Moving Cities is a series of short films,
created by director Jevan Chowdhury, artistic director of Wind & Foster
creative studio in London.
The project begun in January 2014 and so far
has travelled to five cities: London, Paris, Jerevan, Brussels and Prague.
Right now they are shooting the sixth movie in Athens! In each city, he casts
local dancers from various genres –ballet, contemporary, hip hop, traditional
local dance etc.- and has them improvise right into the hustle and traffic of
the city. Shooting the film usually takes three to four days.
Using dance and the moving body as medium, Chowdhury
attempts to trace each city and conceive its essence and sensation. He doesn’t confine to simply recording the
dance or mapping the city, but he aims to reconstruct an image of the city
through the movement of its inhabitants. He uses dance as a global language,
which transcends the limitations of race, age and place. It is not about
choreographing a dance film, but about allowing each dance be a gateway of
emotions that exist in a specific place, on a specific time.
All movies share the same black and white
aesthetics but each one is different. Black and white image helps to visually
simplify the urban environment, so that the viewer can focus on the dancers. The result is an experimental dialogue between
dancers and their cities –an observation of the cities with a magical realist touch.
You can see more color frames and some of the
deleted scenes on the Moving Cities facebook page.
Also, notice how fun are the passer-bys’ looks and reactions! How do you react when you encounter dancing in public?
all images in this post are from the Moving Cities facebook page
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