PROGRAM 2: SUNDAY 31st AUGUST @ 7.30pm

VOID

By Luka Rayment and Tara Marsh

The intricate interplay between physical connection, and the vacuum of space. The dancers navigate a world of isolation, where the boundaries blur, and bodies become vessels of separation and union.

OTEN 

A Dance Film by the Samaya Wives in collaboration with High Tea with Mrs Woo

Photo Credit: Pippa Samaya

A stain on my perfect intention. A blot spreading on the hand I use to control it all. A crinkle in my perfect circle. A pin prick glitch that leads to my unravelling. A breath of wind that opens into a storm, rushing towards my ultimate surrender.

CHOREOGRAPHER/PERFORMER: TARA SAMAYA

FILM DIRECTOR: PIPPA SAMAYA

FASHION DESIGNERS: HIGH TEA WITH MRS WOO

SAMAYA WIVES BIOGRAPHY

Coming together in life and creation as a multi-disciplinary duo to explore the many colours and tones of what it means to be alive on this earth and reveal the innate one-ness that ultimately links us all.  To bring a voice to the voiceless, to shed light in dark spaces, to empower and to inspire; The Samaya Wives strive towards equality, wisdom, compassion and authentic connection.

The fusion of their respective expertise in Dance, Photography and Film enables them to communicate through external imagery the internal world of than psyche.

Recent appreciations include:-

• Two time winner of the international 60 second dance film competition (Finland and Denmark) (The Knowledge Between Us)
• Winner of best film in the FAD film festival (USA)
• Portland Dance Film Festival (USA) (Pink Blue Part 1)
• Berlin Motion Picture festival (Germany) (Oten)
• Winner Australian Dance Award for Excellence in Dance on Film 2018 (The Knowledge Between Us)
• Winner Australian Dance Award for Excellence in Dance on Film 2020 (Oten)
• Winner of most wonderful film at the International Portrait Film Festival 2020 (Bulgaria). (I’m Here Now)
• Winner of the Blackmagic Award for Technical Excellence at the Melbourne queer festivel. (All the Colours)
• Onrios Film Awards ( New York ) (VIGIL)

*WORK BY SATORU HOSHINO: BEGINNING FORM – SPIRAL ‘17 2017 SMOKED EARTHENWARE 850°C, BLACK STONEWARE ARTIST COLLECTION. SODEISHA: CONNECTED TO AUSTRALIA EXHIBITION NEWCASTLE ART GALLERY 2019

EVERYBODY’S GOT A BOMB

By Riley Fitzgerald

It’s the feeling of isolation among the masses. The endless repetition of what I fear most. Trying to outrun it. It’s the dark recess that lives inside all of us that draws my curiosity. We live in a world tortured by the superficial – blinded, detached, desensitised. We scroll through horror daily: war, death, disaster, political unrest, and do nothing.

Choreographer/ Performer: Riley Fitzgerald

Music/Performer: Rami Khalife

Collaborators/ Performers: Siobhan Lynch, Franky Drousioti, Tilly Backus, Hugo Poulet, Hoyori Maruo, Jack Tuckerman, Sam Furney, Angus Onley, Remy Rochester

Riley Fitzgerald Biography

Riley started dancing when he was 10 years old joining an all-boys hip-hop class in country Victoria. He quickly progressed to training with the Anita Coutts School of Dance, which set the tone for the years to come. Riley completed his Level 6 Diploma of Dance Performance at the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington where he trained under James O’Hara and Tor Columbus to name a few. Whilst in New Zealand he performed work by Damien Jalet and Huang Yi as a part of his graduate year.

Riley’s professional career took off in 2019 when he became a member of Sydney Dance Company under director Rafael Bonachela. Whilst a member of Sydney Dance Company he performed soloist roles nationally and internationally in works such as ab [intra], Lux Tenebris, Impermanence and the critically acclaimed Six Breaths. He also performed work by Gideon Obarzanek.

Following this Riley made the move to France, where he joined Ballet National de Marseille performing works by La Horde, Tania Carvalho, Oona Doherty, Lasseindra Ninja and Alexandre Roccoli, touring extensively throughout France and Europe. Riley returned to Sydney Dance Company in 2023.