Can all songs be danced to?
This March, choreographer and dancer Martin del Amo and dance artist Phil Blackman will investigate the idea that there are some songs that should never be danced to – either publicly or privately - in a work entitled Songs Not To Dance To which will be performed at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta.
In researching the answer to this question, the performers will attempt a series of contemporary dance solos and duests to a mix of songs that are either iconic, utterly obscure or extremely cheesy. Included in the set list will be Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful”, Jimmy Barnes’s “Working Class Man” and ABBA’s “The Way Old Friends Do; spliced with tracks by renowned jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. “I think most people can relate to the joy associated with dancing wildly in the privacy of your own bedroom or burning up to the dance floor in the wee hours of the morning,” says del Amo. “A lot of the songs we’re using are instantly recognisable and tap into the individual emotions they trigger for each audience member, may they be positive or negative.”
Songs Not To Dance To plays the Lennox Theatre, Riverside Theatres, Parramatta from Thursday 5 – Saturday 7 March. For more info, including bookings, head to the Riverside Parramatta website.