Hello,

We are looking forward to seeing you for New Breed at Carriageworks.

Your Tickets
Attached are your eTickets with your seat allocation. Take a moment to check the details are correct, including date and time so that you can arrive safely and on time. Please download or print your eTickets and have them ready for scanning on arrival. If you have any questions about your order, please get in touch with us at the Sydney Dance Company box-office. 

COVID Safety
The comfort and safety of our customers are of utmost importance to us and we want to ensure that the first time we perform in 2020 will be a great experience for everyone. Carriageworks is a COVID-Safe registered business. To ensure the wellbeing of audiences, they are following strict guidelines set by NSW State Government and Live Performance Australia. Help us keep the community safe by adhering to their plan. Click here to view their COVID-Safe procedures. A pre-show bar will be operating from 6:30pm onsite.

For performances at Carriageworks a mask is required at all times within performance spaces for patrons 12 years and older. Please bring your own mask; masks will be available should you need one. By entering Carriageworks Public Space you agree to wear a mask inside the theatre. If you refuse to do so you may be denied entry or asked to leave the venue. Please do not visit Carriageworks if you have experienced cold or flu like symptoms in the past 14-days, are awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test, or have returned from overseas or hotspot area. Stay home and take care.

Performance Content Warnings
The performance will run for approximately 90 minutes, including short pauses between the four works.

Please note the final piece in the program is an exploration of cultural appropriation of the swastika from Hindu culture. The work contains images of the swastika, intermittently projected for three minutes at the start of the work, and some militaristic choreography. Recognising how sensitive the subject of the swastika is, we have consulted with the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies. We deeply appreciate their constructive input and their acknowledgement of the important discussion around this subject.

There will be a short break before this work begins, giving patrons the opportunity to leave the theatre if they wish.

You can read more from the choreographer in his artist statement here.

Please note at various points in the program, haze and strobe/or strobe-like lighting effects will be used. The program also contains film content depicting cigarette smoking and simulated cigarette smoking on stage.

Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance.

Performance Program
In our new COVID-safe world, our New Breed program is digital and available online. You can view or download here.

Should you have any questions about the work, we would be pleased to assist you. Please contact our Box Office team on 02 9221 4811.

Thank you for your support of the emerging artists of Australia's contemporary dance ecology and Sydney Dance Company.

Anne Dunn
Executive Director