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Elements of Freestyle

ISH Dance Collective (NL)
The Dancing CityFamily FunQueensland PremiereDance
Presented by Brisbane Festival in association with Brisbane Powerhouse
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Experience urban arts and extreme sports like never before.

In this adrenaline-fuelled explosion of extreme urban sports, dance, music, and theatre, the Netherlands’ ISH Dance Collective create breathtaking poetry with every movement. Whether you float on ballet shoes or soar on skates, with ISH, it’s all dance.

Elements of Freestyle is about those redeeming seconds that make a complicated trick ultimately succeed — the freestylers’ total focus on the moment, the ecstasy and the feeling of complete and total freedom. In a spectacular fusion of breakdance, inline skating, skateboarding, freestyle basketball, BMX, and freerunning, ISH reveals the artistry behind the tricks of extreme sports. Both exquisitely beautiful and heart-poundingly exciting, this show from director Marco Gerris (So You Think You Can Dance) featuring a multi-award-winning cast of 12 packs a punch.

You simply will not believe your eyes as Elements of Freestyle bursts into action.

Dates & Times

24 - 27 Sep

Duration: 60 mins, no interval

Evenings: Wed 24 - Sat 27 Sep 7pm Matinee: Sat 27 Sep, 1pm Audio Described Performance: Sat 27 Sep, 7pm

Prices & Ticket Info

Adult - $69
Children - $59
Concession - $49
Mobtix - $29

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Access
  • Assistive Listening
  • 100% Visual Content
  • Audio Described

Important Info

Production may contain sound pressure effects (loud noises), haze and strobe lighting. Suitable for ages 12+

Credits

Director and Choreographer Marco Gerris

Technical Director Cedric van Daalen

Dramaturg and Assistant Director Arnout Lems

Composition Rik Ronner, Annie Tangberg and Vera van der Bie

Set Design Jerry Beckers – Solos International

Graphic Design set Donald Beekman

Lighting Designer Mike den Ottolander

Sound Technician Jan Willem Crul

Lighting Technician Bo van der Ham

Project Manager Yaowei Shen

Cast

Arnold Put (Breakdancer)

Dietrich Pott (Breakdancer)

Sven Boekhorst (Inline skater)

Liziano Ostiana (Freerunner)

Jelle Briggeman (Inline skater)

Siebe van de Spijker (Freerunning)

Pim Wouters (Skateboard)

Juan Niebles Noriega (BMX Bike)

Michael van Beek (Freestyle basketball)

Musicians

Annie Tangberg (Cello)

Vera van der Bie (Violin)

Image by Alex Brenner

Supported By

This project is supported through the Giving Program by Tim Fairfax AC and Gina Fairfax AC.

Reviews

★★★★★
Sometimes it's just unbelievable…You have to experience this, experience it in full color, live and soaked in music.

Musicalnieuws

★★★★★
Urban arts elevated to dance

Theaterkrant

Artists

Marco Gerris

Founder and Artistic Director of ISH Dance Collective, Marco Gerris was awarded the prestigious Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prize in 2020, an oeuvre award given to individuals or institutions who have made exceptional contributions to culture.

Gerris also won The Netherlands' leading dance award, The Swan (VSCD Dance Awards), for most impressive dance production of 2024 with the performance Rhythm & Flow.

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Partners

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Brisbane Festival expresses deep respect to and acknowledges the First People of this Country.