In this thesis we will be analysing a film by Iztok Kovač and Sašo Podgoršek titled Vertigo Bird. Through semiotics we are trying to understand structures of movement and their meaning which is to be sought in a interdisciplinary anner. The author first sets the setting of the film, which is the mining town of Trbovlje. Many of the dance scenes are filmed in mining infrastructures, e. g. workers' changing rooms, bathroom facilities or a pool. Furthermore, the author then tries to understand dance through anthropological concepts and definitions. These emphasize the meaning of cultural systems from which meanings of dance in certain cultures greatly differ. The author analyses this through semiotics and Barthes' theories of cultural codes and different approaches to analysis. Originally, Kovač created the Vertigo Bird as a theathre performance which is another aspect we are trying to understand in the analysis. The theories which are being used inn the analysis throughout this study are altterly applied to the film as a whole. An interdisciplinary approach is crucial when analyzing meaning and structures in films such as Vertigo Bird, as their content and all of its underlying messages could not be understood in depth with a unilateral view.
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