Restless Dance Returns to Sydney

Last year, Restless Dance performed their heartwarming show Exposed at the world-famous Sydney Opera House in celebration of the 50th birthday. Now, they are officially returning to the The Emerald City to perform Shifting Perspective.

After their acclaimed run at Illuminate Adelaide 2023, Restless Dance is bringing this part dance performance, part installation art to the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct. 

Enter the expansive mirror-maze of this immersive dance and art installation. Stand transfixed as dancers weave around the 24 mirrored plinths, light swirls and sound pulsates.

A reality-bending meditation on bodies of light, and the lightness of the body. Guests are encouraged to meander through the mirrored labyrinth, where roaming, shifting, and drifting can alter your point of view.

Once inside the maze, witness how the tables turn as you transition from observer to observed. Stationary dancers scattered throughout the maze paradoxically appear to move, while moving performers seem to remain still. As the mirrors turn and reality around you bends, you’ll ask yourself how your perception influences your actions towards others and how their perspectives might shape your self-image.

Part riddle, part revelation, Shifting Perspectives challenges your assumptions and proves that nothing is as it initially appears. It’s time to immerse yourself in the ingenuity of acclaimed spatial artist Matthew Adey (Dark Mofo’s House of Vnholy) and the celebrated work of Restless Dance Theatre. Emerge with a new way of looking at the world.

“Mesmerising and immersive study of light and darkness, shape and movement, perception and reality,” InDaily.

Shifting Perspectives will be at Vivid Sydney 24 May -15 June. Tickets begin at $49. Click here to book now.

Restless Dance Theatre Shifting Perspectives, Image credit Restless Dance Theatre