Annav Kooij
AUSTRALIAN
Premiere
Deborah Hay Dance Company
If I Sing to You
“I recognise my choreography when I see a dancer’s selfregulated transcendence of her choreographed body within
a sequence of movements that distinguishes this dance from
another.” Deborah Hay
If I Sing To You is a dance that is also a song, music, poetry and voice. It
experiments with the effectiveness of non-linear meaning and form. It is held
together through innumerable absurdly human moments choreographed
and directed to engage the attention of its cast. It comes to life through their
performance intelligence and aesthetic discernment.
For each performance, the dancers have the option to appear in a male or
female costume, thus multiplying the dynamic of the choreography through
an illusion of momentary contexts and changing structural patterns.
The CUB Malthouse,
Merlyn Theatre
Sun 19 Oct – Tue 21 Oct at 8pm
Mon 20 Oct at 3pm & 8pm
Full
Groups (8+)
Conc
Student / MF-Y
$45
$40.50
$33.75
$25
1hr 15min no interval
Commisioned by The Forsythe
Company in co-production with
Deborah Hay Dance Company,
Zodiak Center for New Dance,
Helsinki, Howard Gilman
Foundation, New York, Maggie
Allesee Center for Choreography
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at Florida State University. Additional
support provided by the Baryshnikov
Dance Foundation.
Internationally celebrated choreographer Deborah Hay trained with Merce
Cunningham in the 60s and was a member of a group of the Judson Dance
Theater that became one of the most radical and explosive 20th century art
movements. Her work has now reached a new stage, where she redefines
the inimitable choreographic method of her solo pieces in collaboration with
highly trained dancers. She has received numerous awards including, most
recently, a BAXten in 2007.
“No one else in the world would do these things!”
Dance magazine
Discounts apply. Save up to 20%.
Matinee Discounts also apply.
See page 2 for details.
Ticketmaster 1300 136 166
The CUB Malthouse
(03) 9685 5111
www.melbournefestival.com.au
www.malthousetheatre.com.au
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