Several Rhythms Sort Thoughtfully

If you look closely, you can discern patterns even in seemingly random actions. If you look for long enough, you can observe how they change.With his first work for the DFDC, Thomas Bradley invites us to take such a close look. He approaches choreography through game-like, social systems. Sustained attention creates a charged atmosphere where rules and conditions bring the dancers’ decision-making into focus. Whilst each dancer has their own strategies, a shared goal sustains their relation. The costumes, too, have a decisive influence on the action. In a carefully structured space, the choreography meets two further acoustic elements: the sonic traces of dismantling an object and a solo sonata for trumpet by HK Gruber.

Thomas Bradley

Thomas Bradley was born in Cootamundra, Australia and trained at the NZ School of Dance before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2012. In 2015 he joined Australian Dance Theatre. From 2017-2023 he was dancer, pedagogue and costume designer for Emanuel Gat Dance. Since 2023, he works for the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company as dancer and repeatedly also as costume designer.

Bradley’s solo work has been presented across Europe among others at Butohpolis (International Butoh Art Festival, Warsaw, Poland), Teatr Rozbark (Bytom, Poland), Fuori Programma (Rome, Italy), International Dance Week Budapest, Le Louvre (Paris, France), Rez Gauche (Bruxelles, Belgium), Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival (Thessaloniki, Greece), Garage 19 (Corfu Island, Greece), SOLO International Contemporary Dance Festival (Ankara, Turkey) and O.Z.O.R.A. Festival (Hungary). As costume designer he has been commissioned among others by StaatsBallett Berlin, Scottish Dance Theatre, TANZ LINZ (Austria) and The Opera Graz (Austria). Bradley is co-founder of performance collective LANDBREAKERS and facilitator of the choreographic ensemble PLAYWORK-GROUP.