SYNOPSIS
A dancer’s process for warming up is labor intensive. The body requires precise care, with limbs and torso, hands and feet all needing specific attention and specific stretches and movement so that it can ready itself for the task ahead. And after years of grueling workouts and adrenaline filled performances when a dancer’s body succeeds in becoming that finely tuned instrument for expression of emotion and drama, a vehicle for story or for creating an architecture of moving lines on the blank space of a dimly lit stage, it finally begins to talk back.
The film presents a ritual, as a daily action, in which the movement of the body depends on a rhythm that stimulates it, but at the same time, this music can never exist without the dance that generates it. Cracks dances with music produced by the dance itself and, with a certain sarcasm, the source of the relationship between dance and music.
What came first, the chicken or the egg?.
"When I first saw this short, I cringed at the sound, but in continued viewing it stands out as a very successful, smart, and beautifully shot vignette. At a mere three minutes long, it’s worth a try… Enjoy."
Sarah Elgart
(L.A. Cultural Daily)
CREDITS
Concept, performance, editing: Alex Pachón
Production: Patricia S. Mora
Cinematography: Felix Méndez & Núria Gámiz
Sound design: Alberto Rodríguez
Production: Patricia S. Mora
Cinematography: Felix Méndez & Núria Gámiz
Sound design: Alberto Rodríguez
AWARDS
First Runner Up. Jumping Frames Dance Video Competition. Hong Kong.
Best Film. OXIDO Screendance Festival. Madrid, Spain.
Best Film. ORK KOTA Dance Film Festival. Budapest, Hungary.
Best Choreography. InShadow Festival. Lisbon, Portugal.
SIES Special Award. BANG Videoart Festival. Barcelona, Spain.
Best Creative Film. 60SIFF. Islamabad, Pakistan.
Best National Film. FIVER International Dance Film Festival. La Rioja, Spain.
Premio Canal+ de Videocreación. La Fresh Gallery, Madrid. Spain.
Best Dance Video. Riurau Film Festival. Alicante, Spain.
Mención de Honor. 8º VIDEOMOVIMIENTO. Colombia.
Tercer Premio. IMARP. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
First Runner Up. Jumping Frames Dance Video Competition. Hong Kong.
Best Film. OXIDO Screendance Festival. Madrid, Spain.
Best Film. ORK KOTA Dance Film Festival. Budapest, Hungary.
Best Choreography. InShadow Festival. Lisbon, Portugal.
SIES Special Award. BANG Videoart Festival. Barcelona, Spain.
Best Creative Film. 60SIFF. Islamabad, Pakistan.
Best National Film. FIVER International Dance Film Festival. La Rioja, Spain.
Premio Canal+ de Videocreación. La Fresh Gallery, Madrid. Spain.
Best Dance Video. Riurau Film Festival. Alicante, Spain.
Mención de Honor. 8º VIDEOMOVIMIENTO. Colombia.
Tercer Premio. IMARP. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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