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IMAGINE, if you will, a creative collision between the absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco, dance innovator Pina Bausch, auteur filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard and the video (directed by Toni Basil and David Byrne) for Talking Heads’ 1980 hit Once In A Lifetime. Such is the collaboration evoked (in the mind of this critic, at least) by Dive, the short film released by Scottish Ballet on April 29, International Dance Day. Created by Sophie Laplane and James Bonas, and directed by Oscar Sansom, the piece’s stated inspiration is the famous shade of blue originated by French artist Yves Klein. Human and humanoid figures, and, in one of many hilarious moments that illuminate this 13-minute film, a domesticated mammal, complement and clash in white and Klein’s startling blue.
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Last modified on Mon 21 Dec 2020 10.48 EST This year has been a test of creativity and nerve for the dance sector (and everybody else), with Christmas its crunch point. Most of the big ballet companies risked putting on a live Nutcracker show, only to have the plug pulled, devastatingly, just before or soon after opening night. Scottish Ballet decided to take a different route, creating an hour-long film that captures balletâs festive twinkle and fairytale charm in screen-savvy manner. Devised by dancers turned film-makers Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple (AKA Jess and Morgs), along with designer Lez Brotherston and Scottish Balletâs artistic director, Christopher Hampson, whatâs clever about it is they donât stray too far from what they know. Itâs set in a theatre, for a start. A boy (Leo Tetteh) kicking his football around the city streets wanders into an empty auditorium and encounters characters from Scottish Balletâs two Christmas shows â Hampsonâs Snow Queen and Peter Darrellâs Nutcracker â repurposed into a new, lightweight but still effective narrative. It has the feel of a ballet but the scenes are orchestrated for a roving camera rather than a fixed audience, and thereâs a touch of The Greatest Showman in its vintage circus look and editing effects.