CDK Company Choreographs a Dance Film to Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’

CDK Company performs a filmed dance piece to Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know.”

Sergio Reis’s official upload credits the company and production roles including direction, choreography, styling and editing. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

The performers move between individual gestures and larger group formations. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

Costume colors help distinguish dancers while coordinated movement connects them within the sequence. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

The complete film shows the choreography and camera work developing together. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

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Synchronized gestures give the group’s movement its shared visual weight. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

Contrasting small gestures and larger traveling movements create different physical shapes for the song’s passages. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

Formations organize how dancers meet and separate within the frame. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

Camera framing and editing guide the viewer’s focus through the piece. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

Choreography creates the physical sequence while direction and editing shape its presentation. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

The familiar song gives the movement a recognizable musical route. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

The film uses selected views rather than a single fixed audience perspective. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

Sergio Reis’s “Bittersuite” is another CDK dance piece with different music. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

World of Dance Eindhoven’s showcase presents the company in an event setting. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

Those comparisons show how a dance work can change scale between film and stage footage. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

The main video connects music, movement and filmmaking in one prepared piece. The complete sequence keeps this element in context. Hearing the whole recording clarifies how the parts connect. The framing makes the ensemble’s changing shapes easy to follow.

More videos to explore

Sergio Reis’s “CDK – Bittersuite” features another choreographed performance.

World of Dance Championship Series’ Eindhoven showcase is separate event footage.

Further reading: Performance background and source. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPPgPcw4hk