Project Detail

How To Dance

silhouette, person, dance, pose, black and white
red, target, thermal, body, relaxed
person, upside-down
green, thermal, target, face

Synopsis

Bodies cannot speak freely under capital and surveillance. So the question is, what can the body speak?

HOW TO DANCE searches for forms of expression that exist beyond the verbal, asking what kinds of truths, refusals, and desires can be conveyed through the physical.

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10:00
Format
16mm
Director
Aileen Ye
Editor
Aileen Ye
Director of Photography
Rui Jiang Ong
Principal cast
Jordan Achiano

Production Status

Production Company

aileenye@outlook.com

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