SDS1 is a work that takes its inspiration from the physicality of soccer. Created and performed by former footballer Ahilan Ratnamohan, SDS1 explores the concept of football as an art form.
Whilst this isn’t the first time that football has appeared on stage, it’s unusual to find a work created by an artist whose background is in sport. Ratnamohan hopes that the recognisable nature of the movement will help to attract a broader range of people to the work. Ratnamohan “In creating SDS1, I set out to challenge myself and the football-dance-theatre I had been creating,” he says. “While I had already been working with common football movements, I wanted to push these further into an abstract terrain, re-contextualising them as contemporary dance. I hope that by using this movement vocabulary the piece will access a new audience, to whom these movements are familiar, even if the theatre is not.”
Having been presented in Belgium, England and Switzerland, SDS1 is touring Australia. Following on from performances in Melbourne and Adelaide, the show is showing in Sydney (2-6 September). From there it will travel to Hobart (17-20 September), Perth (23-26 September), Mandurah (29 September – 1 October) and Bathurst (20-22 October).
Photo: Olympe Tits.
