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PTY Bodies Hold Histories

Bodies Hold Histories is PYT Fairfield’s new immersive dance work that celebrates the embodied intercultural, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational connections featuring a diverse group of dancers and movers on Dharug Country in Western Sydney. It explores the idea that our bodies carry histories from the dawn of time to the present moment. Through a blend of phenomenology and science, Bodies Hold Histories delves into how we access, create, and share history through dance.

We move backwards into the future with our focus fixed on the past, making history as we dance – right here, right now.

Core Creative Team

Aunty Rhonda-Dixon-Grovenor
Geraldine Haydee Balcazar Cabrera
Gabriela Green Olea
Sarah Kalule
Hasiba Ebrahimi
Neda Taha

Dramaturg of Care Chantel Jurcevic Cabrera
Lighting Designer Elyse Drenth
Creative Producer PYT Fairfield, Olivia Xegas
Collaborator Professor Kate Stevens and The MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University

Development History

2023 PYT Fairfield, Readymade Works

2024 PYT Fairfield, The MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University

Bodies hold Histories has been generously supported by Creative Australia, the NSW Government through Create NSW and The MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University.


Image credit: Anna Kucera
Photo edits by: Tammy Dang