Park Pictures’ Nathan Price directed this spot, “The Dancer,” for the Bank of New Zealand, produced by his New Zealand-based production company, Ruskin.
The 90-second commercial follows a teenage boy in rural New Zealand who loves dancing. His story of isolation is set to a stripped-back cover of Robyn’s song, “Dancing On My Own.” At the spot’s reveal we see that while isolated in a place where dance instruction might be hard to come by, he’s connected through an online dance school.
Price is currently in postproduction on the feature documentary The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, shot earlier this year. An adaptation of the international bestseller of the same name, the film examines society’s obsessions with the pursuit of happiness.