COLOSSUS
Fifty dancers move as one in the UK debut of one of Australia’s leading choreographers, Stephanie Lake.
From darkness they emerge, a dizzying mass of pulsating bodies. The push and pull of humanity is embodied by this heaving throng of life, but can a crowd be more than the sum of its parts?
As complex patterns ripple through the flood of figures, a single movement triggers a chain reaction wheeling the fragile whole from chaos to order.
This riveting, hypnotic dance work explores relationships between the individual and the collective, solitary striving and joyous union, with a cast of 50 performing as one.
Stephanie Lake is a multi award-winning choreographer, dancer and artistic director of Stephanie Lake Company. She was appointed Resident Choreographer of The Australian Ballet in 2024 and Artist in Residence (AiR) of Semperoper Ballet, Dresden in 2025.
Her major works, including The Chronicles, Manifesto and more, have been performed across Australia and toured internationally.
A co-production with London Contemporary Dance School at The Place and the Southbank Centre.
Need to know
This performance contains haze.
The performance on Friday 26 June at 2pm is open to school groups at a reduced rate of £5 per ticket. To book for a school group, please contact [email protected]
Choreographer: Stephanie Lake
Composer: Robin Fox
Lighting Designer: Bosco Shaw
Costume Designer: Harriet Oxley
Production Manager: Emily O’Brien
Lead Rehearsal Director: Nicole Muscat
Rehearsal Director: Sarah McCrorie
Executive Producer: Beth Raywood Cross
Technical Manager: Robert Larsen
International Agent: Aurora Nova
Colossus was originally commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne and Melbourne Fringe through the Take Over programme.
Stephanie Lake Company is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, Sidney Myer Foundation, Canny Quine Foundation, The Humanity Foundation and generous individual donors. Stephanie Lake Company’s international touring program is also supported by the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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The presentation of COLOSSUS is made possible with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.
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