This week Melbourne’s Dancehouse is presenting solid.states by Belgium-based German choreographer Arco Renz. In solid.states, Renz places two a dancers on an unstable moving platform. Performed by Javanese court dancer Eko Supriyanto and Melbourne choreographer Melanie Lane, solid.states borrows elements of their shared Javanese ancestry to trace the interplay between global and traditional forces. Through juxtaposition, both performers share their divergent experiences around the intrusion of Western pop culture into Javanese life. solid.states explores how change ultimately and intimately de-stabilises.
Whilst in Melbourne, Renz will also present a workshop at Dancehouse. Open to practitioners with formal dance training, the workshop focuses on negotiation processes between tradition and contemporary choreographic practice.
For more information about solid.states and about the workshop, head to www.dancehouse.com.au