To dance is to be silly

French dance company Campagnie Didier Théron will soon land in Adelaide to upend expectations of dancers’ bodies with a dash of humour.

18 Jan 2023 8:55

Celina Lei

Performing Arts

‘La Grande Phrase’ (The Big Phrase) by Montpellier-based Campagnie Didier Théron. Photo: Holger Rudolph.

‘Dance!’ Usually when kids hear this cue they immediately start wiggling their bottoms and shuffling their feet – circling, hopping and swinging their arms.

But often as we grow, we grow more hesitant, our movements become more restricted and choreographed in fear of embarrassing ourselves. So what if to dance is to be silly?

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Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_