Contemporary Dance often engages critically with the body in contemporary culture. For 25 years Buzz Dance Theatre’s arts education practice has been moored in contemporary dance. Their latest theatre work, DEPTH CHARGE, imagines the body-in-future-culture.
Our bodies and our perception of bodies - whether as real, virtual, fleshy homo sapiens or digitally rendered avatars - are changing fast. New technologies such as genetic engineering present a new labyrinth of transformation and controversy as human beings (in some parts of the world) begin to move “beyond nature”. In the lifetimes of children and young people today, pressing ethical concerns present themselves. Over the last year, a cross-generational team of artists - both dance students and dance professionals - embarked on a journey of imagination. Using choreography, digital imaging and live music, Buzz Dance took some small steps into the labyrinth of bioethics surrounding genetic freedom and ‘trans humanism’. Buzz Dance Theatre Artistic Director Felicity Bott along with artists from the work, including Moving Images designer Sohan Ariel Hayes, will chat about using choreography, digital imaging and live music to imagine future bodies. For ticket information please visit: http://www.buzzdance.com.au/current-productions.php?production_id=29 All welcome.
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