Experience a dance performance by Jacob Coppedge, where body, strap, and structure collide to reveal tension, resistance, and release.
Blue. Strap. Sit. is a choreographic work by VCA Master of Dance student Jacob Coppedge, created in collaboration with University of Melbourne alumni Joshua Edward. The work observes how the body negotiates impedance and spatially questions order, as straps, harnesses, and architectural forms are treated as active partners—factors that guide, provoke, and shift movement.
Through leaning, bracing, yielding, and pulling, the work illuminates pressures built into seemingly ordinary spaces. Each gesture carries intent, articulating a physical vocabulary that language cannot.
Rooted in Black, Brown, and queer embodiment and drawing from underground dance styles and contemporary practice, the movement reveals conditions of vulnerability, defiance, and care. Enter a space where tension becomes choreography and resilience becomes potential, and witness how new possibilities can emerge from within the very structures that confine us.
Performances:
Wed 7 October 12pm
Thu 8 October, 6pm
Fri 9 October, 6pm
Free event. Secure your spot now.
Presented by MPavilion Parkville, as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival. This project has been developed by the support of Dance House, Lucy Guerin and Performance Space.
Image credit: Courtesy of Jacob Coppedge.
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