Derek Pedrós's Reel

Being an islander is more than a sense of belonging. It is a mark that lives and accompanies you all your life, wherever you go or live. It is feeling complete in a place where others feel isolated. Free, where others feel limited. It is sometimes feeling the enormous need to flee, and always the brutal need to return. This dancefilm is about what we share who have grown up with the rumor of the waves marking incessant pulse. About those of us who have grown up in a place where we have the...

“Frenesí” is a spanish word that means “a violent exaltation of a feeling or a passion”. This short dancefilm tells the construction of a style, from the urban to the contemporary art, from the isolation to the unity. The integration of a bipolar city in a way of life. It is about overcoming difficulties with the passion and hard work. This is a short film about the dance company Frantics from Berlin. ...

Video made with the spanish dancer Hector Plaza (Iron Skulls Co. and Physical Momentum). Shot in the Anaga Rural Park (Tenerife, Canary Islands) declared Biosphere Reserve in June 2015 . Camera: Canon 5D Mk II RAW mode with Magic Lantern Lenses: Tamron 11-24mm 3.5, Samyang 35mm 1.4, Canon 24-70mm 2.8 Music: Clark - the pinning pt 1 Sound Effects: http://fonotecadecanarias.org

For me Iron Skulls Co, it´s a group of people with different preferences and journeys that set a way together, beyond the dance. An union that feeds with their differences, and strengthens of their individual experiences . The video is a personal interpretation of a project than I've seen grow and evolve over the years. A transition between the dances, that has established itself as a fresh and inspiring proposal. Specials thanks to the Konvent PuntZero (Berga, Catalunya), the best creative...