RAPT
rapt is a major new work from Douglas Wright - one of New Zealand's most significant and visionary artists. A special Auckland Arts Festival commission, Wright's 11th full-length work, will be performed on The Civic stage by a company that features some of New Zealand's finest international dancers.
| Performance Dates at the Auckland Arts Festival, Civic Theatre |
| Wednesday 16th March, 2011 | 7.30pm |
| Thursday 17th March, 2011 | 7.30pm |
| Friday 18th March, 2011 | 7.30pm |
| Saturday 19th March, 2011 | 2pm & 7.30pm |
Creative iconoclast, choreographer and writer - an influential figure in New Zealand's dance theatre genre - Douglas is one of this country's most significant and visionary artists. With music by the 17th century baroque composer Heinrich Biber and New Zealand composer David Long (Mutton Birds, Six Volts, Plan9), rapt is steeped in the unnerving clarity and signature wit characteristic of this revolutionary artist.
"rapt is a bringing to light of the buried part of ourselves that needs dance in the same way a body needs a heart. Human beings have always expressed their joy, anger, triumph and fear through movement; movement then ritualised, now lost. rapt celebrates the dark radiant energies of the body. It explores the threshold between sleep and waking, life and death, revealing a deluge of visceral images and haunting unforgettable dances of serenity and power." - Douglas Wright