Critical Path
Australia’s leading centre for choreographic research and development
Supporting independent Australian choreographers to push the boundaries of contemporary practice.
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CRITICAL DIALOGUES #15: TIME
Contributions by Kay Armstrong, Nareeporn Vachananda, Rhiannon Newton, el waddingham, Natalie Quan Yau Tso, Laura Osweiler, as well as the transcript of the 2023 March Dance conversation ‘What happens in the pause?’ and a review of Angela Goh’s ‘Axe Arc Echo’.
From essays and academic texts to performance scripts and instructional scores, these works are written by dancers and movement-artists acutely attuned to time from corporeal perspective. They contemplate the relationship between human-time and the geological scale of time that surrounds them, the impact of gravity on one’s perception of time, the relationship between urgency and intergenerational trauma, the way that time (via memory) leaves residues within the body, the dizzying affect of epic regularity, and the value of pause in circumventing habits and accessing new possibilities.
Edited by Ira Ferris
Graphic design by Zoe Baumgartner
BOARD MEMBERS CALL-OUT
We are seeking Expressions of Interest for new members to join our Board with a passion for our work and willingness to actively contribute to our future.
On the cusp of celebrating our 20-year anniversary in 2025, we are looking for visionary individuals with one or several of the following skills: Marketing; Communications; Fundraising / Philanthropy; Governance; Strategic planning and stakeholder engagement.
Expressions of Interest close Thursday 18 April. Apply here.
IMAGE CREDIT: 2023 Reconfigurations regional research resident Kristina Chan with collaborators Sophia Ndaba and James Hazel, during the in-development sharing at Critical Path.
DEVELOPMENT SHARING / WORKSHOP WITH KEILA TERENCIO
Wednesday 17 April, 6 – 8pm
FREE with registrations required
Our 2024 research resident Keila Terencio and her team of collaborators will share with you some of the key discoveries during their research-time in the Drill Hall, and invite you into the playful process of embodying their research. In this two-hour workshop you will be exploring the movement shapes inspired by the puppetry of direct manipulation, as well as intuitive and subconscious guiding moments.
This sharing is for adults, no previous dance experience is required, just your curiosity and willingness to play.
This workshop is a culmination of Keila’s 3-week Responsive Residency in the Drill Hall.
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Critical Path
The Drill, 1C New Beach Rd,
Darling Point (Rushcutters Bay), Sydney