Midsumma Festival 2024

Animalising; Becoming Animal / Intense / Imperceptible


Two dancers, Tony Yap and Jack Riley, with a 40-year age difference, showcasing striking contrasts and surprising similarities. These contrasts arise from differences in age, traditional cultures, and dance styles, whilst their similarities lie in their shared intensity-focused aesthetics and involvement in queer sub-cultures. The performance of 'Animalising' delves into the themes of sexlessness and nakedness, combining them with a captivating trance-like intensity.
Back from a shamanistic bull-trance rituals in East Java the dancers draw out their animalising into states of possession. Mas Agus Riyanto is the supreme trance-master and he induces the dancers into trance zones as he whips, and they morph to become animals, intense and imperceptible.** Additionally, Reuben Lewis spells the ritual by creating and composing a third element, developing the sonic-choreographic trance-scape.
Dancers: Tony Yap and Jack Riley
Musician: Reuben Lewis
Trance master: Agus Riyanto
Film & Photo: Adele Wilkes
Producer: Taka Takiguchi (滝口貴)

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