Essential Dance Film - The Co(te)lette Film (Trailer)

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The Co(te)lette Film is a cinematic adaptation by Academy Award nominated director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas, Stormy Monday) of the award winning dance production, Co(te)lette, by Flemish/Dutch choreographer Ann Van den Broek. Both the original stage and film productions were performed by dancers of Van den Broek's company, WArd/waRD.




Three women are shown in a rather intimate atmosphere, in a chicken-and-egg situation between desire and satisfaction. There is no confrontation, nor rivalry. No story-telling, no solution and no ending. They grapple with the meaning and physical translation of beauty and perishability, rawness and fragility. The dancers are slaves of their own desires while trying to get in control of them. Strikingly technically competent, the dancers are not afraid to give into the brutality and emotional component of their performance. Said Figgis, "My belief is that the basic structure, the ideas inherent in the piece are very strong and will benefit hugely by transferring to a film genre. Co(te)lette is a remarkable piece of work and it is important that it is recorded."

• Category

  • Entertainment
  • Animation
  • Documentary

• Starring:

  • Frauke Marien
  • Cecilia Moisio
  • Judith Ruiz Onandi
  • WArd/waRD

• Directed by:

  • Mike Figgis

• Produced by:

  • Vito de Rosa
  • Bart Langendonck

• Written by:

  • Ann Van den Broek

[MenskFCDH]

I like different forms of dancing, but after seeing the whole thing i had a constant WTF. I had no idea what i just saw. Never seen anything like this.. Some parts were painfull for me to watch. Was unplesant.

[TenduTV]

One of the reasons that we like this film so much is that it does illicit strong reactions, and the filmmaking quality is at such a high level that it allows that reaction to "fully express". Audiences have loved this film and choreography (leaving the theater in tears because they found it so moving), and hated it (leaving the theater at the first opportunity).

[Janis Hiestand]

wtf, huge bullshit

[rrte2]

If you haven't seen anything like this, guess you should stop just watching dance and try to understand what the F in WTF means instead. Them everything will change for you, even your understanding of dance

[aqatato]

That looks amazing.