braga international video dance festival

Since 2016, the Braga International Video Dance Festival (BIVDF) has been promoting the dissemination, learning and development of choreographic artistic works, with a focus on the body and technology. Using Video Dance as a central means of expression, BIVDF has established itself as a platform for innovative interdisciplinary works, deconstructing the boundaries of traditional performance. Over the course of eight editions, the festival has shared, promoted and awarded dozens of artistic works from over 40 countries. The 9th edition will once again take place at gnration and will have two categories – Video Dance and Short Video Dance – and three awards – Best Video Dance, Best Short Video Dance and Audience Choice. The winners will be chosen by the invited jury and the audience present at the event.

The Braga International Video Dance Festival is organized by Arte Total, a creation, production and mediation structure dedicated to contemporary artistic practices. Created in 1992, its activity focuses on experimental work, combining performance with the visual arts, dance with music or digital technologies with the creation of work processes and dance research.

open call

The open call for the 9th edition of the Braga International Video Dance Festival is open until February 20. The festival is looking for Video Dance projects that include the articulation of knowledge, blurring boundaries between arts, disciplines and technologies, with a focus on the body and technology, on everyday and contemporary practices, that stand out for their conceptual, artistic and technical proposal, as well as for their originality. Audiovisual pieces are accepted, with original or re-enacted choreography, filmed or recorded on video, with a maximum duration of 15 minutes.

artistic direction
carolina vieira

artistic team / production
crisitna mendanha
gabriela barros

promoted by
arte total