Pluriverse

Pluriverse

Presented by VCA Dance & VCA Design and Production Students

Pluriverse is a weaving of strength, liberation, wisdom, and human experience—a journey through ancient and spiritual spaces of land and sky country, intersecting with mythical belief systems and cross-cultural lineages. It conjures a state of becoming where time is neither now nor past, but transcendent. For our 2025 Graduation Season, three new contemporary dance works by international and Melbourne-based choreographers express VCA’s vision of ever-evolving creativity, the value of knowledges drawn from across cultures, and the transformative practices of choreographic collaborations.

VCA Dance & VCA Design and Production students present choreographies and designs expressive of the diverse cultural stories that shape our contemporary practices. Rheannan Port and Wirastuti Susilaningtyas (Tututtuty) weave Indigenous Australian and Javanese knowledges with spiritual rituals to embody the diamond rain phenomenon. Jill Crovisier leads us through shifting temporal landscapes, where characters converge and our linear sense of time dissolves. Before we can find a sense of place, Melanie Lane summons us into the underworld, where shrieks of the past and ghosts of the future beckon.

Collectively these works seek to transcend time, entwine and celebrate cultures, and interlace relationships across pluriversal spaces and places.

Creative Credits

Full credits will be available on the digital program, accessible closer to the performance dates.

Ticket Prices

Full: $15
Concession: $10

Run time

This performance will run for approximately 90 minutes with an interval. Any latecomers will be admitted at the discretion of front of house.

Q&A Session

After the performance on Thursday 13 November, there will be a post-show Q&A session with the dancers and creative team which all audience members are invited to attend.

Content Warnings

This production contains audience engagement. If you do not want to participate, please choose a seat on the end a row or let front of house staff know upon arrival and they can advise.
Full content warnings for this performance have not yet been confirmed, please check again closer to the performance dates.

Venue

This performance takes place in Space 28, located on the ground floor of the Dodds Street Performing Arts Building which is accessible via pathways in the new Dodds Street Linear Park. Please meet Front of House in the foyer to be admitted to the performance space.

PARKING

The City of Melbourne has recently changed the parking restrictions around the Southbank Campus. Parking control hours are now expanded to 7am–10pm, seven days per week, and are capped at three hours. A $2-per-hour fee after 7pm is also now in place. There is no change to the $4-per-hour peak rate between 7am–7pm. Parking inspectors are regularly in the area fining drivers who overstay their meter, so we encourage everyone to be aware and avoid an expensive fine.

ACCESSIBILITY

All venues at the Southbank campus are wheelchair accessible. To read more about access services available at our venues, please visit:  https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/access-our-events.  

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Please stay home if you feel unwell, even with mild symptoms. Face masks are welcome in all settings for community and personal safety.  

• In order to account for drop-off in attendance, we overbook a select number of free events at the Faculty. If you have not arrived by the start of the performance, your ticket may be released to any waiting patrons at the door. Please arrive at the venue at least 15 minutes before the performance to secure your seat.  

• Admission to any of our concerts and events is strictly at the discretion of Front of House. We have zero tolerance for any disrespectful behaviour. 

Image: Gregory Lorenzutti, (Un)Tethered, 2024