"Zink is a key figure in the changes we see in the Australian contemporary dance scene… stunningly affecting.” XS Entertainment (for Synapse)
Choreographed by Liesel Zink THE STANCE
4 hours 30 minutes Cultural Forecourt, QPAC All Ages
Can we choreograph a new form of protest?
Moving bodies take over a familiar urban space in this new work exploring what it means to put yourself on the line for something you believe in. Liesel Zink’s The Stance is a site specific dance and sound work investigating the choreography of bodies in protest. Created, rehearsed and performed in public space, it draws from the history of protest at the site in which it is presented and responds to recent acts of worldwide collective action.
Nine dancers perform to a live, original sound composition transmitted through wireless headphones. This intimate viewing experience is designed to prompt audiences and passers-by to consider the politics of mass movement and the ownership and control of what is considered public property.
Image: Fenlan Chuang
Meet the artist
Liesel Zink
Liesel Zink is a Brisbane-based choreographer who researches the political body in public space under a social-psychology framework. She creates site specific dance and sound works in public space including her award-winning fifteen presented in peak hour pedestrian traffic at Next Wave and Brisbane Festival 2012.
She has also been commissioned to create work for Expressions Dance Company, Tasdance, LINK Dance Company and Artslink QLD schools touring. By creating, rehearsing and presenting her work entirely in public space, Zink seeks to engage new audiences, believing that exposing the public to the artistic process will grow the acceptance of art as an integral part of culture.
Contact:
- Liesel Zink
- Choreographer
- lieselzink@gmail.com
- +61 415 729 198