Moving
2021 · 10m · USA
Directed by Adinah Dancyger
Genres: comedy, experimental
Tones: absurdist, humorous, whimsical
A wordless vignette in which hauling an old mattress up to a walk-up apartment warps into absurdist one-woman choreography. Hannah Gross dances, drags, and wrestles the thing into being.
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A wordless dance with a mattress, performed by Hannah Gross. I refuse to explain why that's enough — it just is.
Hannah Gross versus a mattress in a wordless choreographed walk-up climb — Dancyger treats the most-hated piece of NYC furniture as a Tati-Bausch dance partner. Pure formal premise, pure execution.
Hannah Gross doing wordless physical comedy with a mattress on a walk-up staircase is an extremely good idea — Dancyger giving the most universally hated piece of New York furniture a dance partner. Short, choreographic, and trusting performance over dialogue.