Stephanie Lake Company
ABOUT THE SHOW
A brand new work from Stephanie Lake Company (Manifesto, Colossus, The Chronicles), VISTA is a dance in two halves. One show, two worlds.
Act One unfolds in monochrome precision, a razor-edged world of pulsing choreography, music, and light. Act Two detonates into colour, refracting the same reality through a new lens. Structures repeat, motifs re-emerge, but they are transformed. Duets are re-cast, groups become solitary figures. What was crisp becomes wild, what was abstract becomes emotional.
At its heart, VISTA wrestles with the slipperiness of perception: how one moment, one conversation, one event, can fracture into different readings depending on who is watching, and from where. What anchors it all is bodies in motion. Six extraordinary dancers weave between technique and reckless abandon. With costuming by iconic Melbourne brand Alpha60, Bosco Shaw’s striking lighting and music by internationally acclaimed audio-visual artist Robin Fox, the dancers and collaborators drive this shape-shifting world where monochrome discipline collides with joyful release.
Returning to Brisbane Powerhouse after bringing hit show Colossus in 2024, VISTA is the next epic show from one of Australia’s most probing choreographers.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Stephanie Lake Company is one of Australia’s most celebrated and prolific dance companies. Known for its gutsy, original choreographic style and striking visual aesthetic, Stephanie Lake Company’s highly acclaimed works, including The Chronicles, Manifesto and Colossus have been performed across Australia and toured to over sixteen countries worldwide to some of the world’s most prestigious theatres.
Founded in 2014 and based in Melbourne (Naarm), the company brings together an extraordinary collection of diverse dancers and creative collaborators attracting sold-out audiences and five-star reviews nationally and internationally. Stephanie Lake Company’s works are renowned for their explosive physicality, poetic imagery and razor-sharp precision.
Stephanie Lake Company also collaborates across theatre, film, music video, opera and visual art and has created mass-scale public performances involving thousands of community participants of all ages and backgrounds.
CREDITS
Choreographer: Stephanie Lake
Dancers: Rachel Coulson, Tyrel Dulvarie, Marni Green, Hugo Poulet, Robert Tinning and Georgia Van Gils
Composer and Sound Designer: Robin Fox
Lighting Designer: Bosco Shaw
Costume Designer: Alpha60
Executive Producer: Beth Raywood Cross
Production Manager: Lisa Osborn
Lighting Design Associate & Technical Manager: Rachel Lee
Company Administrator: Annabel Shaw
Stephanie Lake Company is supported by Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, Sidney Myer Foundation, Canny Quine Foundation, The Humanity Foundation, The Australian Ballet, Arcitecta and the Stephanie Lake Company Commissioning Circle.
VISTA has been directly supported by Stephanie Lake Company’s Commissioning Circle of donors: Linda Herd, Carrillo and Ziyin Gantner, James McCaughey, Arts Projects Australia, Susanna Proudman, Tony Osmond and Fiona Griffiths, Phylssa Koshland, Rachel Fensham, Janine Tai, Jenny Kinder and other anonymous donors. The Company would also like to thank Malthouse Theatre and The Australian Ballet for studio residencies throughout the development of VISTA and dancers Darci O’Rourke and Samantha Hines for their contributions during early developments.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Suitable for 12+
Children under the age of two are permitted; all other ages must hold a valid ticket
Contains haze, flashing lights, strobe effects, and at times, sheer costuming and a loud soundtrack.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Stephanie Lake Company is one of Australia’s most celebrated and prolific dance companies. Known for its gutsy, original choreographic style and striking visual aesthetic, Stephanie Lake Company’s highly acclaimed works, including The Chronicles, Manifesto and Colossus have been performed across Australia and toured to over sixteen countries worldwide to some of the world’s most prestigious theatres.
Founded in 2014 and based in Melbourne (Naarm), the company brings together an extraordinary collection of diverse dancers and creative collaborators attracting sold-out audiences and five-star reviews nationally and internationally. Stephanie Lake Company’s works are renowned for their explosive physicality, poetic imagery and razor-sharp precision.
Stephanie Lake Company also collaborates across theatre, film, music video, opera and visual art and has created mass-scale public performances involving thousands of community participants of all ages and backgrounds.
CREDITS
Choreographer: Stephanie Lake
Dancers: Rachel Coulson, Tyrel Dulvarie, Marni Green, Hugo Poulet, Robert Tinning and Georgia Van Gils
Composer and Sound Designer: Robin Fox
Lighting Designer: Bosco Shaw
Costume Designer: Alpha60
Executive Producer: Beth Raywood Cross
Production Manager: Lisa Osborn
Lighting Design Associate & Technical Manager: Rachel Lee
Company Administrator: Annabel Shaw
Stephanie Lake Company is supported by Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, Sidney Myer Foundation, Canny Quine Foundation, The Humanity Foundation, The Australian Ballet, Arcitecta and the Stephanie Lake Company Commissioning Circle.
VISTA has been directly supported by Stephanie Lake Company’s Commissioning Circle of donors: Linda Herd, Carrillo and Ziyin Gantner, James McCaughey, Arts Projects Australia, Susanna Proudman, Tony Osmond and Fiona Griffiths, Phylssa Koshland, Rachel Fensham, Janine Tai, Jenny Kinder and other anonymous donors. The Company would also like to thank Malthouse Theatre and The Australian Ballet for studio residencies throughout the development of VISTA and dancers Darci O’Rourke and Samantha Hines for their contributions during early developments.
