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Staging
Bright red, sheer-encased legs, black stockings, shining heels. The word CRAZY asserts itself in the background. Dancers: we only see the lower part of their bodies, placed on black plinths, in an almost acrobatic pose. The framing is deliberately provocative, designed to play with attraction.
But the major element is the light. It covers the bodies and the setting. It draws patterns and repeats forms, erasing boundaries.
The bodies are fragmented. They have no face, no torso, no individuality. They merge with the setting and become an abstract, highly graphic scene, like a pop image. The spectacle has transformed what it has shown. The body moves away from intimacy. It keeps its distance from the gaze. It exists only through the way it is staged.
Staging
Here, we do not see whole people. We mostly see legs, standing straight on black blocks.
The colours are strong. Red. Black. They shine.
But the most important thing is the light. It looks like drops of rain. It covers the legs. It draws diamond shapes that repeat.
You do not recognise anyone. All the faces are hidden. The bodies almost become images. Like in a show or on a stage.
In this photograph, you understand that it is not the same to really be there or to be shown on a stage. Like when you wear a costume, the light changes what you see.

Digital photograph - Created during the filming of the 3D film devoted to Christian Louboutin’s creation Feu

Digital photograph - Created during the filming of the 3D film devoted to Christian Louboutin’s creation Feu
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