The natural basic waltz step is a three-part clockwise movement. Originating in 16th-century peasant dances, it has evolved through countless forms. In Natural Basic, this cadence is a point of departure, a steady loop that drifts off-axis — its centre of gravity slipping.
Dancers converge through clouds of thought and matter. In dissonant polyphonytheir movements register change like barometers — sensitive to pressure and subtle shifts in metronome. Dinosaur-like, they attempt to carry the weight of deep time, caught between extinction and evolution, chewing up the future and spitting it back out again.
Hot off the heels of the Venice Biennale Danza and The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave, Oli Mathiesen takes us on a bold takatāpui rebirth of the Village People.
What happens when the cypher falls off axis?
Drawing from Hip Hop culture and freestyle practice, this work explores uncertainty, instinct and the search for new ways to move together.
When It Is Finished explores embodied knowledge with Narrm Melbourne-based Deanne Butterworth; while GLIMMER is a choreographic meditation exploring the trajectory of transgender time from our own val smith.
