Four bureaucrats dance around guilt while their bodies confess everything.
'The Statement’ is a wedge of realism; cold and current. A one-act play, with four characters locked in their own battle for control, and with the morality of their actions: they have been tasked with fueling a conflict in a distant country. Now, being asked to take responsibility for their actions in order to exonerate their superiors, a conflict is rising within their department. Writer - Johnathon Young. Choreographer - Crystal Pite.
Writing
Young's bureaucratic poetry makes evil sound like HR.
Acting
Vocal performances that tremble with unspoken history.
Director
Christophe Winckel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pite and Young adapted this from their theatrical collaboration, translating live dance to film by shooting dancers in extreme close-up so breath and sweat become dialogue.
Released during peak 'accountability theater' era of corporate apologies; its 20-minute runtime mirrors the attention span given to actual war crimes in news cycles.
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