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I watched filmmaker Stefan Hunt’s brilliantly rambunctious dance short Yeah The Boys a few months ago for Dn’s Bolton Film Festival Best of Fest article earlier this year and was struck by how seamlessly it blended narrative and expression in a way that honoured the art form of dance and also the toxic truth of masculinity. It’s a choreographic short in a sense, in that it starts with a story-driven beat before opening itself fully into dance sequences. The movements and gestures performed by the dancers are continuously tinged with lewd, brazen textures too, reminding you of the comment Hunt is making on masculinity and the excessive nature of drinking culture. A truly impressive marriage of dance and narrative that we were keen to dig into, Dn spoke with Hunt about his working relationship with partner Vanessa Marian on the short’s story and choreography, the creative choice to go dialogue-free,...