This show is a part of Tempo: Te Rerenga o Tere 2022. To see all Tempo shows at Q, click here. To explore the festival, click here.
As human life recedes further and further into a virtual space, corporeal existence is slowly left behind. The frontier of physical and psychological extremes is crossed as the spiritual and the digital intertwine.
Enter a world of speculative fiction, blurring the realities of physical and metaphysical realms. On the threshold of irreversibly entangling every personal nuance, every bodily experience with the Eternal Virtual, we trade holistic control for curated minutiae and voyeuristic crumbs.
Shut down the somatic. Construct upgraded reality. Engage pixels to drown out the distant alarm bells menacing humanity from a few moments into the future. Upload the present. Upgrade the afterlife. Run the human race. Everything can be yours.
Half | Life is an intriguing multidisciplinary full-length work by Lo|Co Arts - an ensemble of acclaimed mixed-genre artists working to create engaging contemporary experiences. Directed and choreographed by Loughlan Prior and composed by Claire Cowan and Tom Dennison, the performance incorporates ground-breaking MiMU music technology, and explores the vertical integration of digital space with live performance below.
Featuring an outstanding company of dance artists (Laura Saxon Jones, Kirby Selchow, Kit Reilly, Tabitha Dombroski and Björn Åslund) and one musical enchantress (Claire Cowan), this production is a contemporary meditation on self-expression, the effects of an altered subconscious and the governance of subliminal control.
Audience note:
During Tempo Dance Festival, all performances may be filmed, and photographs may be taken for promotional and archival purposes.
Sponsors: Tempo: Te Rerenga o Tere is proudly presented by New Zealand Dance Festival Trust and supported by Creative New Zealand, Foundation North and Auckland Council.
Director / Choreographer - Loughlan Prior Composer - Claire Cowan Composer / Sound Engineer - Tom Dennison Dramaturge - The Friday Company / Brigitte Knight Photography - Celia Walmsley Film - Jeremy Brick Animation - Glynn Urquhart Lighting and Scenic Design- Filament Eleven 11
Discover the artistry of Aotearoa’s rising choreographers and dancers. 11 original works by Year 3 Unitec Dance students — each piece a striking investigation of identity, intimacy, resistance, and rhythm.
When Aotearoa’s finest creatives stand with rangatahi, stories come alive. In one week, they craft waiata, rap, dance, and movement. Honest, fearless, full of rangatahi energy. One stage.
