JULIE:
"Ama is a silent film. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions.
I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film. For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it into the water.
I dedicate this film to all the women of the world."
Julie
JULIE:
"Ama est un film sans parole qui raconte une histoire que chacun peut interpréter à sa manière, selon son propre vécu, tout est suggéré, rien n’est imposé.
J’ai voulu mettre dans ce film ma plus grande douleur en ce monde. Pour qu’elle ne soit pas trop crue je l’ai enrobée de grâce. Pour qu’elle ne soit pas trop lourde je l’ai plongée dans l’eau.
Je dédie ce film à toutes les femmes du monde."
Julie
Credits :
Choreographer : Ophélie Longuet
Music : « Rain in your black eyes », Ezio Bosso. (P) Sony Music Entertainment.
Cinematographer : Jacques Ballard
Editor : Jérôme Lozano
Colorist : Arthur Paux @ Spark Seeker
Compositing : Gregory Lafranchi @GoneFX
Sound mix : Nassim El Mounabbih @Dinosaures
Production : Spark Seeker/Les Films Engloutis
Associated Producers : Y-40 The Deep Joy/RVZ
Camera Assistant : Arthur Lauthers
Electrician Romain Mostri
Safety Freedivers : Anne Maury - Fouad Zarrou
Making off : Jimmy Golaz
Camera Rental (Red VistaVision 8K) RVZ
Light&Electric Rental : TSF Cannes
Wardrobe : Tatiana Henri
Interpretation aside this performance is/was amazing. As a professional diver I can and will say is that what this woman did in 20 feet of water is incredibly difficult. How she maintained neutral buoyancy through out the performance is beyond me and my 40 years of diving.
That's what has me puzzled.
Maybe she was weighted a little. The only way I could maintain that rate of sinking would be to have my lungs half-filled with air, which would require me to take breaths more frequently.
@@rfwillett2424 It has most of us very puzzled. Very puzzled indeed...spent some quality bar time swilling beer disguising the possibilities with my work mates. Still, it was a breathtaking performance - pun intended. It is one of two of the great dive films made to date - the other was the girl with the shark .
Incredible!
Most likely low on bodyfat and Wim Hof method. Lets you empty your lungs and hold your breath for minutes.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
I thougt the same.... Its absolutely beautiful.
I was just going to say that
Search underwater dance in Henan. It's the best underwater dance in the world
Totally agree 👍
@@Natalia-so3qh 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
Nearly five years ago I used to dance underwater, too. This indescribable feeling of freedom of movement, emotion flowing through every fibre of your being... I had one big fear left, and it was opening my eyes underwater, but I overcame it, and it added such depth to the whole... Then after I spent two months in shock, followed by recovery from severe psychological trauma, up to this day I hate the touch of water, even showering became a challenge to overcome. I don't even have a bathing suit of any kind, and I just stopped going into any water. Sometimes I force myself into a bath, but it's like torture, and so far nothing I tried helped... And now I land on this channel, and see this, after the "Longest Breath" and I remember the whales, too. Their energy... The vast unknowns of Planet Ocean! The beauty a n d the sadness. And it feels like soul retrieval of sorts. I'm actually crying, and I haven't been able to do that in a long time as well. I apologize for this long comment... But mefeels that knowing how you moved your audience, moved their very soul, through the depth of your own... is worthy of sharing. Thank you Julie! Thank you Guillaume! I have new things to think about...
Gratidão por compartilhar 🙏
Such a deeply moving and beautiful film. Thank you! Especially the end….kaleidoscope thank you for this powerful and heart wrenching sharing of your experience….It has left me with an indescribable and compelling yearning to know what happened in the depths of the water that your eyes remembered. As one who is deeply and intimately connected to water thru study and embodiment I know I will return to this wondering about your story for the rest of my days. I am sorry for your pain and suffering and wish for you that one day you will be able to allow yourself to let the waters be your healer. I hold you in tenderness and light.
Mesmerising to watch. A beautiful piece of art ❤
I am sending you all my love! Todo mi amor! God Bless You!
I love how she ascending and stops just below the surface where the reflection is and exhales. As if she’s not sure she wants to move on. That’s what it reminds me of. That moment when your finally ready to move on from grief but you take one last look back afraid if you let go of it, your completely letting go of someone or some dream with it
Well said.
Thank you for saying this afraid of moving on of letting go
I’m surprised not many people understood the meaning behind the video, Julie said this video was a personal project about dealing with pain. At the start of the video she’s cradling her stomach, at the end of the video it says in dedication to her tiniest daughter. She mostly likely lost a child and this video is her expressing the loss.
that was my thought also.
There was some cradling in the coreography as well
From the video description: "everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions." Loss of a child might've been her pain, but I think it's choreographed in a way that it can be relatable to all women. There's a lot going on in the choreography, more than just cradling. Some of the movements can be interpreted as dealing with depression or recovery from an illness. The overall story of the video seems to be overcoming obstacles in general, whatever they may be. With each jump, she jumped higher and with more confidence. I especially liked the end. It could be interpreted as someone who felt like they were suffocating or who was holding their breath out of fear or who has been under a lot of stress being able to breathe again.
Probably a miscarriage..
@@AliZhao i agree 👍💐
I think one of the most impactful parts of this (for me at least) is at the end where the breath she's been holding for so long breaches the surface, but she never does...
Yes, I noticed that too. Brilliant imagery
@@ASMRyouVEGANyet From that experience, part of her died. Like all pain and grief, they took away part of us.
Wow this perspective has brought me tears
wow, very interestign perspective. well done
No i think that parts OF vidéo have been very well « jointe » to seem only one video. Who can stay so long without breath under water ? However it si beautiful
Supposedly this came out 4-years ago. It looks like it deserves major awards. Wow. I hope it has received awards. I'm baffled that I'd casually and randomly see something this good. The work looks like it should be in a museum.
Jeez mate. Get over it.
@@liammurphy2725 Shut up Liam you don't understand art
@@liammurphy2725 Let people be excited and enjoy things. Theyre just trying to express their appreciation of the video.
Idiot. Be still.
Most moving and marvellous! Thank you from the heart.
My God, what beauty, what artistry, what feeling.... mesmerising.... I cannot think of a word that can even do it justice. I imagine she went down several times (when there were scene shifts), though when she rose the amount of air that was expelled from her lungs was staggering. I cannot imagine how she maintained neutral buoyancy. What a mighty work this is. Everyone in the world should see this and have the opportunity to be moved by it.
Tastefully Done ... the shear expression is extremely elegant & moving at the same time ... also the music was extremely expressive as it's timing was insink with her movements . I personally applaud this breath taking piece of expressional art !!! Truly Beautiful & Spellbinding Work
When it comes to neutral buoyancy, the depth is the secret. You couldn’t do this in shallow water without weights- too much volume in your lungs. However, the deeper you go (without scuba gear) the more your chest gets squeezed by the pressure. Eventually the volume of your chest get small enough that you you get to neutral buoyancy, or even start to sink.
😅bOire de l"eAu c lA stAbilité De l'IrgAnisMe tOut EntiEr pOur 1 EtRe VivAnte ❤
I thought that the video recording was maybe played backwards . Maybe she expelled air at the beginning and then sank down ….
My interpretation of the video: The rain symbolize tears. When you are in the rain no tears are visible. Heavy rain means a lot of tears. When she is in the water it is like she is having a hard time. Why she is in the water? Because when you are having a hard time in life you often feel like you cannot breathe. In the water you also cannot breathe. She is dancing in the water slowly, she is scared, but she dances gracefully. She is making art out of pain. She's not complaining about circumstances, she takes advantage of them. The rain stops. She falls to the bottom of the pool but then she looks up and is slowly going up. To the surface. She suffered for long. She needs to breathe again. Buy she doesn't reach the top completely. You don't get rid of the pain completely. There will be times when you are going to be in pain again. The rain will come back again. But it's okay. Because even the bad thing can be good for something. You can make something amazing out of your pain. Just don't forget to take a moment to breathe, because of not you could drown in a water of pain. 😀 well I just wrote what came to my mind while watching this. Also I am fascinated by this video. Amazing work. 💙
Andrea Kurotova', I'm amazed at the fluidity of your insights. Reading your insights, I relived this film with even more depth, understanding, and wisdom revealed in each chosen word, like another dance step by someone who knows something about the Source of inspiration, healing, and growth. I'm going to share your thoughts and this movie with a dear friend suddenly -- with a long road ahead and a new "amazing life" to create from such pain. Thank you.
Your interpretation is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
This is not easy to do even in short takes. It takes a lot of practice to put breathing on the back burner while performing or doing any task unless you are super focused on that task and not breathing. The risk is building up too much PPCO2 and blacking out. I know the effects of that one; first hand. It would be interesting to watch the action on the surface and her pool support and this looks like the NASA tank.
Thank you for your words
Hello Andrea. Are you originally from Russia? Your last name sounds as you are. You are very talanted.🌸
One of the most beautiful and fascinating videos on KZhead. Thank you!
Agreed.
Agreed
now we hear from a SoyBoy !!!
Question: would you say the same if it were a black woman?
@@MilitantTalker wo0d U?? 😳🙊👀
The beauty of the dancer and the dance are impressionable. The technicalities of the performance even more so. Supporting her breathing is standard film-making now. Controlling her buoyancy, now that is the real feat here. Amazing.
There is a video they released called “The making of “AMA”” if you haven’t watched it is very interesting. In French with English subtitles.
The hop and sink at 3:28, whoa, she had no air in her lungs to do that, that was bananas.
At once I’m mesmerized by the grace and beauty and then I wonder how she could manage the physical demands involved. Incredible.
She was negatively buoyant because she was wearing a weight belt under her dress, and there was no breathing to support, she wasn’t breathing
@@markfox9034 where? There's no room under her tiny skirt that floats up as she dances
Having gone through a miscarriage myself, I have a much better understanding of the choice in movements. She captures both the grief, and the beautiful short life of a human growing in the womb. Each leap higher and higher, the baby becoming more and more beautiful with each passing moment, until around 4:40 there is a violent end to a fight for life. Then there is the mom in between these sequences trying to move forward in life, while the mind is still living in the past by moving backwards. I lost my composure at 4:53. And then when the lifeless makes its way out by rising towards the surface. But never got a chance to take their first breath. both heart wrenching and hauntingly beautiful. Thank you, Julie and the rest of the production team.
Put the artistry and the beauty of this aside for a second, i just want to say i have immense respect for this woman. She danced i don't know how many meters under water, where you can easily get light headed and stressed out. Even if they had an oxygen mask (or whatever that's called) ready underwater, it is still stressful to dance, shoot, be underwater and constantly have a break to literally breathe. Besides all that she was also telling a story, about herself, which obviously must be very emotional for her. And she was showing her biggest pain in her life as a form of art and dance underwater. That must be so hard, to tell your story underwater (where you're already stressed and under physical pressure) because telling that story must have immense meaning for her and it probably made her really emotional and brought back not so pretty memories. Imagine experiencing that amount of emotion underwater, where you have to dance and focus on holding your breath and balancing the pressure. Wow
Yes, the dance was a technical and physical tour de force. She must have had weights stitched into her dress to achieve the negative buoyancy necessary to do those moves. Where did they find that tank? Achieving such clarity of water is not easy, and then there is the challenge of lighting. Either she waited for the bubbles to clear or she collected her breath so it didn't enter the water. She had shed the weights for the ascent at the end, then exhaled enough air to reach neutral buoyancy before she reached the surface. She is a true artist, opening our eyes to the meaning of life.
@@Demobius Julie Gautier is a deep-sea freediver, with 68 meters record deep reached :)
@@Demobius That deep you don't need extra weights, your lung shrink and you can lay on the bottom freely.
I think you have just written down why I am crying my eyes out...
@@Demobius here is her film on the making of the film kzhead.info/sun/dq1xZdSyp52fZIU/bejne.html
No matter what personal pain she went through, she was able to use her body to express pain and struggle in a way that’s visceral and profound. Watching her dance relates to my own deep pain and struggles, as if they are happening now and I am re-experiencing it all, along with her experience of her pain, and I cried. It’s very beautiful.
I was about to write the exact same things.
Независимо от того, какую личную боль она пережила, она могла использовать свое тело, чтобы выражать боль и борьбу интуитивно и глубоко. Наблюдение за ее танцем связано с моей собственной глубокой болью и борьбой, как если бы они происходили сейчас, и я заново переживаю все это вместе с ее переживанием ее боли, и я плакал. Это очень красиво.
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Это прорыв, агрегор в работе кинематографа. Поразил танец в воде, плавные движения полета, требующие колоссальной подготовки, как в хореографии, так и в задержке дыхания под водой. Сложности с помещением и приборами для с'емки . Прекрасный завораживающий фильм. Огромное спасибо за создание шедевра.
Для полного совершенства осталось удалить маленькое чёрное платье.
Задержки нет, там склеивали фрагменты. Если приглядется, то видно как меняется точка танца в пространстве.
This is hands down the most beautiful performance I have ever seen
100%
If you have lost a child not yet born then this immediately speaks to your heart. I feel your pain and they will always be ours, we hold them in our hearts. To all the lost tiny ones. ❤🌠
Yes, to ALL the lost tiny ones: voluntary as well as involuntary!
interesting interpretation. My wife lost 5 out of 6, and that's the last thing I'd I'd take from this piece. The lone pregnancy to make it (#5 of the 6) turned out to be a perfect baby in every respect, and grew up to be the happiest, most well adjusted and interesting young man I've ever know, so I guess the Cosmos makes amends, sometimes.
@@OslerWannabe please don't speak without knowing what this woman has gone through.
@@OslerWannabe i'm surprised thee arent enough ppl seeing this, i wouldnt even call it intepretation coz this actually is the right answer, its in the title
My dear Julie, what I have just watched is simply and irrestistebly magnificent. The subtleness, the kindness, the expression of deepest feelings, the inner pain, the utmost love, the final submission to our fate as mortals, all flourishing from the slow dance, the water hindering your desire to fly high, to jump to the heavens. How touching, how overwhelming this project is! Kindly excuse the awkward term "project", this is Art, Creation, Heart, Soul. I loved you. Your tiniest daughter (as well as the rest of your children) must be feeling very proud, very privileged to have such a mother. I would be honored to see more of you, if available. My honest, heartful compliments to you and all the people that made fantasy into reality.
Nicholaos I could not say it better than your words...my own speechlessness and awe was matched with your perfect expression.....the one exception is a deep feeling of irrevocable sadness which the ending leaves me to believe that she may have been close to death, if not in reality, in the depth of emotional loss...numb...from head to toe....an amazingly touching performance for certain...💕
The first times years ago when I watched this video I always thought such a beautiful performance, such grace. I didn't know the story about it. And it's just today when I watched this video again I felt myself there. I lost a baby last week and this dance fell so deep into my heart.. I decided to read the description and started crying. I'm so sorry for your loss
I'm sorry for your loss.
May you receive all the support you need to deal with your loss and make sense of it. May love unfold for you in ever expanding ways and waves. You are not alone. You are loved.
I am so sorry for your loss.
This is most artful, exquisite work I've ever seen. Every aspect of it is literally breath-taking. If youtube has ever provided anything truly moving and enriching....THIS IS IT. Sheer, actual genius is Gautier and those who created this masterpiece.
The longing and pain is palpable. Having read a comment by another mentioning her personal nature of the project, cradling her stomach, dedication- it all points to a loss if a child. 🥺
@@victrola2007 I picked up the same thing, from the very beginning. Water is the element of emotion. It was the only medium by which such an emotion could be communicated so deeply.
Великолепная работа. Браао🎉🎉🎉
That was the most beautiful thing I have watched in such a long long time. It was just so beautiful.
indeed
Would you say the same if it were a black woman?
@@MilitantTalker I would have Millie, the beauty was the water she became 1 with the water, effortlessly being in the water. Not struggling, no fear, anxiety, worries, anger, stress, confusion, concerns, she showed us all a place that many of us would only dream of she was at peace. I saw no color of skin, only a human being creating a form of art not on canvas but conquered fear, rising above that which held her captive, a dance, poetry in motion. I love the water, jealousy at 66yrs young. 💖
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You stated that beautifully. Thank you.
She presented love, sadness, madness, and deliverance all at once. Bravo.
Потрясающее видео! Как такой шедевр можно было создать?! Пересматриваю его снова и снова.....❤
Julie Gautier is a French apnea champion in the Constant Weight discipline. She's also a director, a model, and a dancer. Daughter to a sailor and a dancer, she combined her parents' skills! Guillaume Néry, her partner, is an apnea world champion, and nearly died of it. Julie Gautier est une championne d'apnée dans la spécialité du poids constant, une réalisatrice, modèle et danseuse française. Fille de marin et de danseuse... 2 en 1 ! Guillaume Néry, son compagnon, est champion mondial d'apnée, il a failli en mourir.
Merci pour la traduction💐
Demasiadoo waoooo!
How does she sink like a stone?
@evisceron -- are you lying? -or merely misinformed? Either way, you couldn't be more wrong; it's *not* alcohol; it's water. Clearly, you have no idea of what being submerged in a pool of alcohol would do to a human body. Hint: one of the first things it would do is to destroy anyone's open eyes within a few moments. Nor do you have any idea how much liquid the Y-40 Pool holds. In fact, it's 4,300 cubic meters of water; that's 4,300,000 liters of liquid, or 1.36 million gallons. I doubt that much clear alcohol is produced in the entire world in a year. And a pool filled with clear alcohol would be constantly evaporating, which would not only require constant re-filling, but the fumes as it evaporated would be caustic to anyone at the surface, not to mention flammable. TL;DR: stop bullshitting.
@@bricology Thank you for that reply. While i knew it was bullshit, I really appreciated your technical reply.
I’m afraid to breathe while watching this video. I saw Ama again and again I don’t know how many times. It’s probably the most beautiful video I ever saw. It gives so different emotions: I’m crying and also smiling. Thank you❤️
Julie Gautier's video is simply amazing! "AMA" stands for "Japanese free divers" and it shows diver Julie Gautier gracefully dancing underwater, without scuba gear, just holding her breath. She performs elegant and fluid movements while holding her breath, creating a visually stunning experience. The video is a tribute to the tradition of Japanese female divers, known as "Ama", who collect pearls and seafood from the seabed. The music and cinematography are also breathtaking.
Hauntingly beautiful and powerful...i have been reading on the Ama pearl drivers in Japan when i came across this video. I dont even know how to express what i felt when i watched it. All this time, ive wanted to know what its like to be immersed fully in the water and also in sync with it. This video is the answer. The story, the movements, everything is alot of work and i really really respect her for this video and performance. God bless her.
I, too, did not know how to express my feelings in words, but you did! Well said. Loved this beautiful video
Wow I'm in a trance, one of the most beautiful performances I've ever seen! So graceful and effortless she is absolutely amazing!
Words cannot express what the eye has just witnessed.
In my best I was the water. Was never a fear of breath but moving with a certain power. We would have appreciated such a wonderful swin together. You are so kind to inspire my manhood.
💯
Get over yourself.
Очень грациозное, замечательное исполнение. Как я увидел это действие. Рождение, жизнь, любовь, что нас поднимает в высь к свету. Угасание и финал, смерть и восхождение к Богу! Удивительно, спасибо вам большое за ваше творчество!!!
Как хорошо и точно вы сказали! Да, это жизнь и смерть и вознесение к Богу...
@@user-ov1rc6sf3t Да крысата😢 А зачем?
Thank you Julie Gautier for your grace in sharing your biggest pain, and thank you for combining apnea and dance. This is magic.
Whatever the pain for the author really was i wont try to speculate, as it is personal and i deeply respect that. But the brilliance of the video and the way it was executed and filmed was astonishing. It is AWESOME. I hope to see more of this kind. Thank you Julie for this.
Кристальная поэзия. Такая, какую может передать лишь танец - никаких слов, лишь их живой смысл. Эмоции, тонко выверенные в движениях, история, которую они рассказывают и музыка сливаются воедино в безвоздушном пространстве, сотворяя нечто удивительное. И прекрасное, бесконечно прекрасное. Это пример искусства таким, каким я его вижу: внимательным, хрупким и невероятным, и лишь на ничтожное мгновение существенным. Но это мгновение можно сохранить навсегда
Years after I first watched, liked and shared I've come back to experience again. Goosebumps within seconds, tears by the end. Pain and loss made into something truly beautiful, I am not an 'arty' person but this never fails to move me. My heart goes out to her.
Back again to watch this gorgeous video. I swear I come back several times a year to rewatch since the first time I saw this video almost 5 years ago. Breathtakingly beautiful.
Это было потрясающе. Женщин - это произведение искусства, только многие из них забывают это или жизнь заставляет об этом забыть. очень жаль. Очень понравилось. Спасибо. Хорошо смотреть ,и думать ,и чувствовать тоже хорошо.
Без Мужчины женщина это чей то обед. И все. Без мужчины, написавшего музыку, без мужчины снявшего это, без мужчины решившего что это интересно - вас нет. Вас не существует. Женщины любая и всегда без взгляда мужчины просто не существует. Аминь.
@@demyanbelakov5728 Вы должны, более ответственно, подходить к приёму таблеток. Нужно их принимать вовремя и только те, которые приписал доктор.
Фантастика, такие нежные, плавные передвижения, можно осуществлять только в легком вакууме! А тут в воде! Насколько продуман танец для зрелища, диву даешься! Не танец, а уникальный шедевр!
Наоборот, сопротивление воды не позволяет сделать резкое движение. Все получается плавно. Плюс давление (внешней среды) повышается с погружением на глубину, и тело становится по спортивному более пластичным и гибким
Thank you. A pure elevation. This feeling of loneliness, of the weight of the mass of water that brings her back down... But the most beautiful thing is probably that she manages to rise up to this bubble that is the unexpressed word, held back, to finally express herself as a deliverance.
Not everything needs interpretation. This is so pure, existentiell and touching. Awesome work of everyone participating. And by the way one of my favorite songs, and thats exactly what i feel when i hear this piece of art. Thanks!!!
Ничего подобного не видела....снимаю шляпу! Браво! Фантастично!
Sometimes the KZhead algorithm hits a pot of gold.
That's so true! And it should act so much more often.
Yes, but way too seldom. One in a milliarde (for US readers: billions)
@@rolandrickphotography or a crock of shiite LOL
Il y a toujours des moments rêvés d’or, façonnés en volutes de mémoires vives et de jardins de soie, des moments furtifs enveloppés de papier de soi, des moments torrides, au nord, rouge de force, de violence et de sang, des moments cachés du chaos primitif, des moments de résolution et de silences morts tout droit venus en tempêtes des champs de batailles. Des moments yang qui incitent les guerriers morts à se revivifier éternellement à la source, par petites gorgées, en douceurs tellement attendues - et il y a des moments non révélés, à peine suggérés, des moments sombres comme le sud des rivières et l’eau des torrents de la Montagne, des moments où le froid des nuages provoque la pluie, la féminité, l’ombre des sous-bois et suggère en pastilles colorées la lumière tapie, il y a des moments en soi, internels, si forts de réceptivité intense que seule la grue blanche peut témoigner du calme absolu, de la pureté et de la loyauté qui se dégagent de la grâce employée à créer par l’artiste la tendresse des eaux, le souffle des sirènes, l’eau des remous silencieux dans l’onde comme des tempêtes non advenues. Des moments suspendus qui croient en leurs destins d’étoiles.
Stephen Marshall Doesn’t it just! This is fantastic stuff. I’m a photographer and it’s very expensicve to take your gear underwater, but someday, maybe.
merci ... depuis sa sortie je regarde le film régulièrement et toujours avec la même émotion. Oui chacun peut y mettre sa douleur pour l'alléger. Alors merci.
This is absolutely beautiful! It's one of the most beautiful pieces of visual art that I've seen in a very long time. It's so perfect. I'm in awe. Thank you for making this!
This is how life starts and she never made it to the surface but danced the most peaceful precious dance and was loved and lost for it regardless. 🌹
Thanks
Oh I simply love this interpretation... Heartbreaking as it is. 💔My daughter just had a miscarriage three weeks ago. We're still reeling... 😢
Yes that’s it!
This is absolutely amazing! I would love to see a "Behind the scenes" look at the making of this, it must have taken so much time and practice! I actually believed that she was breathing/holding her breath for that long! Beautiful! Wonderful! Fantastic!
World of Water She was definitely holding it a long time between takes! I think the video is slowed down a bit, which leads me to think she was holding her breath even longer than I thought at first
World of Water she was
Stella Rothe she did hold her breath for that long bc she did it in the worlds deepest pool
HoloCloud Lorde Julie can probably hold her breath underwater for 5 minutes at a time
I would love to see the behind the scenes video too! This is so aesthetically made, beautifully filmed, danced, wonderful music.....just wow!
Grazie. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 è vita! Tutto è possibile! Anche sotto tutta la pioggia, la nostra anima balla immersa!! Per riemergere. Davvero emozionante ❤❤❤❤❤
C'est juste magnifique, magique, du rêve, de la poésie, de l'émotion, bravo Julie vous m'avez fait rêver l'espace d'un instant.
So deep and meaningful. Thank you for making this. I imagine the the aquatic environment to represent the womb. The woman begins to move as the child life as a fetus begins. Growth, development, beautifully woven together. The intensity increases with the onset of labor. There is a struggle. The child is lost as the woman lies down again and the music fades. But her soul awakes as she swims up towards the light. While her physical body remains below the surface between the physical and spiritual realm, her breath, her spirit, rises and breaches the surface. She lives in the realm beyond our own. So beautiful. So sad. And so full of love ❤.
You got this spot on
I agree with most of your interpretations. However, I want to stress that the dancer represents both the baby and the mother, the dance represents both the fetus' gestation and the mother's labor, and the final ascension represents both birth and death. The aquatic environment also suggests a Christian subtext; it is the medium that forms a New Trinity, one of the mother, the daughter, and the spirit. The dancer's posture in the final ascension--an enactment of transcendence and redemption--seems to invoke a feminine version of the image of Jesus in crucifixion.
I agree. Some smaller details... The neckholder of the swimsuit that she has on forms an 'X' in the back. The color black stands for mourning. At the beginning there's two circles on the wall, towards the end three circles in total.
Wow. You didn't miss a thing
I was asked to watch this video so I could analyze movement for a drawing class. I had no idea what it was. To be honest, I am not a person who has ever connected to dance or has paid much attention to it, but this moved me to tears. Everything about it works together so beautifully, and though I don't claim to understand the meaning, I feel the pain and I'm touched by it.
Watching again after so many years... and... still deeply touched... an amazing piece of art!!!!!!
This is so amazing... there are no enough adjectives to express the performance and feelings behind it - the feelings of Julie as much as the feelings of the expectators. It touches something deep in me as deep is the water itself. Water absorbs and carries feelings, and I wonder... what that water in the video assimilated through this performance. There's something sacred in there and the water is the temple that holds - and solves - giving way to absolution as she rises swiftly to the surface. When I look at these scenes, what I perceive is a story of struggle, suffering and effort - but not devoid of grace. Grace and love are there in each motion of body and soul. Grace and love are there towards the path to ascension. 💚💦🌌
This near-zero-G dance is one genius idea and it's sublime. I'm fascinated by Julie Gautier's utter beauty, grace and mastery. If this was not an ode to women, what could be?! I'm sorry for the initial trauma that you managed to transcend through this film, but also so glad and grateful to KZhead's suggestions for making me discover your art!
That moment when she didn't reach the surface, but her air did. This is such a powerful film you've created. So emotional. I remember when I first saw this last year. My friend, who had miscarriage, shared this with us. ♥ to all the women.
And their partners? We feel the pain too...believe me.
@@barryryan8267 I know they suffer too. 🤍 But they cant feel the same pain as these mothers. They never met that child. Nature, it is what it is.
@@barryryan8267 it's not the same thing
@@barryryan8267 I understand what you're saying! I think it's complicated to judge amounts of pain, so I won't bother. But I will say I think we are all human and need to look out for one another. Let us all be good to one another because of this.
Remarquable ! Comment se lasser de ce bijou ? A voir et à revoir et à partager ! Merci pour toute cette grâce inédite ✨✨🙏🙏💖💖
One of the most beautiful underwater dance where the dancer soul pain is evident in the beginning, ending up freeing herself from her real story. She shows the best movements combined in different stages. Wonderful... mesmerising. Endless watching Such a beautiful apnea body and soul dancing
C'est stupéfiant et sans jeu de mot, à couper le souffle. Pas une seule bulle d'air et la danseuse qui reste au fond dans cette chorégraphie aquatique merveilleuse. Bravo c'est du grand art et ça mérite 1 milliard de vues.
Mon film coup de cœur... j'y reviens régulièrement ces derniers jours, pour ressentir cette paix légèrement douloureuse qui semble émaner de cette danse. Tellement splendide. Bravo à vous Julie, vous êtes merveilleuse !
Je suis tellement d'accord avec vous, chère Abeille... ;)
@@sanjuroardonar1814 Moi également, cher Sanjuro
one of the most beautiful piece of Art i ever watched - THANKS for sharing ♥
This is absolutely beautiful and I am in tears. So much talent. So much beauty and pain.
What the world needs: more art to release the pain and heal wounds. Lovely... healing... sublime.
Les mots seront assez peu évocateurs pour faire ressortir la splendeur et la grâce de cette apnéiste. Suis-je la seule à y voir l'expression de nombreuses émotions comme le combat intérieur, l'abandon, la solitude, le lâcher-prise, la douceur, la tendresse, le défoulement, la sérénité et la renaissance. Tout cela dans une chorégraphie parfaite et harmonieuse.
vous avez fait une excellente lecture de cette performence technique et physique, à laquelle j'ajouterai la grace et la beauté de son interprète.
Um poema visual indescritivelmente lindo. Fascinante!!!Parabéns!!!
four years after I first saw this, and it remains the most beautiful, moving, powerful, incredible vision brought to life. that we live in such a time is a miraculous blessing
D'une beauté infinie. Que d'émotions. Les ressentis sont tels qu'au visionnage on est presque parfois en apnée avec elle. Quelle grâce ! 🙏 c'est magique À regarder sans fin....
The simplicity is deceptive. Absolutely mesmerizing
Браво, браво, браво. Потрясающая красота. Великолепно пробирает аж до слёз!
Je tombe par hasard sur cette vidéo… les mots me manquent tant l’émotion est forte face à cette incroyable performance poétique sous l’eau … c’est à couper le souffle !! Cette expression de souffrance d’une femme sous l’eau … c’est un coup de grâce !! Merci 🙏🏻
Очень красиво, даже фантастично! Браво!
Cela fait 2 ans que je me débats contre une maladie auto-immune et aujourd’hui je viens d’apprendre que j’allais guérir. Pour moi, votre film représente l’allégorie de cette chute au cours de laquelle on se débat encore et encore jusqu’à ce qu’on lâche enfin prise, totalement et simplement. Le calme enfin retrouvé préfigure la remontée à la surface tant espérée. Merci infiniment pour votre travail et témoignage si touchant.
Nicola Haut merci pour vos encouragements. Je vais m’accrocher
This is real art talent. Very well done, telling a personal story mixed with an amazing underwater aquatic ability. Thank you.
It is the highs and lows we experience in life...but don't you see, they both serve a purpose...look what this low brought out...an artistic masterpiece so beautiful, and beyond any words...
I have never seen such ballet such emotional art from a ballet ballerina. I am speechless. I never forget.
Quando pensamos que a melhor poesia foi lida, que a melhor música e o melhor vídeo...Surge a superação! Transformando a dança na leveza de uma poesia!!!
Cette vidéo m'a émue aux larmes. Merci infiniement pour cette création pleine d'authenticité et qui rend hommage à l'art dans sa plus pure expression
MERCI Julie, un pur moment de douceur , de grâce et je suis admirative de cette capacité de rétention .Votre danse dans l'élément eau ,provoque dans le corps une légèreté.🤩🤗
De la grâce, de l'élégance, de la beauté à l'état pur, avec une performance incroyable. Merci pour ces quelques minutes d'évasion, avec une belle illustration musicale. Merci Julie Gautier.
I hope this isn’t the case for Julie, but as someone who identifies with some of the insinuations this looks like how I felt when I lost my pregnancies. Holding an empty womb, feeling heavy and alone cause even though both partners suffered a loss only your body lingers with the physical Pain fighting to heal.....but at some point finally feeling able to breathe in finding acceptance. Well this is what my story looked like anyway.
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It says at the end : to my tiniest daughter. I think your interpretation is right.
That was the first thought I had when the scene opened with her hand on her belly.
this explains the ending when she the air reached the surface but she never did. It is a pain that can't not disappear and only another woman who went through the same can understand it.
I am so so sorry 💔💔😔
Almost 7 million views, certainly one of the most beautiful.
The loss of a child is indeed this deep, lonely and intense……what a gorgeous depiction.
so beautiful . being a dancer and diver since i was young...i tbrought me to tears! I feel so deeply for this video. WHen i am underwater I try to balance the feeling ofbeing elated and tinge of sadness for the ocean and i sometimes dance when i am alone when i was out there since i was young . just for me.
my dad is ascuba instructor and my mum is a synchronized swimmer...so i guess that's why i have passion for dance and diving. thank you Julie for sharing...it touched me so deeply.
Elaana Kirsten Balbuena what sort of dance genre is this? If we want to learn for beginners, on land of course? So I can search on KZhead accordingly
Hina Bokhari modern and ballet
What soulless being gave this a thumbs down!? One of the most moving, incredible things I have ever seen.
Kate Phillips key phrase soulless 🐬✨
Those 1 percent are missclicks, actually.
About half way I was in tears, fortunately the end gave me hints of healing. This was visual poetry, incredible.
Moment of magic where time dissolves to better existe and carry us, thank you, the memory of these images continue to lift me following the floating movements like a freeze frame that already lives in me
That was combining two difficult things together and making it look effortless. Just beautiful.
Dear Julie, thank you, this is far beyond words, it brings tears and painful goose pumps...All the beauty of a human soul in one piece of art..
Stunning, why only seeing it now after 5 years. The ending anticipation to catch a breath to live is crazy, making me holding my breath too...
So profoundly beautiful... It renders the heart and saves the soul. Shows the preciousness of life and reminds us of how brave we need to be. Thank you.
Tellement magnifique dans l'eau tout est très lent et c'est ce qui fait la beauté de cette chorégraphie on a l'impression quelle vole vraiment magnifique likes si vous êtes d'accord avec moi ....😢
I have no words for this. Just amazing and delightful. Thank u so much
Wordless in front of such beauty and emotion. This is a masterpiece.
Magnifique création…tellement belle et si inspirante…du Grand Art…MERCI❣️❣️❣️
This is one of the most amazing works of artistic expression that I have ever seen. Ms. Gautier is a sheer genius!
Просто Божественно!!! Гармония движений и музыки!!! Божественно!!!
Очень красиво, аж до слез. Но очень хочется надеяться, что этот перформанс не стал следствием потери ребенка...
I've spent my entire life on, in, and under water and that video is truly a beautiful work of art. Thank you.
saw this on vimeo years ago and thought it was absolutely stunning, glad to see it mysteriously pop into people's feeds on here. A beautiful piece.
This is an amazing piece of art! After all the struggle and pain portrayed with her graceful dance the moment that her last breath reaches the surface but she never does brought me to tears. Sublime work!
Какая хореография! Как прекрасны, грациозны движения под водой! Это акробатика, балет... Замирает сердце, когда воздух выдохнут, вознесся на поверхность, а девушка зависла... Очень трогательно! В этом есть скрытый смысл. Жизнь, борьба со страстями в одиночестве, в условиях недостатка живительного воздуха. Отделение души в движении к Небу. И ожидание своей участи... Это проповедь. Я так вижу... Надеюсь, рука Спасителя её вытащит! 🙏🌿
Очень красиво, но странно,почему она не всплывает.Ее вода должна выталкивать
@@user-kypalnik характер, видимо, тяжёлый)))
Just came across this and finding it so moving, beautiful. So hypnotic. Wonderful choice of music too
I discovered your talent on a Marriott Bonvoy Tv experience in a recent hotel stay and I was inspired to tears at the dedication, beauty and athletic ability of your art. Thank you for sharing with me and the world your extreme devotion and love of dance and free diving.
I use this video in my syllabus for Jazz 1 and Ballet 1. It's so incredibly important for ALL DANCERS to see the natural flow of underwater movement and of course, the BREATH. I cry every time as it's so beautiful and incredibly strong.
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