Kiesza - You're The Best

What this video is

Released November 1, 2019, 'You're The Best' documents Kiesza's return to music after a two-year hiatus following a serious brain injury sustained in a car accident. The video is produced within the long-term creative partnership between the Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based artist and director/choreographer Ljuba Castot, whose aesthetic is rooted in NYC underground street dance and the Merce Cunningham contemporary…

Why it matters

Kiesza occupies a niche in dance-pop where choreography and physical performance are the primary video language, tracing a lineage from her breakthrough one-take 'Hideaway' (2014) through to this 2019 return. 'You're The Best' continues that tradition under Castot's direction, situating…

The director

New York-based choreographer and creative director originally from Copenhagen, Denmark. Castot came to NYC to study at Merce Cunningham Dance Company Studios, then immersed herself in the city's underground street dance community. She has served as Creative…