SPACE | ACTION: Touch

Featuring Sydney Dance Company

“This film is centered around the first moment the Sydney Dance Company dancers were able to make physical contact again after months of adhering to a strict no-touch policy during Covid. The dancers move between tight, unified choreography and fluid, reactive movement prompted by emotional cues of not being able to touch and then finally joining. It unfolds as a spiraling journey through passageways and stairs down to the core of Phoenix - the rotating platform in the garage. Phoebe Twigg's (ptwiggs) track 'Creation in Destruction' for the film greatly complemented the erratic pace of the edit and the intensity versus relief felt in the dancers movement.

– Claudia Brand, Director

“Phoenix is an inspirational space, which embodies the nexus between architecture and creativity. Working with the Sydney Dance Company dancers to bring to life a creative response to Phoenix Central Park was a delight. Contemporary dance reflects the new, the future, the vanguard and it was incredible to have the opportunity to make a short film driven by the sinuous lines and surprises around each corner of this breathtaking building.”

– Rafael Bonachela, Artistic Director & Choreographer

Production Company: Entropico

EP & CD: Erin Moy

Director: Claudia Brand

Producer: Jemma Cole

DOP: Tom Black

Stylist: Emilie Joy

H&MU: Celeste Gubb

H&MU Assistant: Cassie Lapthorne

Gaffer: Tom Keyes

Camera Assist: Gary Morris

Production Assist: Chloe Hayman

Grip: Joe Bruneteau

Grip Assist: Mark Glasgow

Music: ptwiggs

Editor & Colourist: Andrea Chen

Compositing: Simon Jackman

Set Stills: Evo

Artwork Design: Bridget Peters

Artwork Animation: Tommy Stone

Promo Audio: Rowan Dix