“Both are beautifully detailed, emotionally charged works... Both are serious, polished, and unrelenting."
Undercurrent
2020
Two absorbing new dance works that are rich in detail and grand in scale. Dive in and be swept into these worlds, created by Japanese artist Kota Yamazaki and New Zealand choreographer Rose Philpott.
Kota Yamazaki shares a reflective mosaic of visual delight in his work Fog, Nerves, Future, Ocean, Hello (echoes). Mysterious, surprising and beautiful, this work is the result of working across continents in a changed world. Inspired by the landscape of Wellington and the unpredictability of human behaviour, this work is buoyed by hypnotic sound design by Jesse Austin-Stewart and intricate, sculptural set design by his Tokyo-based collaborators.
Dry Spell, choreographed by Rose Philpott, is a telling of one night. A whirlpool of frenzied hedonism set to an original composition by prolific sound designer Eden Mulholland. Saturated in colour and energy, Dry Spell sinks to intriguing depths in a strange collection of equally murky and razor-sharp encounters.
Anchored by the intensity and skill of the Footnote New Zealand Dance company members, Undercurrent will flood theatres across the country with crisp and captivating dance.
Creative Team
Dancers: Nadiyah Akbar, Oliver Carruthers, Sebastian Geilings, Rosie Tapsell, Cheyanne Teka
Rehearsal Director: Anita Hunziker
Production Manager: Joshua Tucker
Lighting/Sound Operation: Joshua Tucker
Stage Manager: Genevieve Poppe
Production Intern: Gina Heidekruger
Initial development: Georgia Beechey-Gradwell & Anu Khapung
Fog, nerves, Future, Ocean, Hello (echoes)
Choreographer: Kota Yamazaki
Sound designer: Jesse Austin-Stewart
Lighting designer: Lisa Maule
Costume designer: Kota Yamazaki
Set designer: Kiuchi Toshikatsu Set constructor: Kei Machidai Project translator: Mina Nishimura
Dry Spell
Choreographer: Rose Philpott
Sound designer: Eden Mulholland
Lighting designer: Lisa Maule
Dramaturg: Hannah Lynch
Costume design and construction: Hannah-Lee Jade Turner
Set designer: Rose Philpott
Set Construction: Alan Rockell
Lighting design: Lisa Maule
Touring Information
Te Raukura ki Kāpiti, Kāpiti Coast (Premiere) 24 October 2020
Addison Theatre Baycourt, Tauranga 29 October 2020
ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland 31 October 2020
TSB Showplace, New Plymouth 5 November 2020
Theatre Royal, Nelson 7 November 2020
Aurora Centre, Christchurch 10 November 2020
Opera House, Wellington 12 November 2020
“Untying and stepping out of loose white trousers, the dancer becomes a flying red dart, claiming the stage in a series of tumbles and rolls, extensions and dynamic spins. It is an electrifying tour de force.”
