With urgency, freedom and force, the existential new dance theatre
work from Stuart Lloyd-Harris and Julia Harvie takes you on an
immersive performance trip behind the barriers to create a micro
society inside one of The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora’s
Engineering buildings. With layers of history from its original role
as the University of Canterbury’s Engineering Department to the home
of The Court Theatre, HIVE breathes new life into the now
earthquake-strengthened building providing the audience a
once-in-a-lifetime chance to get behind the fences before the building
is fully restored and steps into its new role. This performance will
absorb you. The show explores how layered social structures and
systems influence the roles we play within society. We spend our lives
swinging back and forth between believing we have more control over
the world than we do, and feeling, just as wrongly, that we have none.
It addresses the question of why we are all searching to belong and
how we actively and passively employ tactics and play roles to be a
part of society. Drawing together dancers Josie Archer, Kosta
Bogoievski, Sarah Elsworth, and cellist, Nicole Reddington, HIVE
reveals unflinching existential, social and ecological concerns.
Please note: Due to the current state of the building and the
immersive nature of the work, the venue is not fully accessible.
Important: This event is restricted to those aged 16 years old and
above. There are scenes with full nudity.
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