Impermanence | Forever & Ever

Sydney Dance Company

Fri 20 Oct and Sat 21 Oct

Fri 20 Oct ’23

and

Sat 21 Oct ’23

Fri 20 Oct ’23

19:45 - 21:45

Danstheater

Past event
Sat 21 Oct ’23

19:45 - 21:45

Danstheater

Past event

“There are no boundaries and no guidelines for what you will experience. The great thing about contemporary dance and experiencing it live is that what you take away from it is unique to you.” says artistic director and choreographer Rafaël Bonachela about the company's vision. His Impermanence is, in the words of Time Out, “moving, powerful and hypnotic”. The award-winning Forever & ever by Antony Hamilton mixes dance, techno and high fashion. Come and enjoy dance from the other side of the globe without limits, just in Amare.

The full ensemble of the Sydney Dance Company is accompanied live by the Quartuor Zaide string quartet with music that touches your heart.

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contemporary dance at its most evocative and beautiful

Time Out

Impermanence

Exploring our primal instincts, our impulses and our visceral responses, ab is a journey through the intensity of human existence that will command your attention. The music fuses lush cello with ambient electronica and the exquisite dancers occupy a visually arresting ethereal world. This is a ferociously physical and emotional piece which will stay with you long after you leave the theatre.

A visceral and thrilling exploration of the juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, this full-length work features a new score full of emotional power from Grammy Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner.

Best known as a founder of American rock band The National and for his film scores for The Revenant and The Two Popes, Dessner was initially inspired by the tragedy of the Australian bush fires and the Notre-Dame fire in Paris. Sydney Dance Company’s “awe-inspiring” (In Daily) ensemble is joined live on stage by Quatuor Zaid. This is epic, driven performance that packs an emotional punch.

Experience the power of dance and music performed live together, laden with meaning, fleeting and vulnerable, and from devastation find energy, urgency, radiance and hope.

Forever & Ever

Forever & Ever is a world premiere which “lays siege to the senses with a mighty display of shock and awe.” (The Australian). Set to a sonically stimulating score by The Presets’ Julian Hamilton, Forever & Ever fuses together a killer mix of dance, techno, high fashion and vivid lighting to hypnotic effect. Exploring ideas of order, chaos, popular culture and human behaviour, this boundary-pushing work is a bold and thrilling theatrical experience.

About Sydney Dance Company

Sydney Dance Company is Australia’s leading contemporary dance company, presenting new works in Sydney, around Australia and internationally, under the Artistic Direction of Rafael Bonachela. Since 1985 the Company has been resident in purpose-built and recently refurbished studios at Wharf 4/5 in Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct. Its studios house the largest public in-studio dance class program in Australia, attracting nearly 100,000 attendances each year. A legendary force in contemporary dance in Australia, Sydney Dance Company celebrated its 50th year in 2019.

Introduction
Both nights Augustina Austin will interview one of the castmembers (in English). The introduction starts at 7 PM. Free entrance upon presentation of your ticket. Limited number of places available.

Ooievaarspas discount
Ooievaarspas holders are eligible for a discount on the ticket price for this concert. To book tickets, we need to see your Ooievaarspas for registration purposes. Please contact our booking office to book your tickets.

Cloakroom and drink
Cloakroom and an intermission drink are included. If the event does not have an intermission, you will receive the drink afterwards.

Part of

FIND (Fonds Internationale Dans)

This performance can be seen thanks to the International Dance Fund (FIND). Amare, Holland Dance Festival and Nederlands Dans Theatre join forces in this fund with the aim of presenting high-profile international dance productions in Amare and profiling The Hague as the dance city of the Netherlands.

Credits

Impermanence - Rafael Bonachela

Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela
Music: Bryce Dessner
Costume Design: Aleisa Jelbart
Lighting Design: Damien Cooper
Stage Design David Fleischer
Dance: Sydney Dance Company

Quatuor Zaide String Quartet:

Charlotte Maclet
Leslie Boulin Raulet
Sarah Chenaf
Juliette Salmona

Forever & Ever - Antony Hamilton

Choreographer: Antony Hamilton
Composer: Julian Hamilton
Lighting Design: Benjamin Cisterne
Costume Design Paula Levis
Dance: Sydney Dance Company