Dancing with gravity. Faire Le Poirier by Koki Nakano

Koki Nakano shows us a brilliant composition and choreography, with dancers in an incredible natural setting, in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. The dancers' bodies show their relationship with gravity by playing with the structure, light and shadows of a concrete sculpture made by the Israeli artist Dani Caravan.

A video directed by Benjamin Seroussi.-

For this video Koki wanted to work with members of the famous Batsheva dance company based in Tel Aviv.

I immediately thought of Imre Van Ospal as I have been wanting to shoot something with her for a very long time.

She is an amazing dancer and choreographer. Koki and I both wanted a duo for the track Faire Le Poirier.

Imre chose to work with Ben Green from Las Vegas. Imre is from the Netherlands. And I love how international this project is!

I developed with my director of photography Christophe Guyon all kinds of shooting tools to work with and create an interesting dialogue between the camera and the dancers.

I shared these video tests with Imre so she could come with ideas to use them. This was also the way I worked with this amazing location in the Negev desert. It is a cement sculpture made by Israeli artist Dani Caravan. Imre came up with all kinds of ways to use this space with Ben and play with the structure, the shadows.

Late one afternoon, a group of young women dressed in colourful clothes are doing headstands, with very slow movements,on some rocks by the sea in Brittany. It comes across as a moderate, peaceful resistance to our usual gravity.

Track description by Koki Nakano.

Koki Nakano. Our Saturday music video. (Official Music Video). METALOCUS MUSIC PROJECT.

CREDITS.-

Artist & composer.- Koki Nakano
Director.- Benjamin Seroussi
Artistic Direction.- Benjamin Seroussi

Choreographer & Dancer.- Imre Van Obstal
Dancer.- Ben Green
DOP.- Christophe Guyon
Editing.- Simon Birman
Color Grading.- Alice Syrakvash
Post-Production.- Fix Studio
Creative Producer.- Olivier Bassuet
Creative Production.- Art Bridge
Label.- Nø Førmat!
Supported by Grand Marble

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Koki Nakano

Koki Nakano was born in 1988 in Fukuoka,Japan and has been playing piano since he was three years old. After graduating Music High School at Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, he enrolled at the composition department of Tokyo University of the Arts.He has written works for various ensembles including a vast amount of solo piano compositions and numerous pieces for cello and piano, and as a band leader for his band ‘Gas Law’ he has been composing and performing throughout Japan.

Next to this he has also been involved in production work for Tokyo FM.Furthermore he has performed recitals at the ‘Maison de la culture du Japon’ and the 'Louvre' and the 'Théâtre du Châtelet' in Paris, at the 'Stefánia Palace' in Budapest. In 2016, he released his first album Lift from french label Nø Førmat. At the present moment he is based in Paris.