Marzanna is a screendance exploring concepts of death as a transformative experience inspired by Tarot theories and Romantic ideas of death as rebirth. Encountering one another until existential lines are blurred, the persistent Death shapes Life and ultimately takes control of its course. Credits Directors: Natalia & Owa Barua Cinematography, […]
WAVE is the result of an intensive summer project working with an integrated group of young people from Diverse Dance, an inclusive community dance organisation in London. Across four short workshops led by Owa & Natalia Barua and Andrea Swainson, participants were introduced to the foundations of dance filmmaking, exploring choreography for […]
Feathers of La Fronde focuses on women in ‘La Belle Époque’ inspired by artist Alfons Mucha and his representation of the female in what was a hugely influential time for women, socially and politically. Awakening his characters from their decorative arrangement, the dance film approaches the struggles for women of this era and […]
Open Borders is a collective dance film project initiated and produced by International Video Dance Festival of Burgundy as a response to the refugee crisis. International artists were asked to submit 40-50 second films responding to concepts around “borders, inclusion, asylum, solidarity”. This is Natalia & Owa Barua’s contribution. […]