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Tandem

Year

2022

Location

Brisbane, Australia

Creative director and choreographer - a QUT Dance 21 production (Panel selected) 

Stemming from the human condition and phenomenological experiences, Tandem explores the quote, “Not letting go of the past keeps your future on hold,” as a personification of shadows through scenarios of struggle, status and survival.

Tandems are bicycles for two riders, one behind the other. Similarly, shadows exist as attachment of individuals, following one’s every step. Exploring themes of regret, anxiety, darkness and social hierarchy, the performers navigate the boundaries of human’s disconnected minds typified by shadows through the manipulation of lighting. These shadows – an embodiment of apprehension – emerge into human existence; the dancers caught in a constant tension between personal trauma and the desire for re-birth.

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