Dance on Budapest with BANDALOOP
Director, Editor, DP
GoPro
Project Brief
Filmed during the annual CAFe Budapest Festival, Hungary, this film is an intimate portrayal of Oakland-based dance group BANDALOOP's mind-bending performance in the beautiful city of Budapest.
The goal - to ignite a powerful creative collaboration, do it safely, and produce a film that could be shared with audiences all over the world and extend the reach of a special moment in time.
The results - The award-winning film went on to play at festivals worldwide and represented a brand-aligned vision of celebrating the human spirit.
“The BANDALOOP artistic legacy would not be the same without these experiences”
“This is an incredible partnership because we have an authentic shared interest in the celebration of the human spirit and stepping out of comfort zones.”
Awards
Award for “Artistic Achievement” by StandardVision 2019.
“SV Showcase presents the work of emerging and established artists in a site-specific, month-long, exhibition on the #SVLA1 screen in Downtown Los Angeles.
This month [March 2019], StandardVision has partnered with the Los Angeles Dance Film Festival in awarding DANCE ON BUDAPEST WITH BANDALOOP by Daniel Sherer the StandardVision Showcase Award for Artistic Achievement in 2019. [Source: standardvision.com]”
Press
DANCE ON BUDAPEST WITH BANDALOOP [GoPro News] 2018
BANDALOOP and GoPro are thrilled to present the worldwide release of their short film, DANCE ON BUDAPEST [verticaldancecompany.com] 2018
360 Video
We let the dancers play with the GoPro FUSION (VR) camera during rehearsals. I created this video using the new 360 ReFrame plugins that GoPro was developing at the time. This was the world’s first spherical video of wall dancers.
Credits
Director, Editor, DP
DANIEL SHERERProducers
PHILIPPE MATTEINI, THOMAS CAVANAGHDancers
MELECIO ESTRELLA, JESSICA MCKEE, BECCA DEAN, REL SEEBER, JESSICA SWANSON, COURTNEY MORENO, VIRGINIA BOYLESRigging & Safety
DERRICK LINDSAY, HANS FLORINEStage Manager
KRISSY KENNYAdditional Camera (Rope Access Crew)
BASIL TSIMOYIANIS. JAMES ADAMSONSpecial Thanks
AMELIA RUDOLPH, SOZO, MUPA, TRAFO, CAFE BUDAPEST, KALVIN TÉR, US ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL, AMERICAN DANCE ABROAD
DANCE ON BUDAPEST WITH BANDALOOP - IMDB
Learn more: bandaloop.org | @bandalooping
Special thanks to:
BANDALOOP dancers, riggers, leadership
MUPA
TRAFO
Cafe Budapest
Kalvin Tér
US Artists International
American Dance Abroad
Thomas Cavanagh