MATTHEW DAY

Commissioned Works
Written By Sarah Kaur

RITES

 
 

RITES

Performer: Matthew Day

Dramaturgy: Martin del Amo

Sound: James Brown

Light: Travis Hodgson

We draw maps. We burn them. Redraw. We draw them walking in the dark. With fire we blaze trails.
We scale black surfaces of the monument. Chaos searches. We mount side on the rhythm-machine. We pursue. And the range pursues us as we follow them. Circle. Dance. We open soil eat worms. And in the sun the worms shit us back the earth. RITES is a dance ritual. It is inspired by The Rite of Spring (1913) with orchestral score by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky.

MATTHEW DAY is interested in the potential of choreography to imagine unorthodox relationships and propose new ways of being human. Utilising a minimalist approach Day often works with duration and repetition approaching the body as a site of infinite potential and choreography as a field of energetic intensity and exchange. Day has been artist in residence, and presented his work extensively in Australia and Europe. In September 2014 he will commence his masters research at the Amsterdam Masters of Choreography.

Dancehouse, Melbourne - July 2014 - all rights reserved
Documentation by Cobie Orger.

 
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