Two Blood Masterclass

With Daniel Riley and Brianna Kell, Australian Dance Theatre 

Australian Dance Theatre opens its doors for an exclusive Masterclass as part of the 2024 OzAsia Festival. Led by Artistic Director Daniel Riley and Artistic Associate Brianna Kell, the program invites independent artists to step into the world of Two Blood, the company’s latest work in development.  

Artists will be interrogating the cross-disciplinary processes underpinning this new work as the company navigates a unique fusion of text, movement, and ceremony. 

About Two Blood 

Two Blood is a beautifully human story uncovering a hidden history of our nation. 

Under the blistering sun of the Queensland desert, two skeletons are found in a forever embrace. One is a Cantonese man who came to Australia during the Gold Rush. The other is a Tagalaka woman. As the mystery of these two figures is unraveled, an epic love story is unearthed, setting into motion a story of belonging that tests the boundaries of two generations and examines the marks we leave on the land and each other. 

Developing out of the work 宿 (stay) by Kurinji and SAtheCollective, and originally commissioned by OzAsia Festival, this new collaboration between Australian Dance Theatre and Kurinji, set to a powerful score by SAtheCollective, brings this remarkable production into its fullest power and final manifestation. 

Acknowledging the interdisciplinary nature that connects cultures, this work utilizes multiple pillars of storytelling, text, dance, music and project. Two Blood is part concert, part story, part ceremony.

Two Blood will be in creative development in the Drama Centre Rehearsal Room from 28 October to 1 November during the OzAsia Festival.

Image | Sam Roberts