Shortlist The Rhythm of Denim COMMERCIAL WORK: CRAFT: DIRECTION

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PRODUCTION COMPANYHALAL

DIRECTOR(S)PAUL GEUSEBROEK

PRODUCER(S)JOB SANDERS, JULIA LLAMAS (HALAL), VANESSA JANSEN, FIONA VAN WIJK (THE FAMILY), ALBERT ZURASHVILI, OLYA NEPOMENKO, MARINA KARMOLIT (SHELTER)

AGENCYTHE FAMILY AMSTERDAM

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INSTAGRAM TAG @PAULYGEUS @HALAL.AMSTERDAM @GSTAR @THEFAMILYAMSTERDAM #THERHYTHMOFDENIM

SHORT SYNOPSIS THIS FILM TAPS INTO SOMETHING SPECIAL. MASTERFULLY DIRECTED, WITH CHOREOGRAPHY BY JACK EVANS, KNOWN FOR WORKING WITH BILLIE EILISH AND STORMZY, THE FILM PRESENTS A UNIQUE TAKE ON TAP DANCE. ALREADY IMPRESSIVE AS A FORM OF DANCE RELYING HEAVILY ON SOUND, NOT VISION, TAP IS TAKEN TO AN EXTREME HERE – PERHAPS CLOSEST TO MORSE CODE. CUTTING BETWEEN TWO WORLD-CLASS TAP DANCERS IN PHYSICALLY DIFFERENT SPACES, THE FILM PLAYS OUT A DIALOGUE EXPRESSED WITHOUT ONE PERSON EVER SEEING THE OTHER. THE DANCE TAPS FORM AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION EXPRESSED FULLY THROUGH THE SOUND OF THEIR MOVEMENTS.