GQ Connect：Xiexin Dance Theatre&Rui
My Role: Director | Film Editing
This project was contracted by my studio Deep Ocean Image and initiated by the GQ lab of Condé Nast Shanghai. The short film combines the design elements of costume designer Rui with the dance of Xiexin Dance Theater.
Click to watch the short film
Collaborating Artists
Fashion Designer: Rui Zhou
Founder of the brand Rui. The first Chinese fashion designer to be a finalist for the LVMH Prize.
Dancer & Choreographer: Xie Xin
Founder of Xiexin Dance Theater. Famous young dancer in China.
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Production Process
This was the first time for me to work with artists from other fields, and the core of this project was how to integrate the elements of two creators in different fields in the short film. The starting point I found was the interaction between cloth and dancers. As Xiexin Dance Theater is very good at improvisation, I wanted to leave enough space for dancers to make full use of their improvisation advantages. Besides, one of the biggest characteristics of Rui’s clothing: it is a super elastic fabric. Therefore, we decided to use Rui’s fabric to build a mesh space that echoes her dressing style, so that dancers can interact with the super elastic fabric in a variety of ways. In addition, we decided to only design the overall visual trend for the film, and the specific shots will be improvised according to the performance of the dancers in the scene.
