Sydney Dance Company
ABOUT THE SHOW
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Sydney Dance Company makes a long-awaited return to Brisbane for its 2024 national tour.
Twofold is a monumental double bill featuring the return of Rafael Bonachela’s beloved IMPERMENANCE alongside new work, LOVE LOCK by renowned choreographer, Melanie Lane who brought the critically acclaimed WOOF to the stage in 2019.
IMPERMENANCE
A visceral and thrilling exploration of the juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, Rafael Bonachela’s critically-acclaimed IMPERMENANCE features an evocative score by Grammy Award-winning Bryce Dessner, performed live on stage by the Australian String Quartet.
LOVE LOCK
What does the future of Folk Dance look like? A dance that absorbs the complex fabric of our diverse cultures, of an accelerating world, of disappearing lands. Choreographed by renowned artist Melanie Lane, LOVE LOCK is a re-imagined folk dance that draws upon these collective experiences, and that celebrates the binding act of dance to move, warn and empower us.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dance changes you. More than simply witnessing something beautiful, or engaging with culture, to experience dance is to be positively altered. From performances at the Joyce Theatre in New York, to the Grand in Shanghai, the Stanislavsky in Moscow and the Sydney Opera House at home, Sydney Dance Company has proved that there are no passive observers in a contemporary dance audience.
The reward of truly moving audiences, and the raw pride of sharing Australian art with the world has driven our ensemble of 17 dancers, led by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela, to become one of the world’s strongest forces in contemporary dance. Alongside Bonachela’s original works, our programs have featured guest choreographers like Jacopo Godani, Alexander Ekman, Gideon Obarzanek and Cheng Tsung-lung, as well as collaborations with Sydney Festival, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Jones and composers Bryce Dessner, Nick Wales, 48nord and Ezio Bosso.
Sydney Dance Company has a broad community beyond the practice and performance of our lead dancers. We believe in the universality of dance, and with the largest public dance class program in Australia, we help over 70,000 people a year connect with the grace, strength and creativity that lives within all of us. Our nation-wide education program offers a strategic curriculum targeting primary and secondary students through to career focused study for pre-professional dancers and university graduates.
