Floor Dancing #A1

This is the first piece of a choreographic stop motion GIF series performed by male dancers. Group A of this series is all taken on a painting’s studio floor. The floor, exposing traces and footprints of the artist’s work, shows a history of creative usage, much like the dancer’s body. Their bodies, being used and abused, are both a collection of injuries, and a presentation of virtuosic abilities and beauty at the same time. By covering some of the dancer’s feet and hands in body paint, they mimic the surface of the floor. The stained concrete serves as a metaphor for the relationship they have with their bodies.

Part of Nir Arieli’s first NFT series.