swiss.style | a focus on swiss dance

Image courtesy of the artist, Rudi Van Der Merwe.

From the black box to the white cube, from public parks to rock concerts and cinema scapes, this selection brings to Melbourne some of the most sophisticated, thought-provoking Geneva-based makers.

These breathtaking works all interrogate complex notions of identity, shared heritage, tradition and the desire to demarcate, possess, tame or exploit the environment and the self. Featuring works from Cindy Van Acker, Rudi Van Der Merwe, Perrine Valli & The Sunfast, Joszef Trefeli & Gabor Varga, and Victoria Chiu.

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January

Sisa-Sisa is a moving double-bill of two searingly personal dance solos by Alfira O’Sullivan and Murtala. Grounded in Indonesian culture, thrumming with an original score by Gondrong Gunarto, these works ask: what traces remain when we endure the unendurable?

February

Step into a high energy, feel-good blast from the past!

The Other Side of Me translates into dance the true-life story of a young Aboriginal man, born in the 1960s in the Northern Territory

April

Internationally acclaimed choreographer Garry Stewart joins forces with Queensland Ballet to create Elastic Hearts, a visually striking new work set to Sia’s music.