Danse Exquise
2018 · 3m · France
Directed by Ulysse Lefort, Martin Wiklund
Genres: animation, experimental
Tones: surreal, theatrical, whimsical
An animated film exploring movement, transformation, and the interplay of bodies in motion.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Three minutes of exquisite-corpse animation logic with bodies recomposing in disjunctive frames — Švankmajer in the comparisons is a tall claim but the premise has the right brain wiring. Worth a watch.
Invoking the Surrealist exquisite-corpse parlour as animation logic places this in conversation with Švankmajer and Norman McLaren — proper company. Three minutes is the right scale for the gesture, and the Miyu Productions imprimatur signals real quality control.
Collectif Quart Avant Poing's exquisite-corpse animated dance, eight years old, 733 likes — the surrealist parlour-game logic applied to body-in-motion is a perfect formal alignment. Comments asking 'how did you do this? by hand or AI?' (from 2022, no AI) speak to the craft impression it leaves.