Challenging traditions of dance and performance art to inspire change
Through my dance practice, I consider the representation of gender, digital futures, memory and displacement.Testimonials
“I strongly think that Nebahat Erpolat is one of the most interesting voices of the current Australian landscape.”
“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.”
“I was struck by the work’s choreographic and conceptual rigour. I found it captivating, multi-layered and rich in its exploration.”
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Dance Works
Nebahat is an award-winning choreographer and nominee for two Green Room awards.
Live Art
Nebahat’s bold experimental live dance works push boundaries of what live performance is through the spatial, personal and physical limits of her performances.
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Work: Emptying The Bucket, Recipient of 2017 Melbourne Fringe Festival Dance Award. Performed at the Meat Market Melbourne. Dramaturg
Stephane Hisler Dancers
Emma Riches, Josh Twee, Harrison Ritchie Jones & Sheridan Gerrard. Sound Design & Edit
Korhan Erel, Gunsel Isik & Nebahat Erpolat
About Nebahat
Nebahat is an award winning choreographer who draws research material from her personal lived experiences as an Australian Kurdish-Turkish dance maker, performer, writer and curator. Her works tend to engage critically on social issues, popular culture, digital futures and ecological environment, layering complex stories to present immersive dance works. For the past 20 years, she has presented in diverse settings such as, public spaces, ancient sites, theatres, galleries, museums, nightclubs and universities, where the context of the work has an impact on the work’s relationship to the viewer. Often focusing on the trappings of memory, land, identity and power, evoking the distancing of traditional art forms, engaging audiences to re-think critically about dance and live performance by exploring universal themes and stories, connecting diverse communities.