Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels to Make Southern Hemisphere Debut at Sydney Festival 2027
The Southern Hemisphere edition of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, a contemporary dance festival, will launch in Sydney from January 7 to 25, 2027, in collaboration with Sydney Festival. This event showcases 13 dance companies, featuring Australia's Marrugeku with their performance Ngurragabu. Notable acts include Trisha Brown Dance Company's Roof Piece and Rachid Ouramdane's Outsider. Performances will take place at venues such as Carriageworks, Sydney Opera House, and The Cutaway. The Sydney edition was inspired by Serge Laurent's visit to Australia in 2020. The initiative began in 2020, with the inaugural festival held in London in March 2022, and will present two new works: Ngurragabu and CROSSOVER by (LA)HORDE, promoting dialogue about dance as an art form.
Key facts
- Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels will run from 7 to 25 January 2027 in Sydney, in partnership with Sydney Festival.
- It is the first Southern Hemisphere edition of the festival, which was established in 2020 and first held in London in March 2022.
- The program features 13 top-tier contemporary dance companies, with Marrugeku as the only Australian company.
- Marrugeku will present the new work Ngurragabu, one of two brand new works commissioned by the festival.
- The other commissioned work is CROSSOVER by French collective (LA)HORDE, an Australian exclusive.
- Performances will take place at venues including Carriageworks, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Opera House, Seymour Centre, Powerhouse Parramatta and The Cutaway in Barangaroo.
- Serge Laurent, Director of Dance and Cultural Programs at Van Cleef & Arpels, initiated the Sydney edition after visiting Australia in 2020 as a jury member for the Keir Choreographic Award.
- Van Cleef & Arpels' dance network includes around 75 partners across 19 countries.
Entities
Artists
- Trisha Brown
- Rachid Ouramdane
- Serge Laurent
- Angela Goh
- Olivia Ansell
- Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
- George Balanchine
- Leïla Ka
- Tao Dance Theater
- (LA)HORDE
- Alannah Sue
- Grace Chapple
- EM Forster
- Brett Sullivan
- Petra Kalive
Institutions
- Van Cleef & Arpels
- Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
- Sydney Festival
- Marrugeku
- Trisha Brown Dance Company
- Rachid Ouramdane
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- The Cutaway
- Carriageworks
- Sydney Opera House
- Seymour Centre
- Powerhouse Parramatta
- Keir Choreographic Award
- Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
- Centre Pompidou
- Australian Dance Biennale
- RISING festival
- ORBIT
- DanceRites
- Ballet National de Marseille
- Tao Dance Theater
- (LA)HORDE
- ArtsHub
- ScreenHub
- Creative Hubs Group
- Time Out Sydney
- Belvoir
- State Theatre Company SA
- Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab
- Adelaide Fringe
Locations
- Sydney
- Australia
- London
- United Kingdom
- Switzerland
- Barangaroo
- Western Arnhem Land
- Broome
- France
- Paris
- China
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Adelaide