New Breed 2017

Overview

Earlier this year, Sydney Dance Company and Carriageworks revealed the names of the five young Australian choreographers whose works will feature in the acclaimed New Breed initiative at the end of this month. This year's program features four performances created by Melanie Lane from Melbourne and Berlin, Tyrone Robinson from Perth, Petros Treklis from Melbourne and co-creators Cass Mortimer-Eipper of Melbourne and Nelson Earl of Sydney. The work created by both Mortimer-Epper and Earl will be New Breed's very first co-created performance.

New Breed is an incredible initiative by Sydney Dance Company and Carriageworks, in conjunction with arts-focused, philanthropic organisation Balnaves Foundation. In its fourth year, the initiative recognises five up-and-coming choreographers from across Australia, commissioning them to create new works with members of SDC and giving them the support and opportunity to showcase their fresh, unique styles. This year's participants have been working on their four pieces since August, in preparation for the New Breed performance at Carriageworks from Thursday, November 30 to Saturday, December 9.

In addition to fostering a new generation of choreographers, New Breed provides a testing ground for unorthodox styles, with previous choreographers going on to win awards including the prestigious Tanja Liedtke Fellowship and the Helpmann Award.

Image: Pedro Greig.

By Quinn Connors and Jonathan Ford.