HERE NOW (DOUBLE BILL)

When recognition is limited and reward is small, why perform?

This program is made of two chapters from the HERE NOW Trilogy (Fall! Falter!! Dance!!! and How Did I Get Here?), written, choreographed and performed solo by Ryuichi Fujimura as a double bill.

From the Choreographer:

Fall! Falter!! Dance!!!

I have often wondered about the desire to perform. What keeps bringing me back to the stage? Is it the applause from the audience? The lure of the bright spotlight? The brief and torrid moment of connection with an audience reminiscent of a one-night stand? Fall! Falter!! Dance!!! is a reflection on a contemporary dancer’s life, in which recognition is limited and the reward is small. Through this solo, selfdevised performance work, I ask myself the fundamental question: ‘Why perform?’

How Did I Get Here?

The second piece, How Did I Get Here? is the first instalment of my trilogy. It investigates how our perception of time changes as we age and how we recognize and accept the autumn phase of life.

Choreographer, Ryuichi Fujimura Writer & Performer

Dramaturg Carlos Gomes

Video Artist Laura Turner

Design Tobhiyah Stone Feller Consultant

Musician Hamed Sadeghi

Outside Eye Cloé Fournier

Original Lighting Frankie Clarke Designer (Fall! Falter!! Dance!!!)

This project has been supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; the NSW Government through Create NSW; and through residencies at ReadyMade Works (Ausdance NSW DAIR), Abbotsford Convent (Pivot) and Temperance Hall (Critical Path and BalletLab). With special thanks to Emily Ayob, Brian Carbee, Kate Champion, Alice Cummins, Mayu Kanamori, Lim How Ngean, Michael Pigott, Rosalind Richards, Emma Sandall, Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP), Force Majeure, FORM Dance Projects, Performance Space and Redline Productions.