Choreographer

Holly Blakey

Trinity Ellis directs a cinematic live promo for Shygirl's Cleo.&nbsp;The atmospheric visual features the artist draped in a magnificent feathered outfit, surrounded by a pastel-infused ethereal space.&nbsp;The performance is both elegant and understated, and the simplicity of the concept feels absorbing throughout.&nbsp;It's a live&nbsp;video which feels both traditional and contemporary - and oozes replay value.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Sarah Asmal

Nell Kalonji

Trinity Ellis

Lauren Mills

CEBE Studio

Vini Curtis

Kai Blamey Nguyen

Claire Burman

Celeste Doig

Rory James Cole

Richard Lames Lewis

Jason Dully

Ben Casciello

Virginie Moreira

Porsche Poon

Amy Dang

Jamie Hodgson

Work Editorial

Megan Lee

Electric Theatre Collective

Matt Butler

Because Music

Shygirl 'Cleo (Live Performance)' by Trinity Ellis

Shygirl – Cleo (performance visual)

Ben Strebel makes a stunning return to music videos with his wonderful&nbsp;video for Skrillex, Starrah and Four Tet’s new track Butterflies - an impressionistic portrait on the impact of a year of Covid crisis upon a generation, which builds to a simply transcendent&nbsp;climax.With some hugely talented&nbsp;collaborators, including choreographer Holly Blakey, DoP Ben Todd, and the&nbsp;VFX team at Electric Theatre Collective, Strebel channels the frustrations of a generation of youth, whose relationships and&nbsp;opportunies have all been curtailed by the successive lockdowns, into a very contemporary work of visual art.On a London estate, an edgy teenager is a ball of energy as they sit in their room, and when a group of youths gather, the group immediately combine to&nbsp;performing Blakey's intricate, physically demanding choreography. Sheets float in the air, at the Chinese takeaway&nbsp;the youths&nbsp;also play ghosts, covered in sheets - and then the path from gritty reality to heightened sensibility spins into outright&nbsp;fantasy, all within the same concrete world.[imgtoken data:1]The climax of the video is wonderful - and that is partly because you do not see it coming. The kids have now become real ghosts, soaring into the air above the concrete,&nbsp;freed&nbsp;to cavort to the strains of this epic electronic collaboration between Sonny John Moore (aka Skrillex), Keiran Hebden (Four Tet), and Brittany Talia Hazzard (Starrah). This is a brilliantly conceived ballet - created with an ingenious execution of VFX work and camera movement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Strebel has created a wonderful visual for Butterflies, the result of not only his own skill and vision, but the ambition and support of Skrillex. The artist and director&nbsp;had been talking for a long time about working together, and Skrillex took&nbsp;a hands-on approach throughout the process, sanctioning the lengthy&nbsp;period in post production required to make it happen.It was well worth the wait.&nbsp;&nbsp;

United States

Ben Strebel

Adam Farley

Biscuit Filmworks

Andrew Law

Rupert Reynolds-MacLean

Samantha Chitty

Roma Nesi Pio

Ed Bellamy

Christopher Mears

Titus Penate

Ben Todd

Sean Lomax

Dan Jenner

Simon Wood

Wolf Wasserman

Ben Manwaring

Oliver Hogan

Kate Forbes

Anna Wild

Kharmel Cochrane

Matt Nee

Metal House Edit

James Sindle

Luke Morrison

Antonia Vlasto

Hannah Clark @ Metal Edit

Electronica

Dance

Alternative

Skrillex, Starrah, Four Tet 'Butterflies' by Ben Strebel

Skrillex, Starrah & Four Tet - Butterflies (Official Music Video)

Luke Monaghan directs a&nbsp;defiant tale of love lived without regret for Sam Smith's Diamonds.Following their collaborations on <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/07/26/sam-smith-how-do-you-sleep-grant-singer/59957#:~:text=Sam%20Smith%20astonishes%20in%20this,era%20of%20shiny%20event%20videos.">How Do You Sleep</a>, <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/09/20/sam-smith-too-good-goodbyes-luke-monaghan/49705">Too Good At Goodbyes</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/10/06/sam-smith-writings-wall-luke-monaghan/37255">Writing's On The Wall</a>, this promo finds Smith&nbsp;in a stripped-out bedroom, dancing their heart out as blinding flashes of light pulsate through the windows.&nbsp;Conceptual and introspective, this is not&nbsp;the first time we've seen Smith take on choreography, but it's definitely a step up in skill and ambition. And the choice to bring in choreographer&nbsp;Holly Blakey is an inspired one, resulting in movements that encapsulate the emotional rollercoaster of the narrative.&nbsp;

Luke Monaghan

Alex Jefferson

Black Dog Films

Martin Roker

Savvas Stavrou

Daniel Smith

Rina Yang

Kate Molins

Jonny Lewis

Genki McClure

Arthur De Borman

Ben Reardon

Anne Sophie Costa

Lizzy Graham

White House Post

Ricky Gausis

MPC LA

MPC London

Grace Thorpe

Capitol Records

Cinelab Film and Digital

Sam Smith 'Diamonds' by Luke Monaghan

Sam-Smith--'Diamonds'-by-Luke-Monaghan

An intense dance takes place under&nbsp;stormy skies in&nbsp;Marcus Söderlund's video for Mura Masa's Teenage Headache Dreams.&nbsp;Bleak and moody, the desolate location sets a sorrowful scene as the two dancers (Becky Namgauds and Ethan Jacobs) intermittently wrestle and grapple&nbsp;whilst trying to resolve their emotional pain. The video marks the return to music videos of choreographer Holly Blakey

Marcus Söderlund

Georgina Smith

Academy Films

Medb Riordan

Jack Meredith

Daniel Takács

Merrit Gold

James Smith (AC)

Phil Penfold

Taff Williamson

Holly Miller

Holly Tracey

Giles Cheetham

Ethan Jacobs

Becky Namgauds

Ella Girardot

Richard Grewe

Polydor

Electronic

Mura Masa ft Ellie Rowsell 'Teenage Headache Dreams' by Marcus Söderlund

Mura-Masa--'Teenage-Headache-Dreams'-by-Marcus-Söderlund

It's a sweltering day in London, and Jorja Smith is kicking back in a swimsuit, surrounded by table fans.Opening in an apartment straight from the pages of a fashion editorial, we follow Jorja from this interior straight to the streets, where she performs in an underground tunnel, making even the most everyday location look exciting.Transitioning from day to night, Jorja takes a surreal journey on a motorbike, the vehicles and buildings around her blending into a hazy background. The red hues of the first scenes switch to deep blue as she arrives at an indoor&nbsp;pool, stripping down and cooling off with the public.&nbsp;The video is loaded with fashion references, the art direction and styling are front and centre, and Johnson's extensive experience with brands such as Nike and Fenty is apparent here. The cinematography by&nbsp;Alexandre Jamin is top-notch, and perfectly complements the concept.&nbsp;

Amber Grace Johnson

Object & Animal

Morgan Clement

Alex Chamberlain

Alexandre Jamin

George Nelson

Leah Abbott

Theo White

Zateesha Barbour

Taiba Akhuetie

Carol Ann Reid

Phoebe Walters

Troy Fearn

Studio Augmenta

Chiao Chen

Forager

Raphaël Ajuelos

Joseph Bicknell

Rashid Babiker

Jorja Smith ft Burna Boy 'Be Honest' by Amber Grace Johnson

Jorja Smith - Be Honest (feat. Burna Boy)

Holly Blakey explores the shifting balance of relationships and the misplacement of power in her video for rising artist Moss Kena.The director and choreographer blends an abstract psychological drama into a dance performance, with her lead performer (Breanna Box) palpably in the aftermath of a traumatic end-of-relationship event, and looking to find herself again.&quot;Ambiguity, and the idea that we never find where power truly lies, is at the heart of this new video,&quot; says Holly Blakey. &quot;Power moves on and on &ndash; nobody knows where it stops or where it began.&rdquo;The track Square One marks the beginning of mysterious artist Kena&rsquo;s more public career having come up through the Soundcloud underground. The song that is visualised by this strong performance as Kena explains: &quot;It is really about trying to learn from your mistakes. This track marks the start of my next chapter.&quot;

Joel Spencer

LEZ Creative

Mary Calderwood

Andrew Potter

Ann Evelin Lawford

Karl Hui

Chloe Hardwood

Sonny Horwell

Bon Walsh

Connie Rose

Annabelle Phillips

Cayla Kim

Ana Fry

Make-up Assistant- Andrew Denton

Jo Lewandowska

Cut+Run

Jack McGinity

Time Based Arts

Elizabeth Doonan

Sony Music

James Burgess

Moss Kena 'Square One' by Holly Blakey

J.A.C.K have made a very enigmatic video for MØ&#39;s&nbsp;When I Was Young. In so doing, the French directing duo have captured&nbsp;the Danish popster&#39;s&nbsp;distinctive charisma in a way not previously achieved in her videos.In a deserted village, a solitary MØ is joined by two other versions of herself, one in white the other in black&nbsp;- the latter accompanied by a group of skeleton-clad ghouls. With a combination of artful choreography and visual effects, the original&nbsp;MØ allies with one of her duplicates to battle the other, and her ghouls.&nbsp;MØ has revealed that the inspiration for the video came from Edvard Munch, the Norwegian artist best known for The Scream.&nbsp;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so happy to present this video because it feels very true to the song and to who I am,&rdquo; she says. &quot;It was inspired by a painting called The Dance Of Life [by Munch]...&nbsp;It&rsquo;s an illustration of three women &ndash; one in white, one in red and one in black &ndash; and tells a story about three stages of human life: youth, maturity, and old age.&quot;I was always drawn to this image as a kid due to its simple symbolism and emotion and have been dying to do a video that could reflect on it. Since When I Was Young is all about nostalgia and reflecting on life &ndash;especially the past, but also the now and the future &ndash; it just seemed like the perfect time to do it. J.A.C.K came up with the idea of me playing all three women at the same time, dancing the dance of life, seduced, intrigued and fooled by each other, and they took this whole idea to levels I couldn&rsquo;t even have dreamed of.&rdquo;[imgtoken data:1]&ldquo;With this video we wanted to speak about youth, and picture metaphorically how a girl becomes a woman,&rdquo; say Camille &amp; Julien from J.A.C.K, &ldquo;Karen [MØ] is such a talented artist, it has been a pleasure to develop this concept together with her: an everlasting circle of life choreography, with life and death dancing hand in hand.&rdquo;

J.A.C.K.

Benjamin Zorrilla

Caviar

Katie Dolan

Benedict Turnbull

Kristof Brandl

Christi Ciurea

Remi Quilichini

Aldene Johnson

Oana Draghic

Nicole Kahlani

Danielle Kahlani

Duncan Russell

Freefolk

FIRM

Manuel Coutant

MØ 'When I Was Young' by J.A.C.K.

MØ - When I Was Young (Official Video)

Holly Blakey creates a darkly mesmerizing dance film for Everything Everything.Using dark, unsettling choreography and haunting mask likenesses of the band, Blakey has crafted a dance film that feels claustrophobic and sinister, completely recontextualising the bright energy of the rack. An earthy world of dirt walls closes in on the ever-growing army of dancers as they try to adapt to the surreal life in this pit.

Jerome France

Adam Scarth

Eira Wyn Jones

Jomar O'Meally

Seth Crosby

Sarah Hall

Hannah Hopkins

Daniel Sallstrom

Meg Thorne

Jim Bracher

The Mill

Dan Kreeger

East London Studios

Everything Everything 'Can't Do' by Holly Blakey

Holly Blakey suspends Mabel 20 feet off the floor in the intimate performance video for Bedroom.Mabel, complete with all-girl entourage, performs on a giant bed suspended high above a studio floor whilst being soaked in a purple-blue light. The dance clip is both intimate and surreal, with an awesome mix of light design, costume and choreography bringing the mid-air bedroom to life.

Hanan Cher

Tom Wilkinson

Ollie Hogan

Celia Burton

Naz Sonmez

Jeanie Anna Lewin

Flaura Atkinson

Markus Lundqvist

Mabel 'Bedroom' by Holly Blakey

Mabel - Bedroom

Fred Rowson takes us on a journey through the centre of the spirit in this bizarre and hilarious video for Hot Chip&#39;s Joe Goddard.Following the burgeoning UFO-hunting spiritualist cult of &#39;Colour Spectrum&#39; and some of their meetings and religious materials is an experience unto itself. Mixing VHS footage from the cult-founder in with modern day practices (bizarre rituals, outfits and custom a-plenty) are taken to the general public, who are completely baffled. A very comical look at how deeply unsuccessful a British equivalent of Heaven&#39;s Gate would be.

Fred Rowson

Corin Taylor

Paul Weston

Joe Goddard 'Lose Your Love' by Fred Rowson

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