Rhiannon Newton

Rhiannon Newton - Long Sentences "The negativity that comes from working with words, they miss a lot of the stuff, that is the stuff, that is why people like us like dancing."Rhiannon Newton Rhiannon is an Australian dancer and choreographer. Her creative work draws attention to the interconnection of the body and the more-than-human world. Rhiannon makes contributions to community and culture through choreography, performance, education, research and curation. This discussion is focused on her work Long Sentences soon to premiere at DanceHouse. the generosity of taking something seriouslythe words from the showco-existing with the worka quote from the book "Sun and Steel - Mishima Yukio"dancing and then writing from noticing3 sentences make up the show (the first sentence is 17 minutes long)working with many mediums and being varied about how sure you are with eachthere is a meaning and a logicadjusting choreography so that it doesn't just wash over peoplebreaking yourself apart into the materials (choreographic, performative etc)"I don't want anyone to be interested in me, I want them to see the work".we compare Xavier Le Roy to Beyoncèthe first day of rehearsals being dangerous due to having freedom from the show and it's own agenda.commenting on your own improvisation while you're doing itthe self-underminedoing choreography that is thrilling "If i'm going to put this in front of someone I (decided that I) need to help them also take it seriously. And put something at stake."Rhiannon Newton links: homepage - http://rhiannonnewton.comhttps://www.instagram.com/rhiannonlnewt/previous episodes including Rhiannon NewtonTOTAL by Angela Goh - https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/event/performance-total-by-angela-goh-qag-2025-04-06/Baltic Circle development period - https://www.balticcircle.fi/en/ohjelmisto/long-sentences-2/