Gabri Christa’s film Quarantine will be touring Australia at the 2023 Dance (Lens) Festival as part of “Material Moves” curated by Siobhan Murphy, which will screen in person at Dancehouse on Thursday July 13th at 7:30pm. Quarantine will also be available On Demand from July 13th-31st, streaming with the other “Material Moves” curated films.

Curated by Siobhan Murphy, material moves considers how screendance makers use material specificity to engage with sites. Dance on screen is often located in sites and situations away from theatres and studios. Sometimes sites are used as an alternative ‘stage’, furnishing an engaging backdrop to the dance. In contrast to this approach, the films in this collection engage with the materials specific to their locations as a means of grafting movement to site, using water, paint, dust, fabric, sand, grass and debris to mark and move the dancing.