A young man loses himself in his environment so that his movements reveal the world that exists in his imagination, transcending reality through his muse of dance.
What
superb ballet and choreography by Guillaume Côté. But this more than dance. It is also deft filmmaking, with music that rounds out a wonderful artistic experience.
Lost in Motion II explores the spectrum of emotions experienced by an Artist as they bare their soul for all to see. The film showcases the Artist's state of mind by depicting her within an ominous yet atmospheric environment where she dances in solitude. Adorned in a vibrant red dress that reflects the iconic stage curtains of the theatre, she pushes herself to the limits of her seemingly solitude performance. As the film draws to a close, we see that the dancer has in fact been performing on stage the entire time, and that the visual world is a fantasy one created by her imagination.
It is a wonderful
glimpse of what goes on in a dancer's mind, as she dances on stage. Interestingly Heather Ogden sheds her flowing rose of a dress, so the image of its billowing in the wind must play itself out in our own imagination. I
love ballet dancers' bodies: It's the confluence of grace, talent and athleticism.
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