Why Dance Matters Now…

Delving into Dance, in partnership with Critical Path, invited those engaged in dance (in whatever capacity) to share thoughts as to why dance matters now…

Together we have commissioned a total of twelve texts for publication.These diverse texts explore a range of issues from different perspectives. You are invited to leave comments and join in a conversation about why dance matters now…

THe works of
Adrianne Semmens & Jennifer Eadie, Alison Plevey, Ira Ferris, Shaun McLeod
& Simon Ellis and Tsuki Becoming also being part of the digital Interchange Festival 2019.

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‘a moving voice’

A choreography of voices exploring why dance matters now, conceived and arranged by Alison Plevey with contributions from Australian dance makers and doers aged between 11 and 86 years; Akira Byrne, Caspar Ilschner, Cloe Fournier, Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, Eliza Sanders, Kristina Chan, Lara Dorling, Philip Piggin and Emily Wells.

Leave only your footprints

A dialogue exploring identity and connection to place that is enabled through embodied movement.

WHY SHOULD I DANCE WHEN THE WORLD IS FALLING APART?

The air is covered with thick smoke, the land is burning, the sky is grey, the atmosphere dire; there seems to be little reason to dance, but as someone wisely told me: “you can’t pour from an empty cup.”

The Currency of Play

In attempting to ‘captureʼ something about the practice, we (as witnesses) started taking photographs of each other as the mover. But taking photographs implicates the photographer in a field of assessments, personal preferences, camera angles and so on. In other words, the photographer makes lots of judgments.

Butoh in Berlin

I sit at the computer, at the library in Kottbusser Tor. I listen to 'Sleepstep' by Dasha Rush as I write. Messages come flying at me via; Facebook, Instagram, E-mails, and Tindr. I am open to receiving and answering these messages, but there is a ring of violence around my heart.

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On dancing

Dancing for joy or for rain, dancing in a concert, a theatre or a particular site, dancing as a form of self-expression or within particular community contexts all serve a range of purposes.

The Transcension of Time, Space & Humanity

My relationship with dance is more turbulent and complex than any human connection I have ever formed. It is a conversation between the body and mind that manifests differently in every person who takes part. The way someone moves naturally – regardless of training – is a uniquely personal piece of themselves.

I AM a Dancer

Dance is simply the movement of bodies through and in space in response to something unseen.

ON THE QUESTION OF VALUE

Who creates the conditions in which an artwork makes an appearance and gathers value?

Fixed Points

Technological and information saturation has rendered us unable to grasp the immanence of global warming. That is, climate change is everywhere, impacting on everything as a gestalt.

I can't believe I want to dance like a tree

For years, I was only concerned with how fast I could dance, how many pirouettes I could do and how fast I could drop into the splits.

Why Dance Matters Now…

Delving into Dance, in partnership with Critical Path, invited those engaged in dance (in whatever capacity) to share thoughts as to why dance matters now…

Together we have commissioned a total of twelve texts for publication.These diverse texts explore a range of issues from different perspectives. You are invited to leave comments and join in a conversation about why dance matters now…

THe works ofAdrianne Semmens & Jennifer Eadie, Alison Plevey, Ira Ferris, Shaun McLeod& Simon Ellis and Tsuki Becoming also being part of the digital Interchange Festival 2019.

THe works of
Adrianne Semmens & Jennifer Eadie, Alison Plevey, Ira Ferris, Shaun McLeod
& Simon Ellis and Tsuki Becoming also being part of the digital Interchange Festival 2019.