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Lucy Guerin Inc acknowledges and pays our respects to the traditional custodians, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations, on whose unceded land we live and create.

PIECES 2023

Image credit: ‘Surprise, Surprize’ by Harrison Hall & Andrew Treloar in PIECES 2021. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

LUKE GEORGE / AMRITA HEPI / HARRISON RITCHIE-JONES

PIECES is Lucy Guerin Inc’s annual commissioning program showcasing the work of exceptional artists at the forefront of dance in Naarm.

In 2023 Luke George, Amrita Hepi and Harrison Ritchie-Jones premiere new works each with a distinct and powerful voice in an eclectic triple bill that embodies risk, boldness and experimentation. PIECES reminds us of the capacity of contemporary dance to unveil, defy and inspire. It is an invitation to come together and celebrate the electrifying vitality of live performance.

PIECES 2023 is co-presented by Lucy Guerin Inc and The Substation.

Read more about the artists here.

Thank you
This presentation would not have been possible without the generous support of WXYZ Studios.

Lucy Guerin Inc is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts and funding advisory body, by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, and by the City of Melbourne.

+About the works

The Read
By Amrita Hepi

Everybody dances, everybody has sex. Though the line for a professional in these industries is different.

The Read explores the body in professional service, in a collaboration between a choreographer/dancer and a sex worker.

So often when lost in the act or observations of moments of irreverence or desire, we forget the transmissions or transgressions that have led us there. The labour that leads us to the sex, dance, pleasure, race and the brief encounter with the thrill of a body.

Creative Team
Choreographer and Director: Amrita Hepi
Collaborator/Co-creator: Tilly Lawless
Dramaturg: Mish Grigor
Outside Eye: Sarah Aiken
Sound Design: Daniel Jenatsch
Lighting Designer: Katie Sfetkidis

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TANTRUM For 6
By Harrison Ritchie-Jones

The omnipresence of the baby is frightening and special. TANTRUM for 6 is an abstract interpretation of our earliest feelings.

Creative Team
Choreographer and performer: Harrison Ritchie-Jones
Dancers: Anika De Ruyter, Rebecca Jensen, Georgia Rudd, Oliver Savariego, Michaela Tancheff
Lighting Designer: Katie Sfetkidis
Composer: Nicholas Roder
Costume Designer: Andrew Treloar

FILM:
Cinematography: Harrison Ritchie-Jones
AV: Nicholas Roder
Editing: Alex Walton & Harrison Ritchie-Jones

Thank you
The development of this work has been supported by Nelson Estrella and Phil Rounsevell.

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Fell
By Luke George

In Fell, Luke George retraces his roots in Tasmania / lutruwita, recalling in particular the impacts of the logging industry. In seeking a state of balance between himself and a log that is equal in weight to his body, George attempts to suspend the narrative of a human will to power so that other memories, including those of nature might also become sensible.

Creative Team
Choreographer and performer: Luke George
Dramaturg: Daniel Kok
Lighting Designer: Katie Sfetkidis
Rigger: Rockie Stone

Thank you
Thank you to The Substation, Circus Oz, Ash Snare and Nick Roux.

Development of this work has been supported through The Unconformity Artist in Residence Program and through Performance Space and Sydney University Discipline of Theatre and Performance Studies’ Experimental Performance Residency at the Rex Cramphorn Theatre.

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