De Quincey

De Quincey Co turns dancing inside out in order to: • explore perception • question the ground on which we walk • embrace the asymmetrical, the imperfect, the wounded • engage through the spirit • link history and tradition to the present and future with new forms • investigate the relationship between form and sensitivity • propose transformation as pivotal to performance • propose the imagination as our greatest potential • invite our audiences to connect, to imagine, to question and • be danced by life We provide a unique exchange – a rare and thought-provoking dance experience – that invites our audiences to connect, experience and explore. De Quincey Co is one of Australia’s most innovative and inspiring dance performance companies creating work at the intersection of dance, visual arts, theatre, music and performance. Led by Artistic Director Tess de Quincey, the company creates works of shifting scales for specific spaces – from a black box studio to a desert riverbed. De Quincey Co builds on several decades of work by de Quincey in Europe, Japan, India and Australia. The company’s practice is based in BodyWeather, a contemporary dance training founded in Japan which melds Asian and Western practices and philosophy. BodyWeather articulates the climates of our bodies and our minds – proposing a ‘weather of being’ to negotiate change and to explore our world. Created through a rich collaborative process of interdisciplinary and often cross-cultural exchange, ideas are researched and developed by De Quincey Co’s ensemble of dancers and a creative team that includes architects, philosophers, scientists, filmmakers, writers and visual artists. The company’s developmental program and auspicing agency The Weather Exchange presents the works of independent artists based in BodyWeather and related disciplines.