from Genetrix to film

films based on the Genetrix choreographed solos

The Covid19 pandemic created opportunities to find new ways to share the art of dance and the cie József Trefeli in collaboration with the Victoria Chiu Company replaced performing and touring of Genetrix with the creation of films.

From Genetrix was created a collection of four films Soursweet by Victoria Chiu, Miguel by Susana Panadès Diaz, Ninge by Rudi van der Merwe and Father Father by József Trefeli. Each film has been filmed in individual locations by separate teams.

Soursweet
Producer : Victoria Chiu and RDYSTDY
Performance and Choreography : Victoria Chiu
Cinematography and Editing : Jacob Perkins
Director and Dramaturgy : Hana Miller
Production : RDYSTDY
Movement Cinematography : Gregory Lorenzutti
Set Sculpture : Cate Consandine
Sound design : Daniel Jenatsch
Piano Composition : Roland Cox
Costume design : Harriet Oxley
Costume Stylist : Gail Stroud
Hair and Make-up : Sarah McFadden

Photography : Gregory Lorenzutti
With huge thanks to Justin Balmain, Isobel Knowles, Jane Russell, James Russell, Alison Tong, Josh Wright and the Dancehouse team
Supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and Dancehouse

SOURSWEET won, Best Digital Dance, for Green Room Awards 2021.
2021 Official selection for Dance Lens, Dancehouse

Miguel

Director and Performer : Susana Panadés Diaz
Producer : Cie József Trefeli

Cinematography & Sound Recording : Erika Irmler
Music : Camilo De Martino

Editing : Erika Irmler, Susana Panadés Diaz

3D Integration : Susana Panadés Diaz

Assistant : Yolanda Herrera Díaz
Administration : Laure Chapel, Paquis Production
Diffusion : Susana Panadés Diaz
Cast : Manoli Diaz Sanchez, Rocio Díaz Sanchez, Encarna Díaz Sanchez, Ivan Llanes Díaz, Yolanda Herrera Díaz, Cristian Ponce Labrador, Cinti Llanes Díaz
Supported by : Fond de Transformation du Canton de Genève et de la Ville de Genève
Wilddogs Dance Film Festival 2023 with an “Honorable Mention”

Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema 2024

San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2024

Ninge

Written, Directed and Edited by Rudi van der Merwe
Camera and colour grading by Erika Irmler

Producer : Cie József Trefeli

‘Ninge’ - József Trefeli
‘Alex’ - Rudi van der Merwe
Extract from ‘Joernaal van Jorik’ by DJ Opperman
Adelaide Bamla, Margaret de Jongh, Steven Ngwenya, Anne Opperman, Isak Salie, Vivienne Samuels, Dirk van der Merwe, Marianne van der Merwe, Rudi van der Merwe, Victoria Xaki
Music - White Light From the Stars in Your Mind by Nurse with Wound
- Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by Henry Purcell
Sound design and mix : François Wolf

Sound mix at Downtown Studio

Administration : Laure Chapel, Paquis Production
Supported by : Fond de Transformation du Canton de Genève et de la Ville de Genève
With thanks to : Catherine du Toit, Hjalmar Russouw, Bartek Sozanski, Orsola Valenti, Marianne van der Merwe
© Company József Trefeli 2024

Father Father

Director & Choreographer : József Trefeli III
Producer : Cie József Trefeli

Music : Andrès Garcìa
Cinematography : Erika Irmler

Editing : Rudi van der Merwe, József Trefeli III
Administration : Laure Chapel, Paquis Production
Cast : Béla Balázs, Gergö Takács, József Trefeli III
Voices : József Trefeli II, József Trefeli III, Liz Trefeli
With thanks to the Mayor of Somogysárd for access to the Somssich Castle in Somogysárd, and Vincent Echenard for access to the farmlands at Burtigny CH

Supported by : Fond de Transformation du Canton de Genève et de la Ville de Genève