On the longest night of 2025 we’d like to invite you to our outdoor immersive performance installation on Bundjalung Country, Federal village NSW.

This performance has been traveling for 4 years, changing and adapting to its context. It’s grows and evolves every iteration- allowing and encouraging change… this will be it’s most extended version ever including a participatory lantern walk and a tasty dinner.

The work:

‘When the Body Becomes the Eye’ is an ode to the language of trees and attempts to understand their complex network systems through a series of movement scores.

We need trees but also the trees need trees... What can we learn from these fellow sentient beings?

The dancers aim to explore the depths of communal care and competitive support networks that trees naturally operate within… in hopes that through this we are reminded that community is key.

In the words of Betty Grumble… thank you body! And thank you trees!

We are opening our door to our backyard theatre (for the first time) and invite you to witness, participate in a lantern walk and enjoy some winter pumpkin soup.

Dancers:

Amanda Kay

Bianca Tomchin

Beetle Miyela

Prema Margot

Taya Mikah

Lanterns by Lottie Braun and Hamish Shorrocks

Soundscape by Adam Connelly

Sound system provided by Pob Sellers

Lighting by Garth Allen

Soup made by Ant Solomon

Pumpkins and seeds from Kennedys Lane Farm

Poster made by Nakisha Jamieson

Please park in the village and find us at 435 Federal Drive, Federal, NSW, 2480

We will have a fire going and blankets but please wear warm clothes.

Disclaimer: As this event is in response to the Winter Solstice it is pertinent it takes place on the 21st of June, as such if heavy rains are forecast the event will be cancelled, with the hopes to reschedule to next year. In the circumstances of cancellation, all ticket holders will be notified as early as possible and receive a full refund. We thank you for understanding the time-specific nature of this event.