LUMINOUS FLUX
The autumn equinox has just passed. Day and night are now in equal length. It’s the perfect time to celebrate both light and dark. Tasdance’s double-bill aims to do just this.
Punters will be treated to Byron Perry’s premiere of Light Entertainment. “Byron is a really inventive and creative choreographer,” says Tasdance Artistic Director, Annie Greig. “He is playful and thoughtful at the same time. He actually uses the light as a key choreographic tool and that in itself is very clever and effective.”
Enter Twilight was choreographed by the late Tanja Liedtke. “Tanja had a very interesting movement vocabulary,” Greig continues. “There’s lots of small details as well as parody of people interrelating. Then there are sections that are quite demanding physically. It’s a combination of stronger material with small, quirky, detailed movement.”
Leidtke was selected to be the next Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company, but in 2007 her life was tragically cut short. Greig says this is a significant way to pay tribute to an amazing young woman. “She wanted her work to be seen far and wide.”
Tasdance are presenting Liedtke’s work with the kind permission of the Tanja Liedtke Foundation. (ES)
Apr 5-6, Riverside Theatre, cnr Church & Market Sts, Parramatta, $30-47, 8839 3399, riversideparramatta.com.au
