A Sun Dance
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancer pictured: Angela Goh. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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‘At the core of the work is a relationship between performer, sunlight and architecture. Specifically, shafts of sunlight streaming through architectural forms are used as ‘sets’ for dance over the course of a day.’
A Sun Dance is a new performance commission by artist Rochelle Haley.
At the core of the work is a relationship between dancer, sunlight and architecture. Conceived in relation to the architecture of the original National Gallery building, shafts of sunlight streaming through architectural forms provide changing sets for dance over the course of a day. Durational in nature, audiences are invited to enter and exit the work at will. Three cycles marked by morning, midday and afternoon sun provide opportunities for audiences to orientate themselves within the structure of the work.
The performance, developed over different seasons, draws influence from the feel of sun on skin; the temporal passage of sun to earth; the geometries of the architecture; the hum of the building; and architect Col Madigan’s observation of light ‘dancing’ through the gallery.
The performance, like light itself, expands, intensifies, and recedes through time and space. Together the dancers realise a poetic choreography in harmony with the ‘moving graphic backdrop’ of the sun within the gallery.
Artist: Rochelle Haley
Choreographers: Angela Goh, Ivey Wawn
Dancers: Angela Goh, David Huggins, Lizzie Thomson, Niki Verrall, Ivey Wawn
Composer & Musician: Megan Alice Clune
Costume: Leah Giblin
Curators: Elspeth Pitt and Deirdre Cannon. Produced by Saskia Scott.
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance, 2024. Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancers pictured: David Huggins, Ivey Wawn, Angela Goh, Lizzie Thomson, Niki Verrall. Costumes by Leah Giblin. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Kerrie Brewer.
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancers pictured: Angela Goh, David Huggins, and Ivey Wawn. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancer pictured: Angela Goh. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancer pictured: Angela Goh. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancers pictured: Angela Goh, David Huggins, Niki Verrall and Ivey Wawn. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancers pictured: Angela Goh, David Huggins, Lizzie Thomson, Niki Verrall and Ivey Wawn. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancers pictured: Angela Goh, David Huggins, Lizzie Thomson, Niki Verrall and Ivey Wawn. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancers pictured: Angela Goh, David Huggins, Lizzie Thomson, Niki Verrall and Ivey Wawn. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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Rochelle Haley, A Sun Dance (work in development, November 2023), Commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra 2023. Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. With additional support from the Australian Research Council through research and commissioning partner Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum. Dancers pictured: Angela Goh, David Huggins, Lizzie Thomson, Niki Verrall and Ivey Wawn. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Photographer: Leanne Mason
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Rochelle Haley, 2023, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Photographer: Leanne Mason
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