For Chowdhury, ''the locations were very important .....All the dancing you see in the video was the result of the location. We did a casting in collaboration with the Athens Video Dance Project (AVDP), got in touch with several dancers and asked them to respond to certain locations through dancing. This way the dancers tapped into the atmosphere of the place and also expressed in their own way how they felt at that particular time. I chose mostly tourist areas because they are very transient places, but also quite generic in a way. Because these films are also a reference to how all the cities we live in are the same, and how it’s actually the people that make the difference.''

Conscious of the particular tension (and attention) that the Greek capital has been under in the past couple of weeks, Chowdhury was cautious to ''tread lightly,'' as he says, while editing the film. ''There’s not too much of a political statement in the film, but it’s definitely open to interpretation. I believe that today people are losing their sovereignty; in Greece, as in the UK as well, banks have taken so much away. But despite all that, I see a lot of fearlessness in the film, with these people dancing in the middle of the street and all. There is a sense of treading carefully but also a stubborn, strong stance in it, that although is mostly slow, grounded and immobile, it is also provocative.''

{YatzerTip} After Athens, the Moving Cities project will travel to Moscow, with plans for an additional five films in five different continents. You can follow the project’s Facebook page to keep track of its progress and receive news about casting calls near you.