Critical Path
Australia’s leading centre for choreographic research and development
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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
2024 RESPONSIVE RESIDENCIES
The 2024 Responsive Residents are: Keila Terencio, Paul Walker, Victoria Hunt.
Keila is working on the research project: “Choreography for Two Bodies One Mind” which investigates forms of choreography through the artform of puppetry.
Paul is exploring the act of slowing down and resting as a practice to bring the planet into healthier relationship of care.
Victoria is exploring the ‘prophetic body’ and ‘transmorphic states” considering “how do we embody the urgent grief cry of the world?”
Spaces for Street Dance REPORT
Now available for download!
This invaluable resource provides a detailed insight into the make-up of Sydney’s diverse street dance community with an overarching goal to develop a deeper understanding of street dance community practices, provide a way forward for improved use of city spaces, develop stronger relationships between arts and business, and highlight the valuable contribution of street dance to the cultural fabric of the City of Sydney.
The REPORT is a culmination of a year-long research and feasibility study led by Dr Rachael Gunn and Feras Shaheen, in partnership with Critical Path and supported by City of Sydney. The research included a survey, focus group, and interviews, and has drawn on the expertise of our amazing Knowledge Circle (Poppin Jack, Red Lady Bruiser, Shazam, Eliam Royalness, Amelia Duong, Sammy the Free).
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