The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Presented by HOTA
This electrifying performance explores rave culture in a hypnotic hour-long spectacle of pure endurance.
This award-winning durational work is choreographed to the techno album 'Nocturbulous Behaviour' by Suburban Knights and straddles the border between performance art, dance, and theatre.
Three dancers are locked in a pattern of relentless movement, in seamless synch, detailed down to every beat. It’s the come up and the come down all in one - the beauty of feeling alive, but the consequences that come with it. The dancers embody the obsession of rave culture, perfectly capturing the communal joy and the physical toll of dancing until you drop.
Indulge in the pain, the sweat, the cathartic mess; a display of pure endurance to achieve a goal. A spectacle of the human body as a victim to music, as a victim to passion, as a victim to our endless desire to achieve more. To win and win again.
Gallery
Credits
Creative Team
Creator, Choreographer, and Performer: Oli Mathiesen (Ngāti Manu, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi)
Choreographer: Lucy Lynch (Ngāti Kahungunu)
Choreographer: Sharvon Mortimer (Ngāti Porou)
BLEACH Festival Season
Performers: Lucy Lynch (Ngāti Kahungunu), Celia Hext (Pākehā, Ngāti Kahungunu), Tayla Gartner
Producer and Stage Manager: Gina Heidekruger
Music: Suburban Knight
Lead Lighting Designer, Production Manager, and Technical Operator: Shanell Bielawa (Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi)
Supported by Creative New Zealand
Reviews
- "What we have here is one hour of absolutely relentless energy." ★★★★★ - Theatre weekly
- "A feat of dance endurance so full of energy and swagger you wanted to join in on the fun." ★★★★ - Artshub ★★★★★ - On the house
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Location
135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217











