precipice

Rachel Arianne Ogle wields her technical and extremely physical style to draw immense unseen forces in the bodies of four dancers. Inspired by tectonic shifts, gravitational torsion and states of emotional rupture, ‘precipice’ is a dance of abandon and precarious control.

Ogle has assembled leading performance designers to create a multi-sensory experience where choreography unfolds within an electrifying light and sound installation. Contrasting precision and strength with mounting tension and fragility, this is a bold and unique work of contemporary dance from one of Australia’s rising choreographic artists.

We caught up with Independent dancer-choreographer Rachel Arriane Ogle in the week leading up to the premiere of her work ‘precipice’ to talk about the development of the piece, the birth of the Crowd Source Crowd initiative and the exciting growth of W.A’s contemporary dance sector. Read the full interview here.

Choreography – Rachel Arianne Ogle
Performance – Storm Helmore, Tyrone Robinson, Niharika Senapati, Imanuel Dado
Visual Design – Benjamin Cisterne
Composer – Luke Smiles / motion laboratories
Costume Design – Colleen Sutherland
Producer – Sam Fox
Photo by Traianos Pakioufakis

Rachel Arianne is a dance artist who’s detailed approach to kinesthetic movement and energy allows intricate, elastic dynamics to emerge and immersive experiences to manifest through the body. She has performed with Melbourne dance company Phillip Adams’ BalletLab; Perth’s Buzz Dance Theatre, Hydra Poesis and Kompany Kido; Hong Kong’s City Contemporary Dance Company; Nigeria’s Ijodee Dance Company; Amsterdam’s Unfinished Company; and the global 50collective.

Performance Dates

• 21st August, 8pm
• 22nd August, 8pm
• 23rd August, 2pm + 8pm
• 24th August, 6pm

Rachel’s original works include ‘precipice’ (2014), ‘Of Snowflakes and Spacetime’ for the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (2014), ‘We Are Made Of Stardust’ for Link Dance Company, which undertook a European and Australian tour (2013); and her solo work ‘Where You End & I Begin’ in Perth’s Proximity Festival (2013). In 2009 Rachel was the recipient of the inaugural Future Moves Mid-Career Contemporary Dance Fellowship, participating in the international project ‘50 Days in Costa Rica’ with renowned dance artist David Zambrano.

Ticket Offers:

Crowd Source Crowd – For groups of 5 people or more tickets can be purchased at the reduced rate of $30 per person. And for every booking of 10 people a complimentary ticket is also issued. More info: culturecrowds.tumblr.com
Studio Underground Triple Bill – Season ticket for precipice, Borderline & Overexposed thanks to Performing Lines WA. This is your chance to secure your tickets to these three new works, all premiering at the Studio Underground. See all shows for $90 – includes a welcome pack from each production. More info visit  performinglineswa.org.au.