Blue, Blue
2018 · 10m · USA
Directed by Anu Valia
Genres: experimental
Tones: provocative, theatrical
Performer Sunita Mani channels anger through choreography in an abandoned industrial space, white tank top against brick, the rage finding rhythm and the occasional joke.
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The scouts
Dance films usually get programmed as nutritional content. This one bites back, which is the only reason to bother.
Anu Valia makes a dance film about anger that actually feels angry — Sunita Mani in a white tank against industrial brick, choreography as catharsis. Deren in the lineage, FKA twigs in the lighting.
A dance film about anger that actually feels angry — Sunita Mani against industrial brick in white tank top and tights, choreographed by Anu Valia with moments of sly humor. That's a hard register to hit and the casting is electric.
Reviews
A dance trip through anger starring Sunita Mani moving through an abandoned building dressed starkly in a white tank top and tights against industrial brick.