Nude Live, photos by Peter Greig courtesy of Sydney FestivalEverybody has seen their fair share of art nudes, but how many can say they’ve enjoyed art in the nude? Sydney Dance Company and Art Gallery of New South Wales have teamed up with the Sydney Festival and Tate to give festival goers this privileged perspective on art. Their fittingly deemed show, Nude: art from the Tate collection features over 100 pieces from the great museum, with pieces from Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse to Lucian Freud and Louise Bourgeois.
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Informed by the choreography of Rafael Bonachela, the dancers of Sydney Dance Company respond to these masterworks with their emotions, their instincts, and their lithe, limber limbs in the halls of Art Gallery of New South Wales. And, for one special nudist night of the show’s nine-day run, the audience is encouraged—indeed, required—to attend the performance in the buff. As the press release warns, “Clothed audience members will not be admitted.”Nude: art from the Tate collection opens with Sydney Festival on January 7. Subsequent performances can been seen from January 8th through 10th, 15th through 17th, and 22nd through 23rd, the last performance being the show’s much-anticipated nudist performance. For a preview of what to expect, check out these stunning images of the Sydney Dance Company in action below.
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