Presented as part of Frame: A biennial of dance
21 works / 21 dancers / 21 years in the making
Drawing on 21 existing dance works from the past 21 years, NEWRETRO is a major durational performance installation by leading contemporary choreographer Lucy Guerin. It takes the form of a site-responsive choreographic work and installation occupying ACCA’s galleries.
NEWRETRO reconstructs fragments retrieved from Lucy Guerin Inc’s back-catalogue and relearnt by an ensemble of 21 dancers. The work’s score is both retrospective and speculative, condensing choreography from different time periods into the same temporal space, creating a living archive of new, corporeal gestures.
Capturing the physical imprint of several generations of dancers, NEWRETRO frames the material of the body within an embodied relationship to architecture and the subject. The performance unfolds over an extended three-hour duration, inviting audiences into a space at once intimate and spectacular.
View the program here.
PERFORMANCE TIMES
Please note, ACCA will be closed to the public outside of these performance times.
Saturday 25 March, 2–5pm
Sunday 26 March, 2–5pm
Wednesday 29 March, 6–9pm
Thursday 30 March, 6–9pm
Friday 31 March, 6–9pm
Saturday 1 April, 2–5pm
Sunday 2 April, 2–5pm
Audience members may enter and leave at any time within the three-hour duration of each performance.
ACCESS INFORMATION
Please note, all tickets are for standing room. Audiences will move through the galleries with the performance. A limited number of folding stools, which can be carried through the space, will be available upon entry. ACCA also has a wheelchair available for use. Please get in touch with us if you would like to discuss any access requirements or to reserve our wheelchair for a performance. Email info@acca.melbourne or call (03) 9697 9999.
CREATIVE TEAM
Choreographer & Director: Lucy Guerin
Dancers: Alice Dixon, Amber McCartney, Antony Hamilton, Benjamin Hancock, Caitlin Mewett, Claire Leske, Cora Hughes, Deanne Butterworth, Geoffrey Watson, Georgia Rudd, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, Lee Serle, Lilian Steiner, Melanie Lane, Michelle Heaven, Ngioka Bunda-Heath, Raina Peterson, Rebecca Jensen, Samantha Hines, Stephanie Halyburton, Tra Mi Dinh
Guest Artists: Stephanie Lake and Alisdair Macindoe (select performances)
Lighting Designer: Paul Lim
Sound Designer & Composer: Jethro Woodward
Costume Designer: Kate Davis
Curator, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art: Elyse Goldfinch
Costume Construction: Janice Chalmers
Production Manager: Genevieve Cizevskis
Lighting Design Associate & Technical Operator: Nick Moloney
Stage Manager: Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly
Deputy Stage Manager: Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Producer: Estelle Conley
Executive Producer: Brendan O’Connell
A Lucy Guerin Inc production, presented in partnership with the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA). This project is supported by the Besen Family Foundation and the Playking Foundation. This presentation would not have been possible without the generous support of the late Chloe Munro AO.
