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This music is the hear is the soul of the film. It is as if any inner space that Clara has yet to realize in herself, one her dad searched for, one anne holds too with a light hand - and the film, with its mood and sound world in both it’s score and the diagetic music of her Dad on the island, will hold her story on film from this place of care, curiosity, and calm. This will contrast will the anxiety and pace of Clara, but that she will recognize from time to time as the film goes on.
CLARA (18-29)
**Must have ballet, dance, or strong movement background**
She is shy, young, and anxious. Strong and driven in her craft, she is restless and unsure of herself deep down. An introvert in her early 20’s, she feels more herself in baggy clothes than tight fitting leotards and tutus. Confused if she still feels at home in the high femme world of classical ballet and dance influencers, but unsure of how to find a new path. She has built up a hard exterior, repressing any emotions surrounding her Dad’s absence and her own sense of self. But in this new part of life, these behaviors prove tenuous as an unrest boils up in her in the form of panic attacks and insomnia that she can’t subdue. A social media addict who lurks but fears posting, she struggles with no one in her life to help guide her through this difficult time as her body—the instrument she could always depend on—is sending her signals that something is not right. While intensely observant, words are not Clara’s strong suit, and to understand her is to follow how her movement and breath change over the course of the film.
A NOTE ON HER ROLE IN FILM
Clara’s character must exist as a counterpoint to the mainstream world of classical ballet. Visually, with it’s emphasis on the feminine, the classical, the polished and refined, the straight lines and self-evident movement language, the outgoing and charismatic, the make up, perfection, all with a smile on the face that covers any sense of weakness and fragility that is underneath.
Clara, in contrast to this, is messy, unsure of herself, more masculine, shy, agitated and manic at times, slouchy and depressed at other, growing afriad of her own body. Prefers loose fitting close, darker, moodier colors, loud music to the romanticism of romantic classical music. She lurks at teh edges, afraid to be the center of attention, but so deperate to express something in her, that is pent up, and a pushing desire to achieve in a hope that it will solve this unrest, bring her to her home. She feels out of place, a knowing at her core, but has not tapped into an understanding of that yet, still confuse