Category: Sydney Dance Company

Sydney Dance Company presents, ab [intra], at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay. 14-26 May. ab [intra] – latin for from within – is the first full length work that Choreographer and Artistic Director, of the Sydney Dance Company, Rafael Bonachela, has made for six years. Says Mr Bonachela in his program notes: The creative process began as a series of improvisations where I asked the dancers to be in the moment with each other, to feel and listen – to use their instincts and their impulses and then seek to capture those moments in writing. Those written phrases became…

Sydney Dance Company (SDC) present FRAME OF MIND in the Sydney Theatre, Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay. FRAME OF MIND is a double-bill from the Sydney Dance Company: QUINTETT by William Forsythe, and a new work, FRAME OF MIND by Artistic Director of the company, Rafael Bonachella. QUINTETT, is a dance by William Forsythe, made in 1994, to honour his dying dancer-wife. The work is having its first Australian performance with this company, the significance of the work for five dancers, having special meaning and delicacies for the Choreographer, that permission for its re-creation is sparely given. In rehearsal clothing the…

Sydney Dance Company presents DE NOVO at the Sydney Theatre, Hickson Rd. DE NOVO is a three-work evening of dance with the Sydney Dance Company. EMERGENCE, choreographed by Rafael Bonachela; FANATIC by Larissa McGowan and CACTI by Alexander Ekman. The audience loved it. My audience applauded hard, stamped and whistled for all three pieces. I did not love it. I have reservations, reservations, reservations. AHHHHH! I wished I didn’t. I loved the dancers and the dancing, I didn’t much like the dances. Well, not completely true, I thought CACTI was clever and if it were in another program, say like…

  Sydney Dance Company presents 2 ONE ANOTHER at the Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay. 2 ONE ANOTHER is a new work, choreographed by Rafael Bonachela, for the Sydney Dance Company. This work has all the hallmarks of Mr Bonachela’s first major work for this company, 360 Degrees, which was presented in the massive space at Carriageworks. The major difference is the visual scale. 2 ONE ANOTHER is pitched in a more intimate, human scale. The subject explored is that of relationships. The exploration is that of the solo, duo, trio, quartet and so on to the ensemble. In the…

  SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY presents 2010 Season: NEW CREATIONS at the Sydney Theatre. The Sydney Dance Company begin there new season in Sydney with two world premieres: Adam Linder’s ARE WE THAT WE ARE and Rafael Bonachela’s 6 BREATHS. Adam Linder is a young Australian born dancer/choreographer invited from Berlin, where he is now in residence, as a guest artist for this opening 2010 season. “According to Mr Linder, ARE WE THAT WE ARE is a physical exploration of altered states of consciousness within human experience. Embodying arcane states of otherness, the work investigates mysticism and spirituality, rapture and trance,…

SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY present 2009 Season, Rafael Bonachela’s ‘we unfold’ at the Sydney Theatre. ‘we unfold’, a world premiere. Concept and Direction by Rafael Bonachela. Choreography by Rafael Bonachela in collaboration with dancers. Composer: Ezio Bosso. Video art: Daniel Askill. Costume design: Jordan Askill. Lighting : Hugh Taranto. Sound design: George Gorga. The score for this dance was composed by Ezio Bosso and was the inspiration for Rafael Bonachela who confesses to “a great affinity with him as an artist.” Talking with the composer parallels between the thoughts of the composer and events in his own life resonated. “Fear of…