A woman wearing blue shoes and pants is on her knees with one arm up and one behind her. She is on a blue coloured set that is bare apart from a few blue boxes.

Rinse

  • Dance
  • Playhouse
  • Run time: 55 minutes Subject to change
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Why is it only when something is ending that we want to save it?

Simultaneously intimate and epic, Rinse is a solo dance-theatre work co-created and performed by internationally renowned Bundjalung and Ngāpuhi artist Amrita Hepi.

Hepi's electric performance explores the intoxication of new beginnings, and what happens when those initial thrills fade into endless repeating cycles.

In this homecoming performance of an award-winning Australian work and fresh from an acclaimed international tour, Hepi brings together movement and voice to hold what language alone cannot.

Collaborating with acclaimed theatremaker Mish Grigor, Rinse weaves together autobiographical anecdotes on art, feminism and desire to investigate how impossible a fresh start can be. Drawing from references in popular culture and colonial history that are deeply personal – every ending is an invitation to begin. Rinse. Repeat.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

Event details

Moments of seriousness, moments of hilarity, moments of contemplation and tenderness, but it all felt beautifully deliberate.

The State of the Arts (UK)

Credits

Co-Writer, Choreographer and Performer Amrita Hepi
Co-Writer and Director Mish Grigor
Sound Design & Composer Daniel Jenatsch
Lighting Designer Matt Adey
Produced by Performing Lines

Rinse is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts investment and advisory body, the NSW Government through Create NSW and APHIDS. It was co-commissioned by Performance Space and the Keir Foundation. The project has been supported by Supercell: Festival of Contemporary Dance through the Makers Program, Carriageworks, Dancehouse and the Keir Foundation for the 2020 Keir Choreographic Award.

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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

Playhouse

The Playhouse is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.

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