New Breed 2016

Overview

Looking for the next wave of Australian choreography? Just after a solid cultural night out in Sydney? This one's for you. Four of Australia's boldest new choreographers have joined forces to present their latest and most ballsy work for this year's instalment of New Breed at Carriageworks.

New Breed is the product of a brilliant collaboration between Carriageworks and the Sydney Dance Company, first launched in 2014. The idea is to give a leg-up to the next generation's most impressive dance talents. After all, launching a career on your own can be tough. So, Carriageworks's associate director of programming Lisa Ffrench teamed up with Sydney Dance Company's artistic director Rafael Bonachela to scope out four of Australia's most promising youngsters: Rachel Arianne Ogle (Perth), Shian Law (Melbourne), Jesse Scales (Hobart) and Richard Cilli  (Perth).

Each of these gifted, creative creatures was given six months to come up with a new dance piece. To help them along, they had access to Sydney Dance Company — both its beautiful studios and its ridiculously skilled ensemble. Now, you get to lap up the results with four new works.