Australian Dance is highly diverse in form and geographical distribution but it uncovers a continuous captivation with the body, the place, popular culture and the multicultural society.
Graeme Murphy, past artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company is known to be Australia’s greatest and most productive choreographer, of all time. Through the 30 years of being artistic director, Murphy has created outstanding pieces and inspired choreographers around the world to follow his footsteps into the world of dance. His piece Synergy by Synergy, that is a masterpiece for man, muscle and machine inspired by authority and percussion.
Spanish born artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company and choreographer Rafael Bonachela has brought magnificent effects to the company and has opened the eyes of many to explore the journey of dance. We see his motivation and commitment through his piece 2 One Another that has been said to be one of his most substantial pieces for Sydney Dance Company to date which looks into the vivid and sensual interaction between humans.
Together Murphy and Bonachela share the same passion and love for Contemporary Dance and both set the same goal to create compositions that emphasize their fantasies, dream, feelings and emotions through robust movement. Both artists have similar styles in dance, however differences between the two exist.
Firstly we come to note the similarities of movement style seen within the choreography of Graeme Murphy and Rafael Bonachela. The choreographers have both incorporated all the different elements of dance and have expressed themes through their pieces Synergy by Synergy and 2 One Another integrating