DOCUMENTARY
Cherkaoui: Saving The World with Dance / The 41-Day Struggle
DOCUMENTARY
57 mins Episode(s): 1
english
English
Choreographer and dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is making an impact in the world of
theater and dance with his original and innovative choreography and stage direction,
becoming an artist whose talent is probably most coveted today. Cherkaoui will take
on the challenge of an original stage production which he will be choreographing, and
dancing himself for the first time in five years.
Our cameras will follow Cherkaoui from the first day of rehearsals in his hometown Antwerp, Belgium in 2015, up to the first day of performance. In addition, through interviews with his mother and Cherkaoui himself in his childhood neighborhood, we delve deep into the roots of his painful conflicts he faces. How is Cherkaoui going to save the world on his own with his dance? This documentary will get up close with the stage production the dancer/choreographer will take on with all his might as an artist, and find out what the hidden source of his driving force is.
Our cameras will follow Cherkaoui from the first day of rehearsals in his hometown Antwerp, Belgium in 2015, up to the first day of performance. In addition, through interviews with his mother and Cherkaoui himself in his childhood neighborhood, we delve deep into the roots of his painful conflicts he faces. How is Cherkaoui going to save the world on his own with his dance? This documentary will get up close with the stage production the dancer/choreographer will take on with all his might as an artist, and find out what the hidden source of his driving force is.
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