Simone Orlando

Director / Producers: Raul Inglis / Raul Inglis & Simone Orlando
Choreography: Simone Orlando
Performers: Simone Orlando & Daniel Westley
Music: Antonio Vivaldi

Duet is a two-minute dance/movement piece celebrating the union of two diverse physical states. This film was commissioned by Code Motion Pictures for the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.

Daniel Westley is not a trained dancer. While that didn’t stop him from performing a fiery contemporary dance piece to Vivaldi’s La Folia trio sonata for the newly commissioned short film, it certainly meant he had some practising to do.

Under the guidance of choreographer and fellow dancer Simone Orlando, Westley trained for hours, relating the graceful extension of his large, muscular arms to the action of throwing a basketball.

Duet was viewable at Celebration Sites during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

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