Rebecca Jensen works with and through dance, utilising it’s equally speculative and practical forces to, encourage reflection, connection and transformation. Rebecca has presented work in theatres, galleries, and festivals including Nelson Arts Festival Aotearoa 2024, FRAME Biennale 2023, the Kier Choreographic Award 2016/2022, Dance Massive Festival 2015/2017. Since 2013 she has co-directed participatory dance project Deep Soulful Sweats with Sarah Aiken. Rebecca is influenced by her extensive history working as a performer with artists including Jo Lloyd, Lucy Guerin, Shelley Lasica, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, and Adam Linder. She is a 2015 DanceWEB scholar, Cité Internationale des arts resident 2020, Resident Director of Lucy Guerin inc 2023 and Gertrude Contemporary studio artist 2024 – current.
"Lots of these tracks are my go-tos when teaching. Many of them have been on rotation for years—for whatever reason, they bring the energy needed to nail the phrase, find space in the body, or bring about ease when something feels difficult (applicable in any context). Some came to me through friends and mixes, others were Shazamed from the dance floor or driving across town listening to Smooth FM (a few classics in there). Enjoy! "
Rebecca is the choreographer for an upcoming work - Slip - featured in Sydney Dance Company's INDance season.
In Slip, dance and sound interconnect in a duet between dancer Rebecca Jensen and musician Aviva Endean.
Central to Slip is Foley art, a sound-effect technique used in film, where sounds on screen are recreated in post-production using unlikely objects and body movements in a practice of substitution.
Slip connects the illusion of Foley to the complexity of our present moment. Layers of data mediate our daily experiences, and invisible processes stretch the spaces between what we consume, and what goes on behind the scenes. Pairings are pulled apart and abstracted, entanglements are simplified, severed, and rewired to the point of absurdity.
Slip urges us to refocus our attention, as we unwittingly fall out of sync.