Sydney Dance Company launched New Breed in 2014. The initiative was introduced to support emerging Australian choreographers by commissioning and presenting new dance works, created with and performed by the SDC dancers.
Co-presented by Carriageworks and SDC, with the support of Principal Partner The Balnaves Foundation, New Breed will this year feature new works by Luke Hayward, Jenni Large, Sophia Ndaba and Charmene Yap. The four emerging choreographers speak here about their work and the importance of New Breed.
Jenni Large, Sophia Ndaba, Luke Hayward and Charmene Yap. Photo © Pedro Greig
LUKE HAYWARD
Background
I was born in Alice Springs but I currently live here in Sydney. I studied and worked for several years in Europe and Russia before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2019.
Your work
For me, dance is the output of everything happening in my life and so the input is everything happening outside of the studio. I never thought I would create a piece about COVID for New Breed, but here I am. I’ll be working with themes like the human condition and power, while using lighting inspiration from the works of Bill Henson, but I think the...
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