The UK premier of A Sun Dance takes place at Tate St Ives on Saturday 21 September. An ensemble of international and South West based dancers and a musician will follow the path of the sun as it passes across and through the Tate St Ives building on the equinox weekend. At its core, the work is a relation between dancer, sunlight, sound, and architecture.
Screenings
10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12:00, 12.30, 1.00, 3.30, 4.00 and 4.30
Free
A Sun Dance – Performance film made concurrently with the live performance premiere at National Gallery of Australia. 14 mins. 2024. Artist: Rochelle Haley.
Deep Time Moving – Process films. 13:32. 2023. Choreographer: Kyra Norman. Film: Eleanor Sikorski.
Talk
14.00
Free with ticket
This event follows on from the performance A Sun Dance by Rochelle Haley. This piece was first performed at the National Gallery of Australia and now translated to Tate St Ives gallery spaces.
Working with local dancers to bring the work alive in a new context this conversation will reflect on the process of transmission, between art work, people and locations. This programming is looking ahead to the ambition for new programme in the Palais de Danse, Barbara Hepworth’s studio, opening to the public in 2026.
Speakers include Rochelle Haley, artist of A Sun Dance, Kyra Norman, choreographer and dancer, Louise Lawson, Head of Conservation at Tate, Saskia Scott, Convenor, Public Programmes, National Gallery of Australia and Melanie Stidolph, Curator, Public Programme, Tate St Ives. This is an opportunity to reflect on practice in the South West and an invitation to the audience to share more of the context of dance and performance in the region.
Please join us in the bar at 15.00 after the talks to continue these conversations and connections further.
A gallery admission ticket, Tate Membership or Local's Pass is also required to attend these events.
