Songs Not To Dance To - Form Dance Projects

Overview

Sydney choreographer Martin del Amo seems determined to dislodge dance from its lofty pedestal. His dance theatre is kooky, self-reflective, accessible and has its feet firmly on the ground. Last year he treated audiences to a degustation of bodies and stories with Slow Dances for Fast Times, and now Songs Not To Dance To follows in its quirky stead.

Songs Not To Dance To promises to address those ditties discarded by choreographers, for being “too obscure”, “too cheesy” or “too famous”. Dancing side-by-side with Lismore dance artist Phil Blackman, del Amo will let these forbidden songs move him, and we’ll watch the depths to which he goes. Will he work against the music, take the piss or surrender? If Slow Dances is anything to go by, the constant change of pace and atmosphere will keep us laughing heartily and thinking deeply. We'd definitely sign up to see highly trained bodies look a little daggy, which seems very in vogue.