Two dancers standing opposite each other inside an empty building

Because we are strange creatures

Films.Dance

We, as humans, try to live together as one, all the while struggling to comprehend, and suffering under, our own fates which have already been decided for us the moment we are born.

Filmed in Tokyo, Japan

Because we are strange creatures
Director: Jo Motoyo
Choreographer: Alex Doronin of Skillaz
Choreographer Assistants: Daisuke Takahashi, Riku
Featuring: Riku, Daisuke Takahashi, Ayumu Matsuoka, Corky, Fuju Honjo, Taka Sakurai
Composer: Patrick Watson
Lyrics: Jo Motoyo, Patrick Watson, Maya Kuroki
Vocals: Patrick Watson, Maya Kuroki
Drums: Liam O’Neill
Producer // Tokyo: Mariko Tsutsumi
Steadicam Operator: Takuma Iwata
2nd AC: Aya Tabayashi
Offline Editor / Translator: Tamara Ishida
Online Editor: Jun Hatano
Director of Photography: Toshihiko Kizu
Camera assistants 1 AC: Shingo Ito
DIT: Sou Tony Naoi
Colorist: Yoshiyuki Nishida
Stylist: Yoko Miyake
Stylist Assistant: Miyabi Nara
Production Managers// Tokyo: Chiaki Ueta, Kanna Naiki, Kuriko Nakaji
Special Thanks: nac Image Technology Inc., SPACE HYAKKA, Snowdon knit’couture, FACETASM, nisai, doublet, White Mountaineering
Produced by Jacob Jonas The Company
Executive Producer/Creative Director: Jacob Jonas
Producers: Jill Wilson, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Associate Producers: Joy Isabella Brown, Francisco Cruz, Steve Hackman, Emily Kikta, Rubberlegz, Anibal Sandoval, Mike Tyus, Peter Walker, Christian Stroble
Co-presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater, Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, Stanford Live and Stanford Global Studies

Films.Dance engages more than 150 artists from 52 cities in 25 countries, culminating in 15 short films that have been shot during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new film will premiere every Monday.

Through non-traditional collaborations across cultures and continents, the series connects the perspectives of diverse artists from a range of disciplines, dance genres, abilities, and experiences. Filmed in locations ranging from Amsterdam, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, and London, to Los Angeles, New York, Nigeria, and Spain —Films.Dance exists at the intersection of dance, music, fashion, and film.

Produced by Jacob Jonas the Company, in partnership with Somewhere Magazine
Co-presented by the Harris, the Wallis, and the Soraya

FILMS.DANCE TEAM
Executive Producer & Creative Director:
Jacob Jonas

Producers:
Jill Wilson
Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Mathieu Wothke

Associate Producers Dance:
Joy Isabella Brown
Francisco Cruz
Emily Kikta
Mike Tyus
Peter Walker
Rauf “Rubberlegz” Yasit

Associate Producers Music:
Steve Hackman
Anibal Sandoval