Slow Dances for Fast Times

Overview

Carriageworks are taking the artform of contemporary dance and giving it their own unique spin with a dynamic and diverse new show, dubbed the "dance equivalent of a concept album", featuring 12 solo performances from 12 of Australia's most exciting young dancers.

Combining the individual flair of the performers with a hearty dose of nostalgia, Slow Dances for Fast Times is set to an endlessly fun soundtrack of pop and dance anthems taken from the last 50 years. Carriageworks has their sights firmly set on maximising audience satisfaction with an eclectic playlist that includes everything from a psychedelic Hendrix number and a soulful Dusty Springfield dirge to the piano-pop of Regina Spektor and the fist-pumping electronica of Portishead. There is even a Spanish torch song and a soaring classical aria thrown in for good measure.

The dancers themselves have been handpicked by the show's Helpmann-nominated creator and choreographer Martin Del Amo following the sold out Sydney Opera House run of his Anatomy of an Afternoon. The performers were chosen not only based on their individual skill — and with a combined CV that boasts performances in such productions as Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the Indigenous spectacular Briwyant and pre-eminent dance crew The Fondue Set, the skill on show is quite considerable — but also with a deliberate focus on dancer diversity. Each dancer comes from a distinct cultural and artistic background such that each performance offers an enchanting insight into one of the many unique styles of dance that exist in Australia.

With Carriageworks decked out with mirror balls and velvet curtains, Slow Dances for Fast Times looks set to be an unmissable marriage between the stylish and the retro, old-school nostalgia and new-age artistic innovation.

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