Experiencing Interruptions?

Window Diaries

Choreographed, performed, filmed and produced by Laura Engholm.

This screendance is choreographed as a trio between Me, Myself and I as a response to the current, pandemic situation where one only has herself to dance with. How do we support, play and interact when we cannot be together?

The piece is constructed from a series of movement diaries that tell stories about longingness, boredom, loneliness, restlessless and restriction during times of isolation. The diaries attempt to turn imprisonment into a playground where sarcasm, clowning and play time can feed a last ray of hope and cover feelings of emptiness. Joining the diaries together is a desperate attempt of finding some sort of connection.

  • Laura Engholm
    Filming, editing, producing, choreographing & performing
  • Laura Engholm
    Sound mixing
  • Donald Trump
    Speech
  • Boris Johnson
    Speech
  • Jair Bolsonaro
    Speech
  • Alexander Lukashenko
    Speech
  • Edit Piaf
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 21, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Denmark
  • Country of Filming:
    Denmark
  • Language:
    Belarusian, English, French, Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    digital, 35 mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography

Laura Rønning Engholm is a Danish dance artist and emerging choreographer currently based in London where she is studying in her final year of an undergraduate in contemporary dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Before moving to London, Laura studied with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company where she began her choreographic practice and premiered her debut piece "Inside Out" in Zhichri Theatre in Israel. During her dance studies at Trinity Laban, Laura continued her choreographic practice and has recently received the Trinity Laban Innovation Award for her project the Homeground Project which will unfold during autumn 2020.

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Director Statement

Reflecting weeks and weeks of isolation and the insanity that comes with it, Window Diaries became a piece where I found myself dwelling in-between personalities. A piece that helped me recognize how the bored, lost, floppy, pedestrian dancer interacts and connects with her slightly eccentric, theatrical and unpredictable self.