ENCOUNTER SYDNEY

Spread out on the forecourt of Sydney Opera House, directed by Emma Saunders, ENCOUNTER SYDNEY explores the everyday extraordinariness and energy behind our next generation. In collaboration with a group of award-winning Australian artists, including writer Felicity Castagna, composers Amanda Brown (The Go-Betweens) and Jodi Phillis (The Clouds), a cast of ten dancers and words spoken by Warren Foster, ENCOUNTER SYDNEY explores the indomitable spirit of youth and the world they find themselves in. The riveting soundtrack to ENCOUNTER SYDNEY, is the original ENCOUNTER score performed and recorded by the musicians of the Western Sydney Youth Orchestra, conducted by James Pensini.

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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?

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.