Public Events Archive

FIRST RUN ReadyMade Works and Critical Path are excited to present FIRST RUN, a program for dance makers to present work in development. Lizzie Thomson and Ryuichi Fujimura will be presenting. Free. Open to the public. Refreshments served, please RSVP to...

While working from technique based primarily in hip hop dance, KENTARO!! creates unique and innovative works that transcend the patterns of conventional styles of dance. In recent years, his works are characterized by dance with a narrative aspect and utilizing...

Teita’s choreographies focus on the “structure of the human body” and “interaction of space, music, and human body”. Since 2010 he has created experimental works in collaboration with musicians, that depict the relationship between body and music. 22 JULY: WORKSHOP:...

Choreographer Dinis Machado (Sweden/Portugal) premieres the entire Barco Dance Collection: 14 short dance works choreographed by 14 different choreographers from various countries and performed by Dinis. This is the first time Barco Dance Collection has been presented...

“To manifesto is to perform” states Alex Danchev in his introduction to 100 Artists’ Manifestos. Can art exist independently of politics? Why do we need manifestos? NOTHING is a series of events where participating artists perform, present and share some part of their...

The work of Burrows and Fargion radiates delight even as it makes the audience think. Over the past ten years the two artists have built a body of duets which mix the formality of classical music composition with an open and often anarchic approach to performance and...

The work of Burrows and Fargion radiates delight even as it makes the audience think. Over the past ten years the two artists have built a body of duets which mix the formality of classical music composition with an open and often anarchic approach to performance and...

ReadyMade Works and Critical Path are excited to present FIRST RUN, a program for dance makers to present work in development co-facilitated by Brooke Stamp and Rhiannon Newton. This edition will be held at ReadyMade Works studio and will feature works by artists...

We are all busy, we are all under pressure. We have to make, produce, be productive, make do.... Where in all of this is the time that artists need for reviving, for stretching, for questioning, for being in their practice? When the next work has to be made now, the...

József Trefeli and Gábor Varga present current work Creature opening up their practice exploring the relationships of dance to society through social media, communal and folk forms. Creature is a work about origins – biographical, ethnographic, socio-cultural or...

Enjoy an afternoon with 4 artists living or working in regional Australia... DIRt is an ongoing project with artists practicing in regional Australia. In the first DIRt (January 2017) Rosalind Crisp invited six artists to Orbost, Victoria - one of the most pillaged...

ReadyMade Works and Critical Path are excited to present FIRST RUN, a program for dance makers to present work in development. This program will be co-facilitated by Brooke Stamp and Rhiannon Newton. FIRST RUN is an informal gathering around two artists sharing their...

This talk will examine the position of disabled artists in both U.K. and other geographical contexts. Drawing from her recent PhD research and ongoing shared practice with artist Welly O'Brien, Kate will discuss how notions of 'inclusion' in dance have shifted, key...

Sioned Huws and Reina Kimura (Japan/UK) will present Aomori Aomori, a project developed with the local community exploring the idea of a remembered landscape in a new space. They will work with participants' photographs to recreate the postures and poses within them....

Critical Path in partnership with Sydney Festival 2017 present Talking Dance, a series of conversations between Sydney Festival artists exploring ideas in their performance works and broader practice. What is the place of care and caring in our society and how might...

Critical Path in partnership with Sydney Festival 2017 present Talking Dance, a series of conversations between Sydney Festival artists exploring ideas in their performance works and broader practice. Often the person who gets to talk about a dance show is the lead...

Critical Path in partnership with Sydney Festival 2017 present Talking Dance, a series of conversations between Sydney Festival artists exploring ideas in their performance works and broader practice. Traditional knowledges are often communicated through song, dance...

Diverse artists tackle the idea of a future body. How will the artist engage with this body by looking at the interest of the now and its evolution – will the live arts be dead, will dance survive or will it reinvent itself, will the flesh still be at the heart of the...

Now Spring is here what better time to gather... our last CHATROOM of 2016, we'll join the final in the series of the Australian Institute of Architect’s Tuesday Night Talks, curated by Ashley Dunn RAI - Dr Michael Tawa - Professor of Architecture, Sydney University...

Critical Path is partnering with Performance Space to present two artist talks for Liveworks Conversations, a series of forums which explore the ideas and processes behind the works of the artists performing at the Liveworks Festival of Experimental Arts. Facilitated...

This workshop provides a practical and theoretical introduction to the collaborative practice of XiaoKe x ZiHan (SoftMachine). Hailing from mainland China their work explores the body in its extremes, reflecting on the social and political context of a centrally...

Matthew Day will open his studio practice for an informal showing of his new work in progress showing of Assemblage #1. Attendees are invited to stay for a drink and conversation. With his new work, Matthew activates an environment of play and surrender, opening a...

Critical Path and the Creative Practice Lab School of Arts and Media, UNSW present CHOREOGRAPHIC RESEARCH HUB,  a program of research activity and professional development happening in July at the Drill Hall and UNSW. WORKSHOPS Writing Dancing Group Thur 7 July, 6pm...

Critical Path and PACT centre for emerging artists join forces to present AFTERGLOW, a four-day festival that celebrates ambitious new work from Sydney’s boldest performance-makers. AFTERGLOW features Sydney premieres of three productions from 2016 Next Wave Festival,...

BOTH PERFORMANCES ARE SOLD OUT. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR A WAITING LIST. PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] The 20th Biennale of Sydney and Critical Path present TRANSCENDING, for Peace by Lilach Livne Thursday 2 June, 7pm Friday 3 June, 9pm Duration: 75 minutes. This...

Talk: Brooke Stamp with Lilach Livne In association between the Biennale of Sydney and Critical Path Final conversation of the run is between Brooke Stamp and Israeli choreographer Lilach Livne whose performance TRANSCENDING, for Peace is presented at the Drill Hall...

Critical Path, Carriageworks and the Keir Foundation partner to present the 2016 Keir Choreographic Award public program. This biennial Australian choreographic award is dedicated to commissioning new work and promoting innovation in contemporary dance and provide...

LIFEGUARD Benoît Lachambre [PARBLEUX ] Work in Progress Presentation in Association with the Biennale of Sydney Free Entry First Entry 5pm, Second Entry 5.30 pm, Third Entry, 5.45 pm (open entry), Last Entry 6.30 pm Please note that the first and second entry have...

Talk: Nicola Conibere with Brooke Stamp and Agatha Gothe-Snape In association between the Biennale of Sydney and Critical Path Nicola Conibere takes forward our set of conversations with with Australian choreographer Brooke Stamp and artist Agatha Gothe-Snape who are...

ASSEMBLY (Preview)Friday, 1 , 2-5pm Saturday 2 &Sunday 3 April, 2-5pm FREE, come and go as you please The Drill, 1C New Beach Rd, Darling Point (Rushcutters Bay) Assembly is a live, choreographic work devised by London-based artist Nicola Conibere for galleries,...