Sparring Partner

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A tap dancer’s audition becomes an intimate journey through identity, vulnerability, and creative agency, blurring the lines between performance and self-expression.

Alone in a dance studio, a young actress prepares a filmed audition that slowly unravels into something far more personal. What begins as a pursuit of technical perfection transforms into an intimate exploration of failure, self-image, and artistic control. As the pressure of performance gives way to experimentation, the camera becomes more than a tool of evaluation; it becomes a means of reclaiming her own perspective.

Through fragmented rehearsals and self-filmed portraits, the film explores the complex relationship between body, movement, and identity. It offers a sensitive reflection on the vulnerability of exposing oneself through performance, and on the liberating possibility of embracing imperfection in the search for self-expression.

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CREDITS

Starring: Chloé Lecerf @chloelecerf

Director of Photography: Carmen Bamba @carmenbamba

Music: Vigne @commeunaimant18

Producer: Emma Pignolo @emmapgnl

Costume: Léa Villemin @baddielea

Hair & Make-Up: Yonah Incari @yonaaaaaah

Edit: Leo Larour & Camille Spiller @leo_larour & @camillespiller

Colour Crading: Maxime Garnaud @max.colorist

Sound Engineer: Maxime Alliaume

Sound Mix: Sébastien Bouclet @cvsd.co