YOUNG BOY DANCING GROUP (Spiraling Tour 2025)

Cool Change and Vessel are pleased to present a one-night-only performance by experimental dance collective YOUNG BOY DANCING GROUP (Zurich), as part of their 2025 ‘Spiraling Tour’ of Australia and Indonesia, at The Naval Store (Walyalup/Fremantle).

Self-described as a “versatile host embracing an ever-changing network of dancers”, YBDG is known for its volatile, genre-defying performances that ignite and disintegrate in real time. Their work has been described as “immersive studies in physical intensity, sensuality, and extreme absurdity” (Spike Magazine).



YBDG is directed by Manuel Scheiwiller, in close collaboration with Maria Metsalu and Nicolas Roses. For the Boorloo/Perth appearance of their Australian debut, Scheiwiller and Metsalu will work with four local performers (TBA) over an intensive rehearsal period to develop a “ballet of structured improvisation”, both mercurial and modular.

Their past performances have included Schinkel Pavilion (Berlin), Performance Space (NYC), Perrrformat (Zurich), Rhizome (NYC), OCD Chinatown (NYC), Mendes Wood DM (Sao Paulo), O’Flaherty’s (NYC), Roskilde Festival, Kunstraum (London), Yvonne Lambert (Berlin), and the 2015 Venice Biennale, amongst other venues.

Please join us for a cathartic undoing, somewhere between dance, ritual, and collapse.

DOORS OPEN: 7:00 PM

PERFORMANCE START: 7:00 PM

DURATION: APPROX. 2 HOURS

The performance will commence when doors open at 7:00 PM and will continue until approximately 9:00 PM.

You can enter The Naval Store at any time, but it will be dimly lit, so please be mindful of your surroundings and each other.

There will be multiple viewing points for the performance, with performers moving through the space and around the audience. The event will primarily be standing, but folding chairs are available from the bar for patrons who need a seat.

The performance will contain partial to full nudity and content that some may view as explicit. Lasers and a hazer/smoke machine will be used during this performance. Water will be used in the performance, and surfaces may be slippery.

There will be loud music at various points of the performance. Free earplugs will be available at the bar.

Vessel will be running a paid bar through the event, which will remain open until 10:00 PM. The venue will close at 10:30 PM.

Please have your tickets ready to be scanned upon entry. If you look under 25, we will ask you for ID.

If you are no longer able to attend the event, tickets can be transferred or resold through Humanitix. 

Resale tickets will appear at:

https://events.humanitix.com/coolchange-vessel-youngboydancinggroup/resale

FOR ADULT AUDIENCES: LICENSED VENUE, 18+

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