The tendency in the world is right-wing, neo-liberal, and people are more controlled. We have less liberty even if we think we have more. The last territory where we can be ourselves and where we can have full freedom is our own body. The documentary "BARE" focuses on male nudity in the modern dance. The story follows a well-known Belgian choreographer Thierry Smits through a process of building his new creation with a group of male dancers performing bare naked.
Direction
Vinogradov finds poetry in rehearsal room mundanity.
Cinematography
Bodies as landscape—shot with unflinching reverence.
Director
Aleksandr M. Vinogradov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thierry Smits' 2016 piece 'Anima Ardens' originally sparked this documentary—same dancers, same naked premise.
Belgium's dance scene has long embraced nudity as political statement; this film asks whether that radicalism still registers in 2020.
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