CHOREOGRAPHING THE HEARD: HOW I USE WORDS AS CHOREOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

Presented by Joel Bray

Hosted by First Site
02/06/2022
Talk #91

Image courtesy of Bryony Jackson

Joel Bray is interested in words (written and then spoken) as choreographic material unto themselves. He explores explore spoken text for its rhythm, energy, volume and timbre, as one would with movement or any other choreographic material. The result is a series of monologues that form the scaffolding around which he builds his work.

JOEL BRAY: A Melbourne-based dancer and performance-maker, Joel Bray is a proud Wiradjuri man, who trained at NAISDA and WAAPA and is a performer with CHUNKY MOVE. His works Biladurang (2017) and Daddy (2019) are intimate encounters, often in unorthodox spaces, in which audiences are invited in as co-storytellers in works engaging with Australian race relations and Queer issues. Both works tour nationally and internationally.