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Rafael Bonachela's
we unfold
Original symphonic score by Ezio Bosso
Video art by Daniel Askill
Costume by Jordan Askill
Lighting by Hugh Taranto
8 performances only
Don't miss your chance to see the new-look Sydney Dance Company unfold with this breathtaking work from Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela.
Inspired by and set to the music of Italian composer Ezio Bosso, we unfold deftly combines rigour, freedom, strength and precision into one exquisite dance work of exploration and discovery.
Witness a new era of innovation in Australian contemporary dance with we unfold, as the sensuality and physical presence of the Sydney Dance Company literally takes your breath away.
"...modern art engraved in steel; thrilling in its newness... Rafael Bonachela is of the moment." - Dance Europe
"deeply absorbing" - The Australian
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"a spectacular, albeit mystifying, performance" Ourbrisbane
"utterly absorbing" Brisbane Times
"near-faultless" Brisbane Times
"beauty is the dominant impression one takes away from we unfold" The Courier-Mail
"striking floor work and unusual lifts" The Courier-Mail
Rafael Bonachela
Australian Stage Online
16 August 2010
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"We unfold will be a revelation of the new look SDC." Dance Australia
"His dance is like a spray of bullets that hit their target." The Times, London
"It is modern art engraved in steel; thrilling in its newness.... Rafael Bonachela is of the moment.." Dance Europe
"Bonachela delivers a work that is breathtakingly, almost painfully beautiful." Daily Telegraph, Sydney
"His language, gender blind and fuelled by disparate energies, has a muscularity that ebbs and flows... an underlying sexuality that gives handsome physical presence to the jagged emotional intelligence." The Times, London
"I wanted to create a piece about our needs and desires as artists, for the emotions to slowly unfold, revealing ourselves to those around us." Artistic Director, Rafael Bonachela
"Superb performances by the entire cast... we unfold is easy to get wrapped up in." The Age
"We Unfold is not just a super highway of fancy, sexy steps. For all collective swelling of layer upon layer of movement, there are equal parts softness and stillness." Herald Sun
"We unfold is visceral, passionate and achingly beautiful. Driven by a dense emotional score and played out before a backdrop of subtly morphing video spacescapes, it is utterly breathtaking."" Dance Informa
"We unfold is hard to fault." Dance Informa
"deeply absorbing" Weekend Australian
"Ezio Bosso's music is... a wall-of-sound work with strong underlying rhythms, repeated crescendos and exciting crashes, interspersed with lyrical lines from the cello. The video art is so powerful it sometimes grabs all focus, but in the main Bonachela's intricate movement language has a fine setting." Weekend Australian