• | The Rite, by Adam Csoka Keller
sound design + composition: Joao Poppe Toulson
For the 106th anniversary of The Rite of Spring, Culture Device, a group comprised solely of dancers with Downs syndrome, held a 10-week residency at the Royal Opera House, reimagining and reinterpreting this ballet. When it was first premiered in 1913, the ballet’s groundbreaking composition and choreography provoked a riot in the crowd.
awards
2020 - Portrait of Britain (with British Journal of Photography): Evelyn Bencicova (Winner)
2020 - Athens Fashion Film Festival: Best Music (Winner)
2019 - Fashion Film Festival Milan: Best Music, Best Production, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Fashion Film, Best Photography (Winner 1x, Nominations 6x)
2019 - CONNECTIONS Creative Awards Milan: Personal (Winner)
screenings
2020 - Portrait of Britain (with British Journal of Photography): Evelyn Bencicova
2020 - Athens Fashion Film Festival: Best Music
2019 - Fashion Film Festival Milan: Best Music, Best Production, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Fashion Film, Best Photography
2019 - CONNECTIONS Creative Awards Milan: Personal
2019 - SHOWstudio Fashion Film Awards (in partnership with Harrods)
2019 - Oska Bright Film Festival
2019 - Ciclope Festival: Special Selection Low Budget
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supported by Nowness, Royal Opera House, and Stink Films.
29 May 2019
press: Medium, Dazed, Shots, Shoot Online, Addvertising, Reader, Flix, CacaoMag and Sarah Gordy