There are lots of videos of dancers online and there are lots of videos of performance art pieces as well. Lots of them include nudity but very few of them make sense or are visually beautiful. Maybe it’s me but a lot of performance art makes me think “what is this shit?”
Francois Rousseau first came to my attention when he did the very famous Dieux Du Stade calendar several years ago. He’s done it a few more times since and each time has been stunning. He seems to be doing more and more video work and this is a dance piece that uses low lighting to emphasise the muscularity and beautiful movement of the dancer, intercut with some gorgeous footage of powerful looking horses. This is how to do a dance video.
ETUDE III: BATURO, THE DANCED FIGURE from François Rousseau on Vimeo.
3 Comments
Alex
Maybe it’s because I’m a fan of dance, but I find this more artistic & riveting than the nude painting guy.
Ojo
Beautiful? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I guess I was expecting something very different. The body is beautiful, yes. The horses are beautiful, yes. I don’t find much else that is beautiful; not the music, not the “dance” moves, not the editing. And I find the almost-but-not-quite frontal nudity frustratingly distracting.
To my taste it is more interesting and a bit disturbing. That said, I do thank you for sharing it!
Mark
Love the light, the movement, the interplay of the dancer and the hard shadow on the wall. Mixed feelings about the intercutting with the horse, but it makes sense at the end.