On Friday 20 and Saturday 21 October 2023, The  Sydney Dance Company  accompanied live by the Quartuor Zaide string quartet performed ”  Impermanence” and  “Forever & Ever”  at the Amare, The Hague.

I very much enjoyed this performance!

“There are no boundaries and no guidelines for what you will experience. The great thing about contemporary dance and experiencing it live is that what you take away from it is unique to you.” says artistic director and choreographer Rafaël Bonachela about the company’s vision. His Impermanence is, in the words of Time Out, “moving, powerful and hypnotic”. The award-winning Forever & ever by Antony Hamilton mixes dance, techno and high fashion.

Impermanence

A visceral and thrilling exploration of the juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, this full-length work features a new score full of emotional power from Grammy Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner.

Best known as a founder of American rock band The National and for his film scores for The Revenant and The Two Popes, Dessner was initially inspired by the tragedy of the Australian bush fires and the Notre-Dame fire in Paris. Sydney Dance Company’s “awe-inspiring” (In Daily) ensemble is joined live on stage by Quatuor Zaid. This is epic, driven performance that packs an emotional punch.

Experience the power of dance and music performed live together, laden with meaning, fleeting and vulnerable, and from devastation find energy, urgency, radiance and hope.

Forever & Ever

Forever & Ever is a world premiere which “lays siege to the senses with a mighty display of shock and awe.” (The Australian). Set to a sonically stimulating score by The Presets’ Julian Hamilton, Forever & Ever fuses together a killer mix of dance, techno, high fashion and vivid lighting to hypnotic effect. Exploring ideas of order, chaos, popular culture and human behaviour, this boundary-pushing work is a bold and thrilling theatrical experience.