Two exceptional Australian choreographers transform light into physical movement that is playful, vivid and highly original in a double-bill performed by Tasdance, Tasmania’s passionate and daring dance company.

The revelatory and beautiful creation of Tanja Liedtke, Graeme Murphy’s selected successor at Sydney Dance Company, explores the paradoxes that exist within life’s rituals; the light, the dark, the virtuous, the evil. While Byron Perry, a bright figure in the national contemporary dance scene, interprets light through mystical, frivolous and pure physicality.

Liedtke created Enter Twilight for the company in 2004, before her accidental death three years later. The show was rapturously received and returns by popular demand to a deservedly larger audience, sharing the work of an exciting and tremendously gifted young choreographer.

Perry’s Light Entertainment is a theatrical look at the magical, lively and entertaining interpretations of light. A dancer of great talent and experience, Perry is now one of Australia’s most dynamic choreographers

Two diverging views from two acclaimed artists, both considered part of the distinguished Tasdance stable.

From its beginnings as Australia’s first dance-in-education company in 1981, Tasdance has grown in stature and has earned a national reputation for the strength, diversity, innovation and accessibility of its Australian contemporary repertoire.

Presented by:
Tasdance in association with Ten Days on the Island

Supported by:

Luminous Flux is presented with the kind permission of the Tanja Liedtke Foundation

 

Credits:

Enter Twilight:
Choreography: Tanja Liedtke
Music: DJTr!p
Set Design: Tanja Liedtke with Darren Willmott
Performers: Dean Cross, Sarah Fiddaman, Brianna Kell, Jenni Large, Tim Walsh
Light Entertainment:
Choreography: Byron Perry
Performers: Dean Cross, Sarah Fiddaman, Brianna Kell Jenni Large, Tim Walsh

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