IN THIS LIFE
BAT-SHEVA GUEZ
Grief is unavoidable and universal; a painfully physical experience in which language is often inadequate and where words are often unable to convey loss or to comfort it. In five acts, this film illustrates the stages of grief, exploring the language of loss through dance, narrative scenes, and performance art, conveying the complexity of grief in the often wordless way it impacts all our lives.
After every major loss, we must grieve for the person we used to be, for the future we thought we'd have. The journey to accept this new version of ourselves is often fraught with rage and pain as we shed our old skin to make way for the new. This film is about that journey.
Collaborating with director Bat Sheva Guez on this impactful short film, featuring Robbie Fairchild and illustrating the stages of Grief through movement and music.
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In This Life posed specific challenges for sound that related directly to its relationship with movement throughout this touching film. Much of the sound design created for this film pushes in the direction of creating as much synergy with the music as possible -- sometimes to the extent that which you're hearing is indiscernale. Approaching a highly conceptualized track has its risks, but its the relationship with the writing and enhancement of the overall story arc that we leaned on heavily to carry those ideas and deliver them in the most emotive way possible.
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Directed by: Bat-Sheva Guez
Bat-Sheva Guez
Written by: Bat-Sheva Guez & Robbie Fairchild
Starring: Robbie Fairchild
Choreographers: James Alsop, Warren Craft, Robbie Fairchild, Andrea Miller, Christopher Wheeldon,
Cinematography: Giacomo Belletti
Production Design: Karen Weber
Performers:
Kathleen Laituri, Heather Lang, Rico Lebron, Martha Nichols, Michael Rosen, Ahmad Simmons, Ryan Steele, Abby Stephensen, Cassandra Surianello, Julien Valme
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Directed By: Bat-Sheva Guez
Written By: Bat-Sheva Guez + Robbie Fairchild
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