Dance Passion 2022: Short films displaying innovation in dance
11 February 2022
Dance Passion is a celebration of UK dance in all its forms. Throughout February and March 2022, BBC Arts is showcasing performance and innovation in the world of dance on iPlayer, social media, and on interactive platform BBC Taster.
These eight films, specially commissioned through a Dance Passion open call from BBC Arts and One Dance UK, from companies, independent artists and choreographers each explore innovative ways of capturing and experiencing dance.
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28:1 - Mesmeric, polymorphic dance and athleticism
Constant Vigier's film offers dazzling visuals, with dancers in 28 squares.
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A Decade Later: Reuniting celebrated street dance crew Prototype
Five world-renowned dancers meet for their 10-year reunion.
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Amser / Time: Welsh coastal landscape tells the climate story in dance
We start 20,000 years ago in Cardigan Bay and arrive at today's climate crisis.
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Flight: Enchanting choreography, childlike imagination and nostalgia
This multi-sensory dance film blends the performance space and the digital dimension
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Freedom: Opening up dance expression for disabled artists
A unique and distinctive form of choreography frees up creative possibilities.
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Heart Land: Impassioned exploration in dance of our world footprint
The climate crisis examined with a cast of intergenerational dancers.
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Neon Romance: Headlights capture Plymouth’s love of after-dark rhymes and flips
Caught in the headlights, six dancers share a night on top of colourful show cars.
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Surge - Make Me Feel: Future human evolution in dance
This exhilarating dance piece by Tom Dale Company explores the theme of “future human”.
