Janica Draisma

A yup has to deal with a burnout.

Short animated dance film, the first from a series about the street-sweeper Bala, is set in Paris where Bala meets a spider, a street-sweeper and a green dancer.

"Love is the only thing subject to negotiation in feature film debut which betrays admiration for the formal rigidity of Straub and Zwartjes." "The film, KYODAI MAKES THE BIG TIME, caused a commotion in the Netherlands when it won the Golden Calf for Best Film (the Dutch Oscar equivalent). The film went on to win the Jozef Von Sternberg Prize For Innovative Narrative Structure at the Mannheim Film Festival." "KYODAI MAKES THE BIG TIME – What was the public’s reaction to this? Your first film – is it like your first time having sex? Which I guess is a subjective question, but I’m thinking experimental, unnerving, liberating, a learning experience, a humbling experience, leaving you wanting more ? SEX SHOULD ALWAYS BE LIKE YOU'RE HAVING SEX FOR THE FIRST TIME."

Short animation using stop-motion, in which a female dancer dances against the background of a white wall and a painting.

Short dance film with animation elements, commissioned by the 1993 Spring Dance Festival. Part two of a series about the dancing street-sweeper Bala, who rises from the sea and ends up in Holland.

Short animation using stop-motion, in which a male and female dancer are able to disappear in a blue box.

Short animation using stop-motion, in which a dancer dances in a white space until the word STOP appears on the screen.

Sonato do mar made use of the computer programme for choreographers 'Life Forms'. The film shows how three 'Life-Forms figures' perform a choreography on a backdrop of shots of the sea. They dance on the water without being limited by gravity, physical restrictions, time or place.