Dance lovers in Brisbane should be happy with the Brisbane Festival’s line-up this year. It’s a veritable smorgasbord of dance treats.
Headlining the program is the world premiere of Freeze Frame by three-time Emmy award-winning choreographer Debbie Allen. A Brisbane Festival commission, Freeze Frame is a fusion of dance, music and theatre and a portrait of the passion and pain of one of Los Angeles’ toughest neighbourhoods.
Ireland’s fabulous Fabulous Beast returns to our shores with the Australian premiere of their double bill, The Rite of Spring and Petrushka. Artistic director Michael Keegan-Dolan’s re-imaginings of these seminal works coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the first performance of The Rite of Spring in Paris.
In another Australian Premiere, UK star dancer Aakash Odedra will perform “Rising”, a series of solos created for Odedra by renowned choreographers Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
Expressions Dance Company will present the world premiere of Natalie Weir’s latest work, When Time Stops. Featuring a new score by Helpmann Award winning composer, Iain Grandage, which will be played live by twelve members of chamber orchestra Camerata of St John’s, When Time Stops is about life-changing events – new life, loss, love and longing.
Raw Dance Company will bring Untapped - an eclectic mash-up of tap, acrobatics, funk and rock. Untapped has enjoyed success throughout Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States.
And there’s more – Terrestrial Nerve and Nerve Engine, by Bonemap; 30 Cecil Street by Dan Canham (UK), and Spirit of the Lore performed by students from the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts.
Freeze Frame. Photo: Douglas Kirkland.
The Rite of Spring. Photo: Ros Kavanagh.
Rising. Photo: Nisha Kajal Patel.
