TWINS: You must be related!
2019 · 4m · USA
Directed by Varya Rootwood
Genres: experimental, musical
Tones: contemplative, mythic, theatrical
Identical twin sisters dance a four-minute routine on the median strip of a New York City bridge, oscillating between calm and frenzy. No dialogue — just choreography and traffic.
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A four-minute dance film with an exclamation-point title is exactly the kind of confident, unmarketable object the vault exists for. The bridge median as a stage is just chef's kiss.
Identical twin sisters dancing on a median strip with cars as both audience and threat — Rootwood's choreographic instinct uses urban danger as compositional element, which is exactly the right Maya Deren-meets-music-video move. Four minutes, no waste.
Four-minute dance routine on a NYC bridge median with cars as both audience and threat is a beautifully unsafe staging — Maya Deren ritual in urban traffic, no dialogue, just choreography. The setting IS the work.