Synopsis
After Whim makes it through an unconventional audition for the dance piece Syncope, the choreographer remains unsatisfied with her full commitment. But what she and the other dancers experience in rehearsals is only a glimpse of the dark vision he will impose on them.
After Whim makes it through an unconventional audition for the dance piece Syncope, the choreographer remains unsatisfied with her full commitment. But what she and the other dancers experience in rehearsals is only a glimpse of the dark vision he will impose on them.
Full credits
- Section
- International Student Competition
- Director
- Linus von Stumberg
- Choreographer
- Sarafina Beck, Linus von Stumberg
- Production countries
- Switzerland
- Production year
- 2023
- Duration
- 21 minutes
- Producer
- Filippo Bonacci, Levin Vieth
- Distribution
- Linus von Stumberg
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