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Study the joy at the heart of house.A stark white square, silence, three dancers in casual jeans, white tops, sneakers: this is not your typical house dance party. Soiree D’etudes, or “Study Night” is Belgian choreographer Cassiel Gaube’s intimate deconstruction of club culture’s intricate and joyful movement language.
These études strip house dance of its familiar musical context. At first, the dancers groove to a beat we can't hear. In the disquieting absence of expected music, the percussive rhythm of their graceful footwork against the floor becomes its own pulse. The beat is outlined in their form, expanding from solos to duos and all together in an echoing trinity as each one studies, replicates, and transforms what came before.
Tension builds until finally the hidden soundtrack floods the room and the full dance comes together in a euphoric conclusion. In this loving homage, Cassiel Gaube proves that sometimes even the sum of the parts can be as great as the whole.
Soirée D’études is part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef and Arpels program.
Duration:
50 minutes (no interval)
Times:
Sat 9th Jan
4.00pm
Sun 10th Jan
4.30pm
Tickets
Free
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Event venue
Carriageworks, Traverser No 1, Carriageworks Way, Eveleigh NSW 2015, Australia, Redfern
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