2015 De Novo

Date
Renmark, SA, Australia
Chaffey Theatre Renmark SA
Australia
De Novo
Time
7:30 pm

Sydney Dance Company

De Novo is a triple bill of works by choreographers Rafael Bonachela, Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company,  Larissa McGowan and Alexander Ekman.

Geoffrey performed ambulatory cello in the Australasian premiere performances of Ekman’s Cacti at Sydney Theatre in March 2013.  Cacti involves sixteen dancers, many cacti and an on-stage string quartet. It was subsequently nominated for a 2013 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Dance Work’.

From the SDC website:

Irreverent, humorous and brilliant, Cacti is the critically acclaimed brainchild of Swedish dance prodigy Alexander Ekman. Ekman is in high demand internationally, and this piece, devised for the legendary Nederlands Dans Theater 2, shows exactly why. Cacti is not only a subversive, entertaining commentary on the pretensions of contemporary dance, it is also a brilliantly conceived and bracingly physical piece of choreography.