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Why do we dance?

Four dancers from different backgrounds meet in Berlin to ask themselves the question: Why do we actually dance? What are the deep motivations of our search for the common denominator of human movement?

The dances we perform have been uniting us for years, in a curious and loving way. Just as the rhythms have carved their path through different countries, mountains, valleys, and transcended borders, we too have learned to unite through them, despite our differences in dance, and discover our shared, human roots.

  • Sonja Ortiz
    Director
  • Sonja Ortiz
    Writer
  • Sonja Ortiz
    Producer
  • Luz Zenaida Hualpa García
    Key Cast
  • Masaru Nishimoto
    Key Cast
  • Diego A. Urbina M.
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ¿Porque bailamos?
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 29 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 30, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Girona en Moviment
    Girona
    Spain
    July 14, 2023
    European Premiere
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    October 4, 2023
    USA
    Official Selection
  • International Dance Video Festival MEDIATED BODY
    Rosario
    Argentina
    November 1, 2023
    Southamerican Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Muestra Movimiento Audiovisual
    Guadalajara
    Mexico
    October 25, 2023
  • Proxy Act Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    December 5, 2023
    German Premiere
  • IMARP - Mostra Internacional de dança - Imagens em Movimento - Videodança
    Sao Paulo
    Brazil
    December 10, 2023
    Brazilian Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Latin Quarter Films
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Sonja Ortiz

I’m a Berlin-based actress and director born in Germany, educated in performing arts and directing at theatre Academy La Casona in Barcelona, Spain and film studies at The Free University of Berlin. I wrote and directed several films and was selected for the masterclass “Filming in Peru with Werner Herzog”. My work has been recognized with grants from numerous international institutions, including Fonds Darstellende Künste, Kulturfonds Auswärtiges Amt, and UDK Interflugs (Germany) as well as Qorikancha Museum Cusco and Ministerio de Relaciones exteriores (Peru).

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