NEWRETRO

19 dancers dressed in black pose in a tableau, in a white studio with a polished concrete floor. — Image credit: Gregory Lorenzutti

2 dancers dressed in black at opposite ends of a white gallery space with polished concrete floor. In the far ground the dancer is facing towards us with their back pressed up against the gallery wall. In the forgeground the dancer arches their back and extendsthere arms overhead. — Image credit: Gregory Lorenzutti

A group of 6 dancers dressed in different black outfits are each engrossed in their individual movements. They are standing in a white gallery space. — Image credit: Gregory Lorenzutti

A dancer with grey wavy hair covering their face clenches their fists in front of their body. In the background other dancers dressed in black move individually. They are all in a white gallery space. — Image credit: Gregory Lorenzutti

21 works / 21 dancers / 21 years in the making

NEWRETRO is the epic new performance installation by leading Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin, celebrating 21 years of Lucy Guerin Inc. Premiering 25 March - 2 April 2023. Book now

A large-scale assemblage of ideas, structures, and excerpts of Guerin’s choreography from LGI’s past productions is reconfigured to create a new long-form work inhabiting the iconic galleries at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA).

Involving many of Melbourne’s most exceptional dancers, some who are original cast members and some who are new to the work, it addresses memory, ephemeral lineages and the dancer’s embodied knowledge. The ACCA galleries will frame the performers in a singular relationship to architecture and the spectator, to create an immersive experience both intimate and spectacular.

While reflective in its concept, NEWRETRO defies description as a retrospective, bringing past ideas and different generations into a new relationship to the present moment.

Lucy Guerin is one of Australia’s foremost choreographers and NEWRETRO is an exhilarating celebration of the dancers, the artform and a significant body of work.

“A singularly joyous experience, a celebration of the innate subversiveness of the human body.”
– Alison Croggon on ‘Corridor’

Please note: audience members are free to roam and may come and go during the performance.

A Lucy Guerin Inc production, presented in partnership with the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA).

25 March – 2 April 2023
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
$20-$45 + booking fee
Book now

Thank you
This project is supported by the Besen Family Foundation and the Playking Foundation. This presentation would not have been possible without the generous support of the late Chloe Munro AO.

Images: Gregroy Lorenzutti

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Choreographer & Director :

Lucy Guerin

Dancers :

Alice Dixon, Amber McCartney, Antony Hamilton, Benjamin Hancock, Caitlin Mewett, Claire Leske, Cora Hughes, Deanne Butterworth, Geoffrey Watson, Georgia Rudd, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, Lee Serle, Lilian Steiner, Melanie Lane, Michelle Heaven, Ngioka Bunda-Heath, Raina Peterson, Rebecca Jensen, Samantha Hines, Stephanie Halyburton, Tra Mi Dinh

Guest Artists (select performances) :

Stephanie Lake and Alisdair Macindoe

Lighting Designer :

Paul Lim

Sound Designer & Composer :

Jethro Woodward

Costume Designer :

Kate Davis

Curator, ACCA :

Elyse Goldfinch

Costume Construction :

Janice Chalmers

Lighting Design Associate & Technical Operator :

Nick Moloney

Rehearsal Director :

Rachel Coulson

Production Manager :

Genevieve Cizevskis

Stage Manager :

Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly

Deputy Stage Manager :

Giovanna Yate Gonzalez

Producer :

Estelle Conley

Executive Producer :

Brendan O'Connell

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