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In This Life
This beautifully produced film illustrates the five stages of grief through dance, narrative scenes and performance art, conveying the complexity of loss in the often wordless way it impacts all our lives. It stars Robbie Fairchild and features his choreography along with that of James Alsop, Warren Craft, Andrea Miller and Christopher Wheeldon.
TRANSCRIPT
[ Wind blowing ]
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[ Sighs ]
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[ Woman singing indistinctly ]
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[ Indistinct whispering ]
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[ Indistinct whispering ]
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[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Water splashes ]
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[ Man singing indistinctly ]
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[ High-pitched ringing ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Breathing slows ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
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[ Woman singing indistinctly ]
So, we were with some family friends
off the eastern coast of South Africa,
so the Indian Ocean,
and we decided to go surfing one day.
We get out there, waves are crashing so hard
that, like, almost makes it impossible to get out.
And...
[ High-pitched ringing ]
[ Speaking indistinctly ]
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Excuse me. I'll be right back.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
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[ Indistinct whispering ]
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[ Projector whirring ]
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[ Breathes shakily ]
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[ Woman singing indistinctly ]
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♪ Let's swim close
♪ Slip off clothes
♪ Swimming in the sky
♪ Come swim close
♪ Slip off clothes with me
♪ And so I
♪ I breathe in circles
♪ Dreaming
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♪ And so I
♪ I lay in pool beds
♪ Cooling
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♪ And so I
♪ I breathe in circles
♪ Dreaming
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♪ And so I
♪ Breathe in circles
♪ Dreaming
♪ Lay out
♪ With me
♪ And so I
♪ I breathe in circles
♪ Dreaming
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♪ And so I
♪ I lay in pool beds
♪ Cooling
♪ Lay out
♪ With me