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Jennifer
Drotz
Ruhn
Tofino
understanding of what we are all
after and the collaboration process
becomes more and more efficient,
which is great - evolving our artistry
individually yet together.
From the first time we watched
your film, we were deeply
fascinated by its poetics of close-
up and gestures, its articulation
of
sound,
image,
and
performance.
You e
a
contemporary
dancer
and
choreographer, how did you
prepare for this shoot?
What you see in the video is
fundamentally
a
directed
improvisation. I didn’ want to create
a set choreography as I figured the
setting of the film, having all of
these elements surrounding me,
would have a huge impact and I
didn’ want to limit my physical
interaction with the space through
too much set movement. So
beforehand I had a couple
improvisation sessions in the studio
just to play around with ideas and
ended up creating short movement
phrases that could trigger ideas
when on set.
I have always had a love for
detailed and intricate movement
and through a camera lens you can