FOUR LOCATIONS:
SWANSEA. SPAIN. SWEDEN. ITALY.
Although billed as a documentary, it has no narrative other than dance .. and yet it works. It almost qualifies as a music video as it`s about the same length of an average song. Put together by CQD - a collective made up of people from all over the world, this is their first film shot over four locations - Malmo (Sweden), Swansea (Wales) Genova (Italy) and Barcelona (Spain). They are all about making the spaces where we live, work and relax everyday a place where expression can flourish. There`s something liberating about seeing people move gracefully in public spaces, whereas usually things like this are usually staged in a aesthetically sterile environment - principally to focus your attention. CQD make the location integral to the dance itself- it`s not merely a backdrop .. and it`s beautifully shot. It takes the "art" out of the discipline by expressing it in the real world, where all the emotion contained within the dance becomes strikingly clear.
An uplifting three minutes,and while this is not the message or theme behind this work .. it does remind you how the human experience transcends locations and languages -
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