PICA partners with STRUT Dance to present Restore, a dynamic double bill of new and recent dance works highlighting innovation and cross-regional collaboration. In 2025, Restore features Bell, a new choreographic commission from Adelina Larsson Mendoza and the West Australian premiere of CUDDLE by Harrison Ritchie-Jones.
In CUDDLE, two of Melbourne’s contemporary dance artists on the rise, Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Michaela Tancheff, engage in a difficult and dynamic duel filled with surreal sonic and visual surprises. Weaving contemporary dance with elements from martial arts, figure skating, rodeo barnyard dance and a host of more abstract inspirations, CUDDLE ebbs and flows from the joyful and absurd to the inventive and technically brilliant.
Bell is a new solo performance and the latest instalment in Min Folkdans, an ongoing archival research project and choreographic collection by Adelina Larsson-Mendoza. Drawing from Larsson-Mendoza’s Swedish-Mexican family history, Min Folkdans unfolds as a personal, political, and historical meditation on the folk dances that have shaped her imagination.
For audiences, the program offers the opportunity to experience dance works that share formal and conceptual threads, creating a dialogue between diverse artistic visions. For the artists, Restore facilitates deeper personal and creative connections across the region, fostering a spirit of exchange and collaboration.
Now in its second iteration, Restore responds to the growing demand for sustainability in choreographic practices. The initiative emphasises the importance of light production design, supporting independent dance practices with a model that enables greater mobility of works. Restore aims to create sustainable pathways for dance to thrive, evolve and reach a broader audience.
Restore is presented by STRUT Dance, in association with PICA, and has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body, the State of Western Australia through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and STRUT Movers who are our generous and supportive donors.
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