Raw Models

Raw Models by Jacopo Godani had its world premiere in 2011, presented alongside LANDforms by Rafael Bonachela as part of the double bill season, Shared Frequencies. 

It then returned for the triple bill Interplay in 2014, before touring across Europe and Latin America.

Daring and sexy, Italy’s Jacopo Godani makes work that pushes the dancers to their limits. His first Australia work, Raw Models is set to a composition by German electronica duo 48 Nord. The work is a sinuous, sexy testament to the infinite malleability of the human body.

Jacopo Godani has choreographed for some of the world’s leading companies including Nederlands Dans Theater and the Royal Ballet, London.

Choreography: Jacopo Godano
Music: 48nord commissioned score by Ulrich Mueller & Siegfried Roessert
Costume & Lighting: Jacopo Godani
Costume Realisation: Claire-Louise Rasmussen

2011
Part of double bill Shared Frequencies

“One is constantly reminded of just how superlative a troupe of dancers is comprised in the SDC. One can’t imagine any group making the most extraordinarily demanding moves look so effortless and doing that so uniformly.” – Crikey

“The SDC dancers are hotter than ever and fiercely talented, so watching them perform is certainly captivating” – Daily Telegraph

“Godani shook the audience by their shoulders, threw them back in their seats and left them wanting more” – Dance Australia 

“Sydney Dance Company is at the peak of its powers in Shared Frequencies” – Sun-Herald

“Raw Models, is undeniably sexy. It is also slick, sinister, and not a little unnerving” – City News 

“Raw Models, is where it’s at. Self-destruction never looked so seductive… The show is insidiously sexy.” – FBi Radio 

“Godani’s Raw Models is cool and ultra-sleek…Bonachela’s LANDforms is warmth, connection and feeling” – The Australian 

2014
Part of triple bill Interplay 

★★★★“Raw Models is one of the most exciting dance pieces we’re likely to see in Melbourne this year.’ – The Age 

‘Raw Models is a full and accomplished piece of contemporary art in which the dancers come into their own; their faces gleam with animal-like hunger and intensity as their leotard-wrapped bodies erupt in movement – large, grotesque and divine.’ – Dance Australia

‘Rafael Bonachela takes on Bach’s Violin Partita No 2 in D Minor for an intellectually challenging engagement between movement and music; the second new piece, Gideon Obarzanek’s L’Chaim!, has heart and joy; and the revival of Jacopo Godani’s Raw Models well, that gives the libido a workout.’ – The Australian

‘Raw Models… sexy septet that absolutely explodes out of its boxy black set… a visual knock out’ – Sunday Herald Sun  

Sydney Theatre, Sydney, NSW 
29 March – 16 April 2011
Part of double bill Shared Frequencies

Sydney Theatre, Sydney, NSW
15 March – 5 April 2014
Part of triple bill Interplay

2016 International Tour
Part of triple bill Inerplay

Lugano, Switzerland
8 April  

Fribourg, Switzerland
10 April  

Lorrach, Germany
13 April  

Zurich, Switzerland
15 April  

Zug, Switzerland
17 April  

Monthey, Switzerland
20 April  

Neuchatel, Switzerland
23 April  

Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 – 29 April  

Santiago, Chile
3 – 4 May