Rooted with Wings is a visual dance documentary that explores the work of internationally acclaimed choreographer and dancer Tero Saarinen, granting the viewer a unique impression of this extraordinary artist’s creative process. The film follows Saarinen over a five-year period through several premieres of new works in Finland, France, Korea, Kenya and the US, while bringing to light his approach to his life as a global nomad in dance. In a turbulent world fetishizing technology and change, Saarinen embraces a philosophy of awareness, presence in the moment and centered physicality. In Rooted with Wings, movement takes center stage; Saarinen’s own words, the physicality of his dances, as well as the urban and natural worlds blend into a seamless whole in which the momentum never stops.