Utopia #9
A Bold and Evocative Dance Work
Created by Kit Reilly
Black mirror meets virtuosity in Utopia #9- a sterile dystopia, where technology has surpassed human intelligence and become our governing figure. Society has fallen victim to this artificial entity but resistance emerges in the search for humanity. Utopia #9 materialises our human relationship with technology for better or worse- exploring our fascination with the superficial constructs of technology, and the threat posed to our society greater than anything else before.
Utopia #9 is the first full length work created by Kit Reilly, in collaboration with international artists from Australia and Canada.
Developed during Wellesley Studios Choreographic Residency 2019
Premiered at Q Theatre, Tempo Dance Festival 2019 (sold out season)
Toured to NZ Fringe Festival 2020 (sold out season)
Review Extracts
"Exciting, unnerving, unique and totally in awe of the skill of the performers and the storytelling they created."
— Audience Quote
“All three performers are technically masterful. They coolly expunge a dizzying succession of sinkhole-deep lunges and contorted floor work. Reilly proposes choreography as a technology of excitation”
— Amit Noy, review for DANZ
"the work is highly energised, tightly choreographed and ambitious"
— Paea Leach, review for Tempo Dance Festival
"Metaphor, madness and grace are combined in this human and multimedia tour de force and do what "art" does... show us graphically where the world is at."
— Rosemary Adler, review for Gulf News
Cast and Crew
Director/ Choreographer:
Kit Reilly
Dancers and Movement Creators:
Chelsea DesLauriers
Madeleine High
Kit Reilly
1st Development Additional Movement Creator:
Oliver Carruthers
Producer:
Zoë Nicholson
Composer:
Kit Reilly
Costume Designer:
Jodi Walker
Lighting Designer and Technician:
Paul Bennett
Videographer:
Matt Gillanders
Photography:
Ralph Brown
Additional Gratitude Extended To:
Cat Ruka and Chloe Klein; Tempo Dance Festival; Katrina Todd and Wellesley Studios; The Dance Studio & Boyzdance 2; Waiheke Gulf News; WE-AR; Malia Johnston, Christine & Derek Snowball, Eli Cantwell
Footage
Full Performance
