Category: PEARLS 23

Waiting to leave and waiting to stay. The endless doubt might have finally caught up with us.
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• #Title: In broad daylight
• #Director: Matthias Vaucher, Francesc Nello Deakin
• #Choreography: Matthias Vaucher & Francesc Nello Deakin
• #Country of Production: Germany
• #Year of Production: 2023
• #Duration: 00:01:56
• #Dance and Acting: Matthias Vaucher, Francesc Nello Deakin
• #Camera: Alessio Damiani
• #Editing: Matthias Vaucher
• #Music: Guillaume Roussel - The Calm Before the Storm
• #Webpage: www.instagram.com/francescnello
• #Trailer:

There is no better way to celebrate being alive than through the lens of death. It gives real perspective on life, gives it meaning in a way. Return does not necessarily refer to a return from the dead, but “a way of bringing a person’s spirit back to life.”
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• #Title: RETURN
• #Director: Hofesh Shechter
• #Choreography: Hofesh Shechter
• #Production: Gauthier Dance Company
• #Co-production: Theaterhaus Stuttgart
• #Country of Production: Germany
• #Year of Production: 2023
• #Duration: 00:14:41
• #Dance and Acting: Bruna Andrade, Louiza Avraam, Anneleen Dedroog, Barbara Melo Freire, Luca Pannacci, Garazi Perez Oloriz, Jonathan Reimann, Mark Sampson, Gaetano Signorelli, Izabela Szylinska, Sidney Elizabeth Turtschi, Shawn Wu, Shori Yamamoto
• #Camera: Rainhardt Albrecht-Herz, Hofesh Shechter - Camera assistant: Julian Walz
• #Editing: Todd MacDonald with Hofesh Shechter
• #Music: Hofesh Shechter - Musicians: James Adams, Christopher Allan, Rebekah Allan, Sabio Janiak, Desmond
• #Webpage: www.hofesh.co.uk
• #Trailer: www.vimeo.com/808259444?share=copy

“Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty peaks to the smallest of the tiny flowers hidden in the meadow’s grass.”
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• #Title: A MOUNTAIN PORTRAIT
• #Director: Andrea Hackl, Elisa Pol
• #Choreography: Andrea Hackl
• #Production: Andrea Hackl Projects, Nerval Teatro, Armunia Teatro
• #Country of Production: Netherlands, Italy
• #Year of Production: 2022
• #Duration: 00:11:00
• #Dance and Acting: Andrea Hackl, Elisa Pol
• #Camera: Dariy Karyakin, Andrea Hackl
• #Editing: Andrea Hackl
• #Sound: Robbert van Hulzen - recording voice overs
• #Music: – Meydan – Away & Elk, Scott Buckley – Machina, voice overs: Andrea Hackl, Elisa Pol
• #Webpage:
• #Trailer:

“The mysterious creature, Salma, realizes that being herself has repercussions on her life and that she will never be accepted as she is. So she decides to ask the creatress of this world for mercy.”
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• #Title: Les fleurs du mâle
• #Director: Hadi Moussally
• #Choreography: Hadi Moussally
• #Country of Production: France, Spain
• #Year of Production: 2023
• #Duration: 00:03:49
• #Dance and Acting: Salma Zahore
• #Camera: Olivier Pagny
• #Editing: Olivier Pagny
• #Music: Louise from Scratch
• #Screenplay: Hadi Moussally
• #Webpage: www.h7o7.com
• #Trailer:

Shot in Mexico City, this vibrant and impressive city is a protagonist, symbolizing a life in endless high speed movement and the humans who are dedicating their lives to endless movement, self-exhaustion in a modern capitalistic based world.
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• #Title: CIRCLE
• #Director: Phillip Kaminiak
• #Choreography: Qiao Qiao Zhang
• #Production: JACON JONAS THE COMPANY / LANDIA MEXICO
• #Country of Production: Mexico, USA
• #Year of Production: 2022
• #Duration: 00:06:11
• #Dance and Acting: Brenda Loustaunau Aguilar, Juan Carlos Estrada De La Cruz, Fernando Guez, Elisa Romero Ramírez, Carla Segovia, Paulina Vargas, Frank Vázquez, Diego Vertiz
• #Camera: Phillip Kaminiak
• #Editing: Sander Houtkruijer
• #Sound: Aldonza Contreras Castro
• #Music: Raven Bush
• #Screenplay: Phillip Kaminiak
• #Webpage: www.phillipkaminiak.com
• #Trailer:

The Inevitable and You looks at how complex, interpersonal relationships evolve amidst the density of life, in an endless chaos. How do deep relationships emerge in the opacity and diversity of daily communication? What existential challenges, instincts, and fears influence our togetherness?
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• #Title: The Inevitable and You
• #Director: Adrien Casalis, Sita Ostheimer
  Sita Ostheimer Company
  
• #Choreography: Sita Ostheimer
• #Country of Production: Germany
• #Year of Production: 2022
• #Duration: 00:18:35
• #Dance and Acting: Attila Ronai, Elena Martello, Camilla Branchetti, Cameron Bennett, Clementine Herveux
• #Camera: Adrien Casalis
• #Editing: Adrien Casalis
• #Music: Adrien Casalis
• #Lighting Design: Barnaby Booth
• #Webpage: www.socompany.de
• #Trailer: www.vimeo.com/777674523

A music video to “Analogue Connections” by Ingrid Lukas blending the worlds of contemporary dance with the gravity defying art of Aikido.
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• #Title: Analogue Connections
• #Director: Shiran Eliaserov, Johan Planefeldt
• #Choreography: Shiran Eliaserov
• #Production: Holytropic www.holytropic.com
• #Country of Production: Germany
• #Year of Production: 2022
• #Duration: 00:04:26
• #Dance and Acting: Ingrid Lukas, Analise Van Even, Ardian Hartono / Aikido participants: Franziska Dieterich, Marcel Tornow, Annalise Van Even, Kazuma Glen Motomura, Shai Yagel, Birnur Yi, Anthea Sottile, Diarmaid De Búca
• #Camera: Johan Planefeldt
• #Editing: Johan Planefeldt
• #Music: Ingrid Lukas
• #Screenplay: Shiran Eliaserov, Johan Planefeldt
• #Webpage: ww.johanplanefeldt.com
• #Trailer:

“We walk. We run. We fall. We hug those who we love and then we run again. We walk together until the walls move.”
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• #Title: Until
• #Director: Tanin Torabi
• #Choreography: Tanin Torabi
• #Production: Delaram Mohammadi, Tanin Torabi
• #Country of Production: Iran
• #Year of Production: 2023
• #Duration: 00:13:00
• #Dance and Acting: Tanin Torabi, Hamed Rad, Hannaneh Heydari, Ava Jalali, Zahra Fazlollah, Farsa Pourhasan, Sina Sheybani, Erfan Jafarinejad
• #Camera: A single take effort by dancers just by switching the back and front camera
• #Editing: Milad Sanaei
• #Screenplay: Tanin Torabi
• #Webpage: www.tanintorabi.art
• #Trailer:

“Empu” is a dance film that explores the stories of Javanese women in Indonesia and invites us to appreciate and reintroduce the traditional wisdom that has been passed down through generations.
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• #Title: Empu
• #Director: Muhamad Alfi Majid (Moch Alvi)
• #Choreography: Mulyani
• #Production: Sekitar Kita Kreativa
• #Country of Production: Indonesia
• #Year of Production: 2023
• #Duration: 00:04:01
• #Dance and Acting: Mulyani, Anang, Purbojati
• #Camera: Akbar Riyadi
• #Editing: Khusainur Rifai
• #Sound: Ivan Pratama
• #Music: Gardika Gigih, Nita Aprilia
• #Animation: Irsyad Rifai
• #Screenplay: M faiq Arifin
• #Webpage: www.instagram.com/sekitarkita.ekosistem/
• #Trailer:

Bodies of Water is a film that follows the Yoruba saying, “Omi Leyan”, meaning, “humans are water” and explores the ancient mother Yemoja through imagery and dance.
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• #Title: Bodies of Water
• #Director: Lois Alexander, Future of Dance Company Nigeria
• #Choreography: Lois Alexander, Future of Dance Company Nigeria
• #Production: Temitayo Oke
• #Country of Production: Germany, Nigeria
• #Year of Production: 2022
• #Duration: 00:11:53
• #Dance and Acting: Lois Alexander, Ridwan Rasheed, Femi Adebajo, Halimat Alabi, Rebecca Johnson, Kolawole Barakat Enitan
• #Camera: Anuoluwapo Sangokunle
• #Editing: Gabriella Fiore
• #Music: Waris Rasheed
• #Webpage: www.loislalexander.com
• #Trailer: www.vimeo.com/795330856/da91f08c93?share=copy