Testimonials

“Shop I Am [is] one the smartest, bravest uses of the “site-specific” meme I have encountered.”

— Paul Ransom, Dance Informa

“I strongly think that Nebahat Erpolat is one of the most interesting voices of the current Australian landscape.”

— Angela Conquet, independent dance curator, arts leader, researcher

“Daring, interdisciplinary, live art dance work.”

— DanceLife Australia

“I was struck by the work’s choreographic and conceptual rigour. I found it captivating, multi-layered and rich in its exploration.”

— Prue Lang, choreographer

“Bristling, muscular work...the stage is nowhere near big enough for Erpolat’s world of electric longing. ”

— Paul Ransom, Dance Informa

“The rigorism of a choreographer who wants every shape to be just so.”

— Andrew Fuhrmann, Realtime

“Nebahat’s practice has a unique and deeply considered quality that is unlike the styles seen in the current trends in dance. She is rigorously challenging the body with a primitive yet complex physicality and pushing parameters of time and space. I was struck by the deep physical and intellectual investigation proposed by Nebahat’s work.”

— Melanie Lane, choreographer

“A riveting work that mingled boldness and tenderness with high impact and required us to interrogate our relationship with image, and our own ideals and projections.”

— Leila Lois, ARTS Hub

“It was a remarkable work that was ambitious and stunning. The level of skill in bringing all the many complex elements together was incredible to see. I enjoyed seeing the strong connection between the women performers and different dynamics that each brought.  It was compelling to watch the women perform and was obvious that they deeply connected to the work and to each other.”

— Carol Brown, Head of VCA Dance at the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, dancer, choreographer, artist-scholar and director from Aotearoa

"Nebahat has a unique vision and powerful aesthetic in her works. She combines images and themes from her cultural background with contemporary issues and the result is powerful. Intercepting cross-disciplinary elements (sound, music, projected imagery and text). Her work is particular, culturally and aesthetically rich with a strong political female vision.”

— Bagryana Popov, Theatre Director & Writer

“Nebahat Erpolat cleverly makes references to popular culture, art and music to engage viewers to rethink fashion and societal identities.”

— Australian Arts Review