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LOUDER Gravity and Other Myths

  • Circus
  • Classical Music
  • Acrobatics
  • Joan Sutherland Theatre
  • Run time: 85 minutes, no interval Subject to change
  • Seating map

Classical reimagined with bodies

The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t abandoned, it’s reimagined and brought thrillingly to life.

Created by multi-award-winning Australian circus company Gravity and Other Myths in collaboration with the Brandenburger Symphoniker, LOUDER is a powerful new work responding to the noise and complexity of the modern world through the enduring language of classical music.

On the Opera House stage, eight world-class acrobats share the space with 22 musicians from Sydney’s Metropolitan Orchestra in a finely balanced exchange of sound and movement. 

The acrobats’ physicality becomes a visual interpretation of the music itself, from Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major to newly composed works from Sxip Shirey and Quincey Grant. Human towers rise and fall, bodies are launched and caught, structures build and dissolve, all meticulously calibrated to the conductor’s beat.

Though they come from different artistic worlds, both musicians and acrobats are guided by the same principles: timing, trust, discipline and precision. 

Presented by Sydney Opera House, created by Gravity & Other Myths in collaboration with the Brandenburger Symphoniker and co-produced by Brandenburger Theater and Chamäleon Berlin.

Event details

Credits

LOUDER is supported by the Australian Government through the International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund and by the Australian Cultural Fund. LOUDER is co-commissioned by Chamäleon Berlin and Sydney Opera House.

Gravity & Other Myths is supported as an organisation by Create SA and the Sidney Myer Fund, and has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Joan Sutherland Theatre

The Joan Sutherland Theatre is located at the northern side of the foyer, to the left hand side of the stairs leading to the Concert Hall. Best accessed through the covered concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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