“A dance film? A filmed dance? Or phantom choreography seeking, in the very nature of movement, the confused matter of its imagination? In 2016, Boris Charmatz created danse de nuit, night dance, a nocturnal performance for urban space, the choreographic material for which fills the film Daytime Movements. The film installation, created by the artist Aernout Mik in collaboration with the choreographer Boris Charmatz, places us at the limits: in this “daytime dance,” where the disorder of bodies blends with the everyday surroundings, every gesture conceals or reveals other uncanny signs.” Gilles Amalvi

“In interior silence and withdrawal, the dancers seem to forget themselves and are one with objects and landscapes, caught in a hypnotic trance that extends to the audience through the immersive character of the installation. The violence of the gesture also sends an emotional jolt, challenging passive and active positions. The camera films by coming closer or becoming detached, thus constructing its own language and montage, setting its own rhythm. The collaboration also involves taking the risk of a search that is carried out in the territory of the other.” — The New National Museum of Monaco, Visitor’s Guide, 2016.

assistant director: Marjoleine Boonstra

prop woman: Elsje De Bruijn

cameramen: Benito Strangio, Istvan Imreh, Aldo Lee

cameramen assistants: Hugues Forget, Lisa Moullec, Erik Wiedenhof

data handler: John Dekker

general stage manager: Jean-Charles Foubert assisted by Angèle Laroche

dresser: Marion Régnier

production direction: Amélie-Anne Chapelain, Sandra Neuveut, Chantal Nissen

thanks to: Action Ouest, la Chambre des Notaires, Citédia,

Théâtre national de Bretagnecourtesy: Carliergebauer, Berlin