ยป Badass Ballet
Via R., some fucking badass ballet:
I love the photography, esp. during the opening credits. Framing the dancer using the receding curve of the pipe, the play of light and shadow and the color-matched costume-flesh: Magnifique.
Cool choreography too, like emotionally distrubed automata; a manic music box. And I dig the kabuki body-horror hair.
I also love the sound design — not only the score, but the slightly-mic’d dance. It’s like for some parts there’s an ambient mic far away to catch slight room tone, just enough to throw relief on the lack of sound (much like the lighting seems to exist only for aesthetic contrast).
Oh, and: It’s Canadian.
Wonderful set and cinematography, but classical ballet is just so repetitive: yes, it’s cool that she can stand on a wooden block in the toe of her shoe, but once you’ve seen one spin you’ve seen them all. Imagine how much cooler this would be with some modern dance? At the very least I want a wall flip.
Jared
6 Nov 09 at 10:17 am
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