INDance

In August our inaugural season of INDance ran in our intimate performance venue, the Neilson Studio. Our first independent company season, supported by the City of Sydney, and featuring four works by independent Australian artists, INDance is a unique opportunity for the independent dance sector to have their work presented in a program which specifically aims to explore the diversity and innovation of contemporary dance. The 2022 program included prominent independent dance artists Prue Lang, Lilian Steiner, Natalie Allen and Rhiannon Newton. The season was a sell out and delivered against its intended objectives of raising the profile of independent Australian dance artists and connecting exceptional, small to mediumscale dance works with Sydney Dance Company audiences.

Total Performances 8

19 – 20 & 26 – 27 August Sydney Dance Company Neilson Studio

Siren Dance Concept, Lilian Steiner Choreography and Performance

Composition Marco Cher-Gibard featuring Aarti Jad

Text The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera

Lighting Designer Giovanna Yate Gonzalez

Costume Designer Geoffrey Watson

“It is rare that independent choreographers get to share their work beyond the premiere season and away from their hometown. It was a joy to have this experience”

– Lillian Steiner, Choreographer/ Performer INDance 2022

“It was wonderful to share this work with Sydney audiences… to be working at Sydney Dance Company alongside a dynamic and diverse dance community”

– Prue Lang, Choreographer INDance 2022

Castillo

Concept and Prue Lang Direction

Choreography Prue Lang and Jana Castillo

Composer Chiara Costanza

Performer Jana Castillo

Lighting Designer Lisa Mibus

Video Pippa Samaya, Prue Lang, Takeshi Kondo, Freed, Androids: Mathieu Briand

Producer Alison Halit

Siren Dance premiered at Dancehouse (Carlton, Australia) from 24-27 March 2022. Development and this presentation was supported by Dancehouse, Besen Family Foundation and Lucy Guerin Inc. An initial, short iteration of Siren Dance was supported through presentations at B.Motion Danza(Bassano del Grappa, Italy) and Deltebre Dansa (Deltebre, Spain) in 2019.

CASTILLO premiered at Dancehouse (Carlton, Australia) March 2022. Creation and presentation was supported by Dancehouse, The Australia Council for the Arts, Creative Victoria, Besen Family Foundation, Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance through the Makers program, Chunky Move and Lucy Guerin Inc. CASTILLO premiered Internationally at Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (Paris, France) June 2022. Support by The Australia Council for the Arts and Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis.