Faces

Faces: Three dance portraits - Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Zenaida Yanowsky

Kim Brandstrup’s latest film project, Faces, is an intimate portrait of three extraordinary dancers - Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojacaru and Zenaida Yanowsky - caught in the magical moment of time as each listens to music and prepares to move.

The triptych of short filmed portraits, with music by François Couperin, had its first public screenings during Open House London, when the Royal Opera House opened its doors to the public to reveal the newly refurbished Linbury Theatre (September 22 & 23, 2018).

Programme note

'Faces is inspired by my enduring pleasure in watching dancers ‘marking’: going through a choreography in their head while listening to the music. In the studio, from my privileged vantage point only a few feet away from the dancers, I witness in their faces a range of subtle nuances, mysterious emotions, slight changes of mood pass like clouds across their faces as they gently indicate the movement. I have often longed to catch these moments on film.”