STRANGE AGE

STRANGE AGE is a window on today's youth. The documentary follows the journey of 13 young dancers enrolled in the contemporary dance training Coline, directed for 30 years by Bernadette Tripier. The documentary reveals the behind the scenes of creation, through the pieces of renowned choreographers such as Dominique Bagouet, Alban Richard, Thomas Lebrun, Joanne Leighton, etc. We will follow the students in this creative process - in dance studios, theater dressing rooms, bistros, a vacant lot, a minibus - testifying to their daily lives crossed by desires, doubts, frustrations, joys that undeniably participate in their construction on the professional but especially personal level. These images are coupled with interviews of former students from previous classes (since 1996), who tell the story of Coline and question the transmission of an indirectly sensitive and ephemeral art. Finally, unpublished archive images from this period are intertwined, creating a parallel between two generations, two eras, two youths who share the same passion: the art of movement. The film aims to convey the beauty and euphoria of dance, leaving a prominent place to purely choreographic moments (captures of shows and outdoor performances), where aesthetics take precedence over narration and invites the viewer to taste the pleasure of dancing.

Fu LE is an award winning filmmaker and choreographer in the Tetrapode dance company in France. Graduated in sculpture at the Art Crafts National School in Paris, he then trained in physical theater and in contemporary dance in Argentina, Belgium and Switzerland. He pursued recently his research in Taiwan, questioning social issues linked with urbanization. Fu Le produced a dozen of dance films awarded worldwide. He founded in 2020 the Tetralab - international screendance laboratory.