4/4 2023

4/4 is the blueprint for choreographic precision. Eight dancers perform a stark symphony of mesmerising movement inside the industrial vastness of the Merlyn theatre. As episode after episode builds upon the last, quartets and duets converge and diverge in ever more hypnotic configurations.

Collaborator Alisdair Macindoe’s sound design uses metronome arrangements to create harmony and discord in its composition, echoing the complexity of the dance. Hamilton and Macindoe wowed international audiences for three years running with their last major collaboration – 2015 Bessie Award winning MEETING. 4/4 reunites their idiosyncratic sound and movement language once again for a new generation of dance-lovers.

In a world full of commotion and clamour, 4/4 is a captivating meditation of meticulous dance.

Creative Team

Concept & Direction: Antony Hamilton
Choreography: Antony Hamilton with Mason Kelly, Melissa Pham, David Prakash, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, Aimee Schollum, Michaela Tancheff, Nikki Tarling, Jayden Wall.

Costume Design: Paula Levis
Sound Design: Alisdair Macindoe
Lighting Design: Bosco Shaw
Rehearsal Director (May / June development): Alice Dixon
Production Manager: Ashley Buchanan
Stage Manager: Claudia Howarth
Production Coordinator & Rehearsal Stage Manager: Olivia Walker
Lighting Programmer: Nick Moloney

Performers: Mason Kelly, Melissa Pham, David Prakash, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, Aimee Schollum, Michaela Tancheff, Nikki Tarling, Jayden Wall

Understudies: Kyall Shanks, Samakshi Sidhu, Harshil Vora

World Premiere
Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
8–12 August 2023

4/4 is supported by Creative Victoria, the Australian Council for the Arts and City of Melbourne.
Venue Partner: Malthouse.

Image: Peter Rosetzky

Image: Gianna Rizzo