Text by Shaun McLeod and Simon Ellis

Delving into Dance in partnership with Critical Path, invited those engaged in dance (in whatever capacity) to share thoughts as to why dance matters now…

Together we have commissioned five texts for publication from Australian artists and writers for the digital Interchange Festival 2019. The artists that present their work are Adrianne Semmens & Jennifer Eadie, Alison Plevey, Ira Ferris, Simon Ellis & Shaun McLeod and Tsuki Becoming.

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Jan 22, 2021

DANCER ON THE VERANDA

Jan 22, 2021

Dance was born outside, perhaps dance can return to outside? We practise in a community, by this I mean, in class, rehearsal, performance and in communion with other bodies where we seek to connect, to dispel loneliness, to find purpose, find tribe and belong.

Jan 22, 2021

Dec 17, 2020

HIGH DENSITY

Dec 17, 2020

I obsess over the beauty, the colossal scale of brutalist architecture. Smooth, curved, angular, contrasting. The manipulation of materials into constructed utopias.

Dec 17, 2020

Nov 22, 2020

World of Change

Nov 22, 2020

I feel like I (and everyone else) has been on a rollercoaster of emotions. Moments of elation, moments of soul crushing misery, moments of calm and those moments in between.

Nov 22, 2020

Oct 11, 2020

One Thing After Another: De-Limit, Dance and the Performance of Labour

Oct 11, 2020

To drill into the territory of boredom is to ask specific things of an audience, not the least of which is patience and a capacity to stay in a work when limited sensory stimulation is taking place.

Oct 11, 2020

Sep 11, 2020

JULIA: The First Redhead – a study in creative process

Sep 11, 2020

JULIA’s core concept is based on the political life of Australia’s first female Prime Minister. Built on primary research sources including parliamentary transcripts, media reporting and public commentary around the political life and leadership of Australia’s first female Prime Minster, Julia Gillard

Sep 11, 2020

Sep 6, 2020

D a n c i n g w i t h D a n g e r

Sep 6, 2020

On my quicksand days

of crawled choreography

and monologues of moan…

I rehearse in the bath

the tap drip my metronome…

Sep 6, 2020

Jul 21, 2020

A Language of Body

Jul 21, 2020

The evolution of the word with gesture, plus dance, is the story of the development of the social human - the real success story of us. Dance, as elaborate repetitive movements, supports rituals for special occasions (weddings), group identities (folk dances), information systems (histories), and recuperation (grieving / healing).

Jul 21, 2020

Jul 6, 2020

123DAYS

Jul 6, 2020

Dance can change lives, I have seen it with my own eyes.

Excellence does not have to walk hand in hand with elitism.

Jul 6, 2020

May 16, 2020

Manifesting inner states of being beyond technique

May 16, 2020

Technical mastery is hard won but there can be such a cost when it is achieved at the expense of our ability to manifest the deeper truths of our being. Technique is a means to an end and not the end in itself.

May 16, 2020

May 2, 2020

Virtual Stages for Dance

May 2, 2020

Dance in a virtual reality environment is an embodied participatory experience, which means that you experience it with your whole body by dancing.

May 2, 2020