Two acclaimed contemporary dance works by First Nations choreographers will return to Australia for limited seasons at the Sydney Opera House this September.<\/p>\n
Bundjalung and Ng\u0101puhi artist Amrita Hepi will present Rinse from 10 to 12 September in the Playhouse, while Bungandidj and Ngarrindjeri choreographer Lewis Major will bring Triptych to the Studio from 16 to 19 September.<\/p>\n
Sydney Opera House Director, Programming Brenna Hobson said the Opera House was proud to welcome Hepi and Major home following international success.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith some of the world\u2019s most enchanting and innovative contemporary dance works coming from Australians, we couldn\u2019t be more proud to invite Amrita Hepi and Lewis Major home to celebrate their international success,\u201d Hobson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe local contemporary dance scene is thriving internationally, and the Sydney Opera House is privileged to celebrate an ecosystem that champions not only excellence, but a uniquely Australian perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n
Created by Hepi with acclaimed theatre-maker Mish Grigor, Rinse is a solo dance-theatre work caught between endings and new beginnings. Combining a highly physical dance language with text and sound design by Daniel Jenatsch, the work examines the history of dance through a decolonial lens.<\/p>\n
Since its debut, Rinse has toured extensively across Europe, the UK and Canada, and became the first Australian work ever performed at Festival d\u2019Avignon. Hepi has twice received the People\u2019s Choice Award at the Keir Choreographic Awards and was named one of Forbes Asia\u2019s 30 Under 30 in 2018.<\/p>\n
Major\u2019s Triptych brings together three short works: Prologue, Unfolding and Epilogue. Performed by four dancers, the mixed bill fuses movement, music and light, with the works linked by ideas of duality and connection.<\/p>\n
Major\u2019s work has been performed across six continents, following collaborations and mentorship with Russell Maliphant and Hofesh Schecter. Triptych has received more than a dozen awards, including Best Dance at Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2025 and The Spirit of the Fringe Award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024.<\/p>\n
Following its Sydney season, Triptych will also be performed at Arts Centre Melbourne from 23 to 26 September.<\/p>\n
Pre-sales for Rinse and Triptych begin at 9am on Tuesday 16 June, with general public tickets on sale from 9am on Wednesday 17 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two acclaimed contemporary dance works by First Nations choreographers will return to Australia for limited seasons at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-726238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}