One flat thing, reproduced

One flat thing is rightly considered as one of William Forsythe’s major works, in which the virtuosity of the performers rivals the ingenious complexity of the choreography.

film / Francfort / 2006 / 26′

The director of a dance film is inevitably confronted with the task of ‘translating’ from one medium to another. If it’s a case of filming a “cult” choreography that pre-dates the film, the additional challenge is the “duty of recall” since the film of the choreography will carry with it, into some future time, the memory of its theatrical representation. One flat thing is rightly considered as one of William Forsythe’s major works, in which the virtuosity of the performers rivals the ingenious complexity of the choreography (to the extent that this production has come to be known as “William Forsythe’s olympics”! The film itself adopts a subjective approach, not exhaustive, a perspective that gathers and predetermines the sequence of production choices – in our view the best guarantee to have a chance of success in the transmission of the choreographic challenges.

Credits

Choreographie William Forsythe
Creation and choreographic performance the dancers of the Forsythe Company Yoko Ando, Cyril Baldy, Francesca Caroti, Dana Caspersen, Amancio Gonzalez, Sang Jijia, David Kern, Marthe Krummenacher, Prue Lang, Ioannis Mantafounis, Jone San Martin, Fabrice Mazliah, Roberta Mosca, Georg Reischl, Christopher Roman, Elizabeth Waterhouse, Ander Zabala
Director Thierry De Mey
Music Thom Willems
Director of Photography Philippe Guilbert
Cameraman Aliocha Van der Avoort
Assistant cameraman Benoît Deleris
Assistant director Pipo Tafel
Film editor Boris Van der Avoort
Sound editor Isabelle Boyer
Scene shifters Romain Gouillart, Frédéric Barbier, Maurizio Pipitone
Head of costumes Dorothée Merg
Technical director Peter Kanneberger
Sound recordist Marc Apruzzese
MK2TV/Acting Producer Charles Gillibert
Production director Servane Veillon
Director of The Forsythe Foundation Rebecca Groves
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©2006 MK2TV / ARTE France / The Forsythe Company / Forsythe Foundation / ARCADI / Charleroi Danses