Critical Dialogues #16
Two decades of choreographic enquiry

Order a copy of the special edition of Critical Dialogues celebrating 20 years of Critical Path. Edited by Ira Ferris.

Contributions by: Nikki Heywood, Gail Priest, Alexandra Harrison, WeiZen Ho, Lizzie Thomson, Tammi Gissell, Sophie Travers, Claire Hicks, Julie-Anne Long, Agnès Michelet, Vicki Van Hout.

Weaved through the edition is Ira Ferris’ experimental archive project “Vignettes flickers fades” which collages voices of eleven Critical Path artists into a collective body, paying equal attention to that which is remembered and that which is forgotten or transformed into an utterance.

Artists featured in the “Vignettes” are: Patricia Wood, Angela Goh, Rhiannon Newton, Lizzie Thomson, Vicki Van Hout, Linda Luke, Martin del Amo, Nikki Heywood, Ryuichi Fujimura, Victoria Hunt and Jane McKernan.

Part of this edition is a sound montage, “Vignettes flickers fades”, created in collaboration with musician Alexandra Spence.

Designed by Zoe Baumgartner

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The production of this issue of Critical Dialogues and the “Vignettes flickers fades” project are proudly supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW, the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and the Woollahra Municipal Council’s Cultural Grants Program.

Critical Path respectfully acknowledges the Gadigal and Birrabirragal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land where the organisation is based.
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IMAGE CREDIT: Mitchell Christie, Experimental Choreographic Lab Showing, 2025, at the Drill Hall, Critical Path, in partnership with Performance Space, photo by Liz Ham.

IMAGE ID: An image of coloured dice scattered on a black floor. There are many small towers of dice, each with 6 or 7 dice balancing on top of each other.

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