momenta is Rafael Bonachela’s newest full-length work, coming to the Arts Centre Melbourne on 8 October.
Download the momenta digital program.
Info, Dates & Prices
Dates: 8 – 12 October 2024
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes
Warnings: This production will include strobe lighting, strobe-like lighting effects and theatrical haze.
Sydney Dance Company explodes onto stage in Rafael Bonachela’s latest creation momenta. From the most tender exchanges to an intense physical storm, witness an extraordinary force of movement, striking individuality and powerful unity, escalating to a joyous release.
The connection is instinctive. The moment is transformational.
momenta takes audiences on a journey into the poetry and physicality of human bonds. This mesmerising work presents a kaleidoscope of energy, capturing moments where individual trajectories collide and intertwine.
Rich with rhythmical and spatial patterning, Sydney Dance Company dancers transcend physical limitations; they explore the full range of their bodies with grace, power and vulnerability. Each moment resonates through space, drawing the audience into a world of raw emotion.
Through the captivating interplay of Bonachela’s signature choreographic style, Nick Wales’ evocative soundscapes, Elizabeth Gadsby’s impressive set design and Damien Cooper’s striking lighting, momenta gathers the hurtling vectors of our lives into confluence and connection. For audiences and dancers alike, it is an invitation to rejoice in the beauty and fragility of our shared humanity.
Tuesday 8 October, 7.30pm (Opening Night)
Wednesday 9 October, 2.00pm – School matinee
Wednesday 9 October, 7.30pm
Thursday 10 October, 7.30pm
Friday 11 October, 7.30pm
Saturday 12 October 2.00pm – Audio Description available
Saturday 12 October, 7.30pm
Our momenta season offers a Live Audio Described performance and Tactile Tour on Saturday 12 October.
1.15pm – Tactile Tour (15-20 mins)
2pm – Audio Described Performance
Tickets: $60 – A and B Reserve
Audio description and tactile tour services are to enhance the experience of customers who are blind or have low vision.
The audio description is a live commentary of the visual elements of a performance by trained audio describers, relayed via a free headset and receiver linked to the FM radio system within the venue.
The tactile tour is available prior to the performance. Patrons who are blind or have low vision will experience hands on access to some costumes, props and stage elements in order to capture the atmosphere of the work. Our Sydney Dance Company staff will relay the context of each piece and how it is used in the performance.
Book online, call 612 9221 4811 or email [email protected].
Booking and exchange fees apply to all single ticket purchases.
| Type | Premium | A Reserve | B Reserve |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | $100 | $89 | $65 |
| Full Time Student | $100 | $79 | $55 |
| Pensioner | $100 | $79 | $55 |
| Senior | $100 | $79 | $55 |
| Unemployed | $100 | $79 | $55 |
| Under 30 | $100 | $69 | $45 |
| Under 20 | $100 | $40 | $40 |
| Groups 8+ | $90 | $80.10 | $58.50 |
Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket seller for Annual Subscriptions is Sydney Dance Company.
The only authorised ticket sellers for Single Tickets are Sydney Dance Company, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Carriageworks and TodayTix. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. In accordance with Terms and Conditions, Sydney Dance Company reserves the right to cancel tickets purchased from a Third Party Website (reseller) and the ticket holder may be refused admission to the event. For more information on purchasing tickets safely and securely, read Live Performance Australia’s Safe Tix Guide here.
Creatives
Dates: 8 – 12 October 2024
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes
Warnings: This production will include strobe lighting, strobe-like lighting effects and theatrical haze.
Choreography: Rafael Bonachela
Music: Original Score by Nick Wales featuring “Distant Light” by Pēteris Vasks
Lighting Design: Damien Cooper
Set and Costume Design: Elizabeth Gadsby
Associate Designer: Emma White
Media & Reviews
Dates: 8 – 12 October 2024
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes
Warnings: This production will include strobe lighting, strobe-like lighting effects and theatrical haze.
★★★★★ “momenta is an electric and arresting celebration of light and life that feels almost sacred in its reverence for the power of the body to connect and communicate.” – Sydney Morning Herald
★★★★★ “A night of wonder. Just wow!” – Sydney Arts Guide
★★★★ “Immense athleticism in the body’s exploration of time and space” – ArtsHub
★★★★★ “It’s a beautiful, luminous, cadent spectacle of artistry and athleticism, where world-class dancers blaze majestically across the stage like demi-gods.” – Sydney Morning Herald
“This extraordinary work bypasses logic, connecting with the subconscious through beautiful intensity and visual poetry.” – Dance Informa
“Like much good art, momenta gets inside you and intensifies your sensuality.” – The Saturday Paper
“The work is a huge credit to the underlying approach to contemporary dance that we have come to expect from Bonachela in his leadership of Sydney Dance Company.” – Dance Australia
“The dancers’ muscular control and agility shine through rhythmic patterning, explorative partnering, and motifs incorporating wavelets, extensions, and elevations, which then give in to gravity.” – Dance Informa
“Bonachela has once again delivered outstanding contemporary dance. In momenta, we have a choreographic work that pushes boundaries, delivered by a company brimming with talent.” – Fjord Review
“Then just when you think he [Rafael] can’t possibly outdo his last creation, he raises the bar again.” – Australian Arts Review
School Matinee
School Matinee
The matinee performance on Wednesday 9 October will include a post-show panel discussion and Q&A with Company dancers, creatives and arts professionals giving an insight into the creative process of bringing the performance to life.
| Secondary (Grade 7 - 12) | Tickets - $30 | Wednesday 9 Oct, 2pm |
If you have any questions, please contact Sydney Dance Company at [email protected].
Info, Dates & Prices
Dates: 8 – 12 October 2024
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes
Warnings: This production will include strobe lighting, strobe-like lighting effects and theatrical haze.
Sydney Dance Company explodes onto stage in Rafael Bonachela’s latest creation momenta. From the most tender exchanges to an intense physical storm, witness an extraordinary force of movement, striking individuality and powerful unity, escalating to a joyous release.
The connection is instinctive. The moment is transformational.
momenta takes audiences on a journey into the poetry and physicality of human bonds. This mesmerising work presents a kaleidoscope of energy, capturing moments where individual trajectories collide and intertwine.
Rich with rhythmical and spatial patterning, Sydney Dance Company dancers transcend physical limitations; they explore the full range of their bodies with grace, power and vulnerability. Each moment resonates through space, drawing the audience into a world of raw emotion.
Through the captivating interplay of Bonachela’s signature choreographic style, Nick Wales’ evocative soundscapes, Elizabeth Gadsby’s impressive set design and Damien Cooper’s striking lighting, momenta gathers the hurtling vectors of our lives into confluence and connection. For audiences and dancers alike, it is an invitation to rejoice in the beauty and fragility of our shared humanity.
Tuesday 8 October, 7.30pm (Opening Night)
Wednesday 9 October, 2.00pm – School matinee
Wednesday 9 October, 7.30pm
Thursday 10 October, 7.30pm
Friday 11 October, 7.30pm
Saturday 12 October 2.00pm – Audio Description available
Saturday 12 October, 7.30pm
Our momenta season offers a Live Audio Described performance and Tactile Tour on Saturday 12 October.
1.15pm – Tactile Tour (15-20 mins)
2pm – Audio Described Performance
Tickets: $60 – A and B Reserve
Audio description and tactile tour services are to enhance the experience of customers who are blind or have low vision.
The audio description is a live commentary of the visual elements of a performance by trained audio describers, relayed via a free headset and receiver linked to the FM radio system within the venue.
The tactile tour is available prior to the performance. Patrons who are blind or have low vision will experience hands on access to some costumes, props and stage elements in order to capture the atmosphere of the work. Our Sydney Dance Company staff will relay the context of each piece and how it is used in the performance.
Book online, call 612 9221 4811 or email [email protected].
Booking and exchange fees apply to all single ticket purchases.
| Type: | Adult |
| Premium: | $100 |
| A Reserve: | $89 |
| B Reserve: | $65 |
| Type: | Full Time Student |
| Premium: | $100 |
| A Reserve: | $79 |
| B Reserve: | $55 |
| Type: | Pensioner |
| Premium: | $100 |
| A Reserve: | $79 |
| B Reserve: | $55 |
| Type: | Senior |
| Premium: | $100 |
| A Reserve: | $79 |
| B Reserve: | $55 |
| Type: | Unemployed |
| Premium: | $100 |
| A Reserve: | $79 |
| B Reserve: | $55 |
| Type: | Under 30 |
| Premium: | $100 |
| A Reserve: | $69 |
| B Reserve: | $45 |
| Type: | Under 20 |
| Premium: | $100 |
| A Reserve: | $40 |
| B Reserve: | $40 |
| Type: | Groups 8+ |
| Premium: | $90 |
| A Reserve: | $80.10 |
| B Reserve: | $58.50 |
Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket seller for Annual Subscriptions is Sydney Dance Company.
The only authorised ticket sellers for Single Tickets are Sydney Dance Company, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Carriageworks and TodayTix. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. In accordance with Terms and Conditions, Sydney Dance Company reserves the right to cancel tickets purchased from a Third Party Website (reseller) and the ticket holder may be refused admission to the event. For more information on purchasing tickets safely and securely, read Live Performance Australia’s Safe Tix Guide here.
Creatives
Dates: 8 – 12 October 2024
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes
Warnings: This production will include strobe lighting, strobe-like lighting effects and theatrical haze.
Choreography: Rafael Bonachela
Music: Original Score by Nick Wales featuring “Distant Light” by Pēteris Vasks
Lighting Design: Damien Cooper
Set and Costume Design: Elizabeth Gadsby
Associate Designer: Emma White
Media & Reviews
Dates: 8 – 12 October 2024
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes
Warnings: This production will include strobe lighting, strobe-like lighting effects and theatrical haze.
★★★★★ “momenta is an electric and arresting celebration of light and life that feels almost sacred in its reverence for the power of the body to connect and communicate.” – Sydney Morning Herald
★★★★★ “A night of wonder. Just wow!” – Sydney Arts Guide
★★★★ “Immense athleticism in the body’s exploration of time and space” – ArtsHub
★★★★★ “It’s a beautiful, luminous, cadent spectacle of artistry and athleticism, where world-class dancers blaze majestically across the stage like demi-gods.” – Sydney Morning Herald
“This extraordinary work bypasses logic, connecting with the subconscious through beautiful intensity and visual poetry.” – Dance Informa
“Like much good art, momenta gets inside you and intensifies your sensuality.” – The Saturday Paper
“The work is a huge credit to the underlying approach to contemporary dance that we have come to expect from Bonachela in his leadership of Sydney Dance Company.” – Dance Australia
“The dancers’ muscular control and agility shine through rhythmic patterning, explorative partnering, and motifs incorporating wavelets, extensions, and elevations, which then give in to gravity.” – Dance Informa
“Bonachela has once again delivered outstanding contemporary dance. In momenta, we have a choreographic work that pushes boundaries, delivered by a company brimming with talent.” – Fjord Review
“Then just when you think he [Rafael] can’t possibly outdo his last creation, he raises the bar again.” – Australian Arts Review
School Matinee
School Matinee
The matinee performance on Wednesday 9 October will include a post-show panel discussion and Q&A with Company dancers, creatives and arts professionals giving an insight into the creative process of bringing the performance to life.
| Secondary (Grade 7 - 12) |
| Tickets - $30 |
| Wednesday 9 Oct, 2pm |
If you have any questions, please contact Sydney Dance Company at [email protected].