From letting loose in the lounge room to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition captures the experience of lives lived through dance. Drawn from the National Portrait Gallery collection and incorporating the work of contemporary photographers, Dancer reflects the freedom and joy of rhythmic movement and its power to connect across shared experiences, cultural knowledge, and teaching.
Featuring fifty prints, including portraits of dance legends Irina Baronova, Robert Helpmann, Hélène Kirsova, Graeme Murphy, Gideon Obarzanek, Anna Pavlova, Marilyn Rowe, and Janet Vernon, as well as two audiovisual works.
Jacob Nash, Beau Dean Riley Smith, Wiradjuri and Gamilaraay nations, Bennelong (detail), 2017, from the series ‘Space in between’, 2014–ongoing, inkjet print on paper. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, National Portrait Gallery, Kamberri/Canberra and Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Western Australia
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
24 February to 14 April 2024
Western Australia
