Sydney festival 2027: 11 international dance works to headline ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ program
Making its southern hemisphere debut, Dance Reflections will feature collaborators of Rosalia, Madonna and Beyonce - and a high-wire takeover of the Cutaway
A once-in-a-lifetime" program of dance works of scale will be coming to Sydney in January, including 11 international works from France, Belgium, South Africa and beyond making their Australian premiere.
The program, which triples the scale of the dance offering at the last Sydney festival, will bring 174 performers and crew to Sydney, with the crowning jewel being the acclaimed French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane's Outsider. The 2024 work features 21 dancers from the Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve and four elite athletes, navigating a cat's cradle" of high wires and slack lines, to the mesmerising, minimalist music of the avant garde composer Julius Eastman.
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