Public Events Archive

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,...

Talk: André Lepecki and Nicola Conibere in conversation In association between the Biennale of Sydney and Critical Path Curator, writer and dramaturg André Lepecki is in Sydney as an attaché for the 20th Biennale of Sydney, for which he has curated the special project...

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – Sydney 20th Biennale of Sydney & Critical Path are recruiting people aged 18+ to perform in Nicola Conibere’s ASSEMBLY as part of  this year’s Biennale. ASSEMBLY will be presented in the Drill Hall, Rushcutter’s Bay, on the afternoons Fri...

Join us over three evenings for a festival celebrating intercultural exchange. This long weekend of presentations offers further opportunities for dialogue between our local and visiting artists, and offers audiences the chance to engage with intercultural work at the...

Monsoon is a transcultural, multidisciplinary research and performance platform for Asian and European artists initiated by German choreographer Arco Renz (Artistic Director, Kobalt Works, Belgium). Critical Path will host a Monsoon Australia residency, working during...

A special evening forum with sharing of current ideas and practice by artists drawn from Critical Path’s 2015 program.  Alongside cultural guest Luke Pearson (founder of IndigenousX) Narelle Benjamin, Matt Cornell, Julie-Anne Long and Dean Walsh’s presentations open...

Critical Path’s 10th birthday celebration includes the launch of the 2015 program and our new website, as well as presentations from the 2015 Responsive Program residents, featuring Lucky Lartey, Técha Noble and Victoria Hunt, a new video by Sam Chester and our...

Over three public sessions Choy Ka Fai will present his project SoftMachine, a dance research project exploring the epistemology of contemporary dance in Asia. Driven by his personal desire to study the choreographic process of contemporary dance developed over the...

Garry and Narelle will ask each other how creative acts embody an archaeology of our own personal histories. Everything that has led up to this moment creates new work – training history, previous creative endeavours, the shifting of personal interests, the witnessing...

Paul and Anouk will join in a conversation facilitated by Margie Medlin that traverses their shared Dutch contemporary dance ancestry and ruminates on the impact and scope of their new roles in Australia. Anouk van Dijk (AU) is Artistic Director of Australian dance...

Funded by: TANZFONDS ERBE, an initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Choreographer Jochen Roller will be joined by Lizzie Thomson, Latai Taumoepeau, Nadia Cusimano and Matthew Day to launch the website that documents the reconstruction of the dance...

This sharing concludes the first chapter of a four-chapter residency initiated and hosted by Zodiak – Center for New Dance (FIN) in conjunction with Campbelltown Art Centre (AUS). Jane McKernan (AUS) and Maija Hirvanen (FIN) will team with Lizzie Thomson (AUS),...

Co-presented by Goethe-Institut Australia, Critical Path and Sydney Festival, this Artists’ Salon will bring together Sasha Waltz in conversation with Nadia Cusimano, facilitated by Martin del Amo. Nadia and Sasha will trace Sasha’s early biography and artistic...