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Synchronized swimming is a strange phenomenon, a unique combination of art and a competitive sport. During the years of observing the field I have tried to decipher what stands behind it and what is it about it so fascinating. At first the connection was solely esthetical but the deeper I dived I also discovered the dramatic experience of synchronized swimming and the ideological and social implications behind it.   

In the film I will try to enjoy both worlds hidden in this sport: the human drama as it is expressed through the struggles and personal conflicts, and the esthetical synchronized experience found in the group dance.

The difference between the worlds is distinct and fascinating and in my opinion is a microcosm of a greater struggle between different and contradictory perceptions: the capitalistic competitive perception, which focuses on the individual, and the communist perception, which sanctifies the strength of the collective and the art that cannot be measured nor competed.

This sport represents to me 'a disappearing world', the complete opposite of the spirit of this hedonistic time, individual and linear, known in our everyday life.

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