The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave

Oli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer

Oli Mathiesen with Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer present the award-winning ‘The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave’, an endurance-based dance work to the booming techno album ‘Nocturbulous Behaviour’ by Suburban Knight. Relentless movement, seamless without pause, detailed down to every beat. The atmosphere and culture of a 3-day rave condensed into an hour. Witness the destruction of 3 humans. Indulge in the pain, the sweat; a display of pure endurance to achieve a goal. A spectacle of the human body as a victim to music, as a victim to passion, as a victim to our endless desire to achieve more. To win and win again.

Creator, choreographer, and performer: Oli Mathiesen (Ngāti Manu, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi)
Choreographer and performer: Lucy Lynch (Ngāti Kahungunu)
Choreographer and performer: Sharvon Mortimer (Ngāti Porou)
Producer: Abbie Rogers (Kāi Tahu, Te Arawa)
Production Designer and Tech Advisor: Bekky Boyce
Music: Suburban Knight
Production Advisor: Lulu Qiu 邱詩露

Date and Time:

Saturday, 7-8pm

Location:

Tūranga, GF0/GF1

Trigger warnings:

Use of smoke and/or haze, strobe lighting, adult themes, loud noise

About

Oli is a queer indigenous choreographer and dancer based in Auckland. He’s worked and toured nationally and internationally since graduating from Unitec in 2020 with companies including The New Zealand Dance Company, Atamira Dance Company, and Black Grace Dance Company, The Farm, as well as performing Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite’s ‘10 Duets on a Theme of Rescue’ (2023). He has choreographed works for Atamira Dance Company, Black Grace, Tempo Dance Festival, and The Performance Arcade.