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Maelstrom 'Dual Phase' by Dorny Sunday

Promonews - 16th Apr 2021

Following the splendid video for Ascender, British-Persian director Dorny Sunday has delivered the second part of his trilogy of videos for Parisian electro legend Maelstrom, which expands upon the story of a once-brilliant dancer, now confined to a wheelchair. 

For Dual Phase, lead single from Maelstrom’s latest album Rhizome, the dancer-turned-choreographer confronts a tragic shift of identity, as the dancer's world of motion is transformed into one of stillness.

The performer (choreographer Caterina Grosoli) compulsively replays her swan song in her old dance studio. Which as a rather ominous voiceover informs us, is a venue that was once a heaven, which has become some form of hell. We experience the agonies and ecstasies of muscle memory in this ode to movement.

Once again, Sunday's creates an absorbing experience, melding the dance performance with Maelstrom's kinetic track, in a well-crafted fusion of movement, location, use of space and colour, evoking drama and emotion - the feeling of heavy-heartedness and a longing for more - from the experience. 

And this lays the ground for their third and final film of the trilogy, to be released in the summer.

Promonews - 16th Apr 2021

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  • Choreography
  • Dance
  • Electro

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Dorny Sunday
Producer
Dorny Sunday
Production Manager
Anna Alstromm
1st AD
Tomos Pierce

Camera

Director of Photography
Focus Puller
Sam James
2nd AC
Martin Vesselinov
Steadicam
Robert Beck

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Harry Cohn

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Carling Pillay
Hair & Make-up
Helena Smythe

Grading

Colourist
Julia Rossetti

Commission

Commissioner
Maël Péneau
Label
Raar

Other credits

Spark

Jack Skipper

Runner

Amii Priestley

Rental

Drop City Ltd.

Promonews - 16th Apr 2021

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