STHLM DANS and film festival Cinema Queer have teamed up to bring you dance films from all around Europe that set the whole world in movement:

Bodiless Things by Wet Mess & Jeanie Crystal (UK)

Horny for confusion, more chaos, more unknown than known, our mannerisms maximized by a thousand. The ego, the bodiless thing, the crotch grabbing, rubbing its quivering flesh against the rough surfaces of the city scape. Wet Mess exposes us to the euphoria and the alienation of oneself in a frenzied yet blasé pursuit of masculinity. A Bodiless Thing takes us on a muscle fuelled carb killing search for belonging, which makes us question to what extent our material existence determines who we think we are and how we fit into the world. Can we really be that horny, sweaty, binary defying, ridiculously camp person beyond our flesh suits? Cum join the escape and get ready for this transcendental mess.

Boléro by Nans Laborde-Jourdàa (France)

Fran (interpreted choreographer and performer Francois Chaignaud) is in his hometown to rest and visit his mother. Following the jerky rhythm of Ravel’s Bolero, this journey along the paths of memory and desire will lead him and the whole village to a joyfully chaotic climax. “Boléro summons the spirits of my teenage years, spent in the Pyrenees, and the way we become ourselves in places that leave little regard for one’s differences. Fran came into himself elsewhere, and as he returns, he yearns for reconciliation. I wanted to show François Chaignaud on screen, how powerful a dancer he is. Each and every movement he makes portends a future earthquake. I wanted to convey not only his art, but his vulnerability and subversive impact.” (Nans Laborde-Jourdàa) 

my own room Sepideh Khodarahmi & Oscar Hagberg (Sweden)

Following the showing of ‘my own room’ at Medelhavsmuseet as part of STHLM DANS in 2024, Sepideh Khodarahmi has returned to the museum to create a dance film with Oscar Hagberg based on the performance. A queer exploration of the self and the museum space that leaves no one indifferent. Music by Kristin Rosendahl.

[More films TBA]

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Photo: Bodiless Things by Wet Mess & Jeanie Crystal (UK)