Dance performance by Arianna Marchiori and Chimene Steele-Prior (M Collective); followed by a conversation with Irene Barberis, Sarah Duyshart, Anne Scott Wilson Arianna Marchiori and Chimene Steele-Prior.
Conceived by Irene Barberis in response to the original, landmark artwork DANCE (1979) by Lucinda Childs, Philip Glass and Sol LeWitt; the Dance: Vertical View Collaboration project mirrors the original video’s structure across choreography, sound and art.
Performed by M Collective, a group of highly skilled dancers, the live work will activate Barberis's taped grid and Sarah Duyshart's score through Anne Scott Wilson's choreography and direction. The dancers operate within a rule-based logic developed through iterative practice, where limitation becomes the ground for expanded, unpredictable outcomes.
Dance: Vertical View is presented by RMIT Gallery in partnership with Metasenta, as part of The Concentric Influences of Sol LeWitt project. This event is supported by Deakin University, Faculty of Arts and Education publication funding.
Conceived by Irene Barberis, this is a collaborative response to the original work DANCE, 1979 (Lucinda Childs / Sol LeWitt / Philip Glass) first performed in the USA on 29 November 1979 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (Berliner Festspiele). Irene Barberis - after Sol LeWitt - Architectonic Gridwork, video (co-direction)
Sarah Duyshart - after Philip Glass - Sound / Music
Anne Scott Wilson - after Lucinda Childs - Choreography, video (production and co-direction)
With thanks: M Collective Dancers: Chimene Steele-Prior, Jessica Thompson, and Arianna Marchiori; Deakin University Media Resource Centre: Olivia Fisher, Georgie Wolfe, Mark Lasky-Davison, Tom Golder, Thomas Salisbury and Matthew Skarajew.
Image credit: Irene Barberis, Anne Scott Wilson and Sarah Duyshart, Dance: Vertical View Collaboration, 2026 (video still), multi-channel digital video, 11 min, 21 sec, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artists.
