Videodance Studies

Slowly – Christophe Dachy

dir. Christophe Dachy
France 2022

Paris, Place de la République, July 2022.
Alone, facing the trampling crowd, the march of time, the freezing rain, she dances.
Time twists to the silence of the body and the limits of breath; dance suspended in a quasi infinity.
The lights of the city flash by; people run, trace, compress, stumble and collide with the soaked asphalt, mirror of a life that escapes us.
What do these worried glances say? What do these hurried steps, these tumbling stairs, these frantic races tell us? What do these accelerated heartbeats cry out?
And she, in the midst of these obstacles and injunctions, has chosen: she dances, expresses herself, frees herself. She simply takes the time to live.

Director Biography – Christophe Dachy

Born and bred in Paris, Christophe Dachy graduated from Grenoble École de Management in 2009, where he was also president of the school’s video association. He began his career in communications and project management with major agencies and companies such as Bouygues Telecom, L’Oréal, BETC and Leo Burnett. Fascinated by images, he quickly branched out to devote himself fully to them, and in 2010 launched Open Clap, an audiovisual production company specializing in luxury, fashion, beauty and audiovisual communication. His dual role as producer and director has enabled him to build up a complete mastery of the subject and a solid network of experts and enthusiasts with whom he enjoys collaborating. In 2022, he joined MOZOO – a Parisian Social Content Factory – as Producer and Director, enabling him to embark on ever more ambitious productions with clients such as Dyson, YSL, Dior and Le Bon Marché. Always keen to go the extra mile and stand out from the crowd in his storytelling, Christophe is also involved in directing and producing artistic projects such as music videos and short films, which allow him to experiment and express his creativity to its fullest.

Director Statement

Slowly is a poetic, dark yet liberating work imagined by Ambre Perez and Christophe Dachy, combining dance and filmmaking performances in an intimate, slow-motion choreography between a dancer and a camera.

Months of training were required to perfect this performance, a veritable eulogy of slowness and self-acceptance. On the dance side, everything changes: supports, movements, body weight distribution. This perfection of movement, coupled with the exacting demands of near-immobility, is also reflected on the camera, with a production designed to the millimeter to create a perfect symbiosis between the two elements.

Driven by an original composition by Emile Cooper Leplay, the film questions our relationship with time and ourselves, inviting us to refocus and move from shadow to light, from injunction to liberation.

EIVV 2024,
screendance
Dance vs. Surroundings