DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!

在一个遥远的世界，能跳舞的是女孩，不能跳舞的是男孩。一个迷恋上跳舞的男孩，冒着风险偷窥女孩们的舞步，在曾经的书籍中寻找着男性跳舞的痕迹，希望能够获得对自己身份的认可。随着他对舞蹈的渴望逐渐强烈，纠察队的脚步也渐渐临近……

In a world afar, it is girls who may dance and boys who should not. Obsessed with dancing, a boy willfully took risks of peeping at the dance moves of girls and mining through the old books for any trace of men dancing in the past, so as to find affirmation of his own identity. As his desire for dancing grew stronger, the inquisition squad also approached…

导演：谭力畅、赵翊辛
编剧：谭力畅、赵翊辛
主演：何禹同、谭晴予
制片人：王芷墨
摄影：尹博艺
类型：剧情短片
时长：5分钟
完成时间：2024年
对白语言：汉语普通话
地区：中国
制片公司：中国传媒大学

Director: Lichang Tan, Yixin Zhao
Screenwriter: Lichang Tan, Yixin Zhao
Cast: Yutong He, Qingyu Tan
Producer: Zhimo Wang
Cinematographer: Boyi Yin
Genre: Narrative short film
Length: 5 min
Year: 2024
Dialogue: Mandarin Chinese
Region: China
Production Company: Communication University of China

谭力畅，中国传媒大学2021级广播电视编导（文艺编导方向）在读。

Lichang Tan, currently enrolled at the Radio and TV editing (Artistic Direction), Discipline of Radio and Television Arts, Communication University of China, Class of 25’.

赵翊辛，中国传媒大学2021级广播电视编导（文艺编导方向）在读。

Yixin Zhao, currently enrolled at the Radio and TV editing (Artistic Direction), Discipline of Radio and Television Arts, Communication University of China, Class of 25’.

首先，短片在核心的表达是私人的，只来源于我们本人——我们想要表达对于性别刻板气质的反叛。在我的成长过程中，性别的刻板印象始终存续在周围人的认知中，它们来源于家庭、学校和社会。当今更多元的性别视角和审美逐渐走入主流视野，父权社会对男性气质的规训遭受了冲击，我们也因性少数群体的身份，对“有毒的男性气质”产生了质疑和反思。
于是我们大致形成了一个男孩和男性刻板气质对抗的故事核。用一句话概括就是：“一个延宕的主角在反抗男性刻板气质的过程中与体制决裂，并最终死于体制的惩罚。”短片中的男孩对男性气质的反叛是天生的自然的，而当他在影片中段发现曾经存在的男性舞蹈的照片时，他是恋慕的也是决绝的，他意识到了对男性的爱慕，也终于认可了自我性少数群体的身份，同时也终于抱着死亡决心和体制决裂。短片的结尾是悲壮的，但就如同男孩还在微微颤动的手指一样，舞蹈不会停止，性少数群体的自我觉醒也是不会在权威下消逝的。
我们尝试用风格化的影像、架空的故事来搭建一个充满符号和象征的世界，其对现实世界充满了指涉。我们希望能够用短片唤起性少数群体的自我觉醒，每一次我观看短片，男孩的决心都深深地激励着我。

First and foremost, the expression of short film at its core is personal, originating solely from ourselves – we want to speak up our rebellion against stereotypical gender expressions. When I was growing up, gender stereotypes always existed in the perceptions of people around me: my family, school, and society. Nowadays, more diversified perspectives and aesthetics of gender have gradually come into the mainstream. The patriarchal society’s discipline of masculinity has consequently faced an impact, while we as sexual minorities have also come to questioning and reflecting on the “toxicity in masculinity.”
Thus, we formed the core of a story about a boy’s confrontation with the stereotypical masculinity. A one-sentence synopsis would read as: “The procrastinated protagonist who is fighting against stereotypical masculinity breaks with the system and ultimately dies due to the system’s punishment.” In this short film, the boy’s rebellion against masculinity is innate and natural; when he discovers pictures of the once-existing dancing men halfway through the film, he is both affectionate and determined, realizing his love for men and finally identifying as sexual minority. He eventually holds on to his death resolve in order to break with the system. Though the short film has a tragic ending, just like the boy’s finger, trembling, the dance will not stop, and the awakening of sexual minorities will not vanish under the oppression of authority.
With stylized images and fictionalization, we attempt to build a world full of symbolism, a world that signifies the real one. We hope to arouse the awakening of sexual minorities by making this short film. Every time I watch it, the boy’s commitment always inspires me deeply.