Program
Sunday 12 March - Sunday 12 March, 2023
We sent our bodies to ourselves in the future. And they have just arrived… is the first in a series of Sci-Fi conceits that begets dancing - choreographed by M@ (aka Matt Cornell) in collaboration with Bgirl Raygun (Dr Rachael Gunn) and Romain Hassanin. We will share...
Sunday 5 March - Sunday 5 March, 2023
In this conversation with dance and movement-makers, we will consider the value of rest, pause, and stillness in creative practice and within dance. How do we, institutionally, come to recognise pause as an integral part of the creative process? How do we create space...
Saturday 26 November - Saturday 26 November, 2022
Saturday 26 November. A day of thinking, talking, sharing, planning and action... In partnership with Navigate Arts Participants will self-organise to create their own agenda on the day, allowing a dynamic and immediate response to the issues at hand. The process...
Friday 25 November, 11am - Friday 25 November, 2022 5pm
Friday 25 November at the PeaNut Eatery, Bega, NSW As an antidote to speed networking we are offering practitioners the chance for a conversation with sector peers; artists, producers, curators, managers. We invite you to sign up for a day of slow conversations... The...
Sunday 13 November, 2pm - Sunday 13 November, 2022 4pm
Is an evocation and publication. Via private WIKI, a diverse team of inspiring choreographically and digitally involved artists have imagined SciFi futures and subsequent physical realities for our human bodies. Launch party was held on the 13th of November 2022 at...
Sunday 9 October, 11am - Sunday 16 October, 2022 8pm
Ozfrank is bringing to The Drill a workshop series of theatre’s most dynamic physical training system, the Nobbs Suzuki Praxis (NSP) From Sunday 6 October through to Sunday 16th October, Ozfrank is running a series of six Nobbs Suzuki Praxis workshop sessions....
Monday 25 July, 12am - Wednesday 31 August, 2022 12am
Cultural organisations in NSW have joined forces to offer dance artists space to create, connect and share their practice once a month from March – December 2022. One Day For Dance will see one organisation per month provide a studio space free of charge for dance...
Thursday 9 July - Sunday 12 July, 2020
Call – out Critical Path is inviting NSW connected artists to apply to da:ns lab, an annual workshop-seminar for artists and arts practitioners to critically reflect on key issues surrounding their creative practice. This year's lab will be a remote meeting taking...
Thursday 4 June - Thursday 31 December, 2020
This year we celebrated the 15th Anniversary of Critical Path with a weekend of activities in our home base, The Drill in Rushcutters Bay in February by Dancing the Drill. Dancing the Drill convened around activities that were an extension of our ongoing research and...
Thursday 7 May - Thursday 31 December, 2020
This year we celebrated the 15th Anniversary of Critical Path with a weekend of activities in our home base, The Drill in Rushcutters Bay in February by Dancing the Drill. Dancing the Drill convened around activities that were an extension of our ongoing research and...
Wednesday 22 April, 5pm - Monday 31 August, 2020 6pm
The Double Bill featuring Mess by Allie Graham & Skip Willcox and Re/Collect by Mikayla Nangle & Alexandra Ford will no longer be presented at the Drill Hall on Sunday 22 March. As it stands, the Double Bill has been postponed to the beginning of August. This...
Monday 6 April, 2pm - Thursday 30 April, 2020 6pm
The Dancing Sydney - Artist-led Dance Archives gathering will no longer be taking place at Glebe Town Hall on Sunday 29 March. Critical Path is currently in discussions with participating artists to look at the best way forward for those involved to complete the...
Sunday 22 March - Sunday 14 June, 2020
As the COVID-19 situation unfolds and we move through uncertain times, Critical Path will continue to adapt and respond to ensure the safety of our team, artists, and the wider community. We have been communicating with artists, partners and industry peers this week...
Sunday 8 March, 4pm - Sunday 8 March, 2020 5pm
Please join us for the launch of the Women’s Work digital publication on International Women’s Day 2020. Incorporating the processes, practices and achievements of 13 senior female dance artists, the publication opens up some of the questions and explorations around...
Friday 28 February, 12pm - Sunday 1 March, 2020 4pm
This year we celebrated the 15th Anniversary of Critical Path with a weekend of activities in our home base, The Drill in Rushcutters Bay in February by Dancing the Drill. Dancing the Drill convened around activities that were an extension of our ongoing research and...
Thursday 5 December, 2019 - Thursday 31 December, 2020
Interchange Festival 2019-20 is an online festival that brings together international and national professionals that have included digital media in their practice. Artists reflect upon the challenges, opportunities, and limitations of working with digital media in...
Monday 28 October, 5pm - Monday 28 October, 2019 9pm
How can we respond to the Climate Emergency, allowing our core values to inform this process? How can we ensure the conversation is diverse and explores the Big Ideas; to reduce carbon emissions – practical and material to Communicate about Climate Change and the...
Tuesday 27 August, 7pm - Tuesday 27 August, 2019 9pm
Critical Path presents: Indian contemporary dancer Tishani Doshi in conversation with Amrita Hepi Part performance, part video, part talk – join us for an intimate evening with Indian contemporary dancer Tishani Doshi as she traces her career in India, and shares what...
Friday 12 July, 10am - Friday 12 July, 2019 1pm
JC Movement - Contemporary Dance Workshop Friday 12 July 2019 10am - 1pm “What moves us makes us the mover we are” Having a deep appreciation and passion for the craft of re-transmission, Jill offers a dance workshop that allows the dancer to warm up their body,...
Wednesday 12 June, 9am - Friday 21 June, 2019 11am
Sue Healey 6-day Workshop June 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 & 21 9:30-11:00am These six classes will evolve to create a body of material that focuses on animating a large group of movers in a structured improvisation. The classes will involve playing with scale and...
Sunday 28 April, 2pm - Sunday 28 April, 2019 4pm
Women’s Work Workshop and Afternoon Tea Sunday 28 April, 2:00pm - 4:30pm @ Critical Path, The Drill, 1C New Beach Rd, Rushcutters Bay Invitation to young dancers A unique opportunity to participate in a Dance Workshop where young female dancers, (8 to 12 years old)...
Saturday 13 April - Saturday 13 April, 2019
Blacktown Arts and Critical Path invite you to join four respected artists for a unique exchange of food and conversation. Artists Brian Fuata, Julie-Anne Long, Anna Kuroda and Taree Sansbury will lead conversations over a meal - a series of four starters shared as...
Monday 1 April, 6pm - Monday 1 April, 2019 8pm
City Horses Workshop with Helena Byström and Anna Källblad (Sweden) Artist talk and workshop with Byström Källblad; presentation of the work City Horses and talk about dance and the female body in relation to public space and art. For outdoor participation please wear...
Sunday 31 March, 4pm - Sunday 31 March, 2019 6pm
Susurrus is a new trans-disciplinary project and performance exploring the intangible whisper, rustle or murmur. The work draws a parallel between a human midlife crisis and the current environmental crisis, linking the personal to the global. Susurrus is driven by...
Saturday 30 March, 11am - Saturday 30 March, 2019 1pm
Inviting you into the creative process of their newest creation, international performance group Susurrus will lead a 2-hour workshop. ‘Part of, within’ is focused on developing environmental awareness through embodiment. Susurrus is inspired by one of ecopsychology`s...
Sunday 24 March, 4pm - Sunday 24 March, 2019 6pm
First Run is facilitated by Brooke Stamp and Rhiannon Newton. First Run was initiated through Lucy Guerin Inc. in 2008 and in Sydney First Run has been supported by Critical Path and ReadyMade Works Studio since 2017. First Run is an informal gathering around two...
Sunday 17 March, 10am - Sunday 17 March, 2019 5pm
Gathering for Senior Creative Women – Expressions of Interest What challenges do senior female choreographers face? This conversation between choreographic artists aims to celebrate older women working in dance and introduce audiences to the process, practice and...
Friday 15 March, 2pm - Friday 15 March, 2019 4pm
Cathy Livermore and Eric Avery will present a public workshop at the Drill Hall on Friday 15 March 2-4pm. Cathy Livermore (NZ) and Eric Avery (NSW) will continue their collaboration focusing on intercultural spaces and new media explorations; a pulsating, animated...
Saturday 9 March, 6pm - Saturday 9 March, 2019 7pm
Pepa Ubera will present her research at the Drill Hall, Critical Path on Saturday 9 March at 6pm. Pepa Ubera is a freelance dance artist based in London whose choreographic practice expands into curatorial projects and the use of video in performance. Her work...
Friday 1 March, 11am - Friday 1 March, 2019 1pm
Amrita Hepi and Jahra ‘Rager’ Wasasala will present a free public workshop at the Drill Hall on Friday 1 March after their week in research at the Drill Hall as part of the March Dance festival. Amrita and Jahra first met on a residency at the Banff centre 2014 and...
The Drill, 1C New Beach Rd,
Darling Point (Rushcutters Bay), Sydney