Reverie Heights a huge success!

Reverie Heights was on as part of the Dance Umbrella programme, 15 September 2013, 6pm.

It was a unique experience for audiences to explore the heritage site, The Ansteys Building, while going on a dream journey with multiple visual artists, dancers and musicians.

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More about Reverie Heights

Dancer/choreographer Leigh Nudelman and musician Yogin Sullaphen aim to create an ambitious site-specific performance, Reverie Heights. They draw inspiration from Johannesburg, the richest sub-Saharan city. Together with performers, musicians and visual artists, they will turn the Ansteys Building, in Jo'burg CBD, into a surreal dream world

The Ansteys once stood as a beacon for economic power and now sits in a somewhat gritty and forgotten part of the inner-city. Interestingly, the building, which gets narrower as it gets higher, is occupied by an odd mix of rich, who live in apartments in the upper levels of the building, and poorer inhabitants below.  The two creators wish to echo and comment on this and on the disparate nature of the economic capital in a still transforming country which houses extreme wealth, extreme poverty and many dreamers forever reaching.

The the two creators have mapped out the Ansteys into several dream spaces. Visual artists have began to create installations for these spaces. Leigh has began working with children who live in the Ansteys Building and who will form part of the cast. Rehearsals begin in late June where all the performers will come together to create each dream scene in on-site rehearsals. 

For performances, the building will transform into a dreamland with multiple performers and soundscapes. The main character in this dream is the viewer, who will be able to wander through the building and form his/her own dream narrative. Thus, as the viewer journeys through this bizarre world, he/she will be encouraged to question his/her own dreams and desires.