YOU WANTED RIVERS

We are never getting what we want. We are never happy with what we get. ‘You Wanted Rivers’ is a dance film about desires that wear us down, that make us follow risky paths and that keep us forever thirsty and forever blind.

These disastrous desires not only destroy us from the inside but also everything that surrounds us, nature, the planet. The constant need for accumulating goods and our aggressive expansion devastate the living world, leading to ecological collapse.

The dancers explore and build the quality of their movement based on their relationship with raw and desolated landscapes. The physical fatigue that is building up, the harsh sun, hot sands, sharp stones - everything that causes discomfort helps them blend in and experience everything through their bodies.

dancers. Anita Sawicka, Piotr Simba Abramowicz

dir. Magdalena Zielinska

dop. Mateusz Kanownik

edit. Mateusz Kanownik, Magdalena Zielińska

sound design. Wojciech Pawluczuk / Grenade Sound Studio

color grade. Piotr Putko

music.

Dictaphone - Opening Night

Water Drumming - Baka Women /courtesy of globalmusicexchange.org

Special thanks

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