Collection Saturday
Max Burgess & Hahna Nichols⁣⁣
08/05/21⁣⁣
Performance started at 5PM and was 45 minutes duration.⁣⁣

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Collection Saturday is a structured improvised durational dance work exploring the superficial and profound histories of two lives. Performed by Hahna Nichols and Max Burgess, the two artists will recite fragments of their lives with subsequent explorations through movement to embody, resonate with and reflect upon what has been shared. The work is a calling for those who engage to seek a beauty in acknowledging their own lives. It is a reminder that all lives are multifaceted, complex, and full in the same likeness, and an opportunity to expose the nuanced and niche richness of two lives propelled together in the present.⁣⁣
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Max Burgess (He/Him/They/Them) is a queer dance artist currently studying at the New Zealand School of Dance. Max was born in Ngunnawal Country (Canberra, Australia), where he started dancing in commercial hip-hop styles at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s dance organisation Fresh Funk. In 2019 Max moved to Pōneke, Aotearoa to commence training at the New Zealand School of Dance. Currently Max is passionate about investigating the self through movement, elevating into consciousness and acknowledging the themes of his own life and journey, utilising these experiences to connect with others.⁣⁣
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Hahna Nichols (She/Her) is a 19 year old dancer raised in Ōtepoti (Dunedin). She is of Ngāi Tahu and Chinese descent. In 2019 she joined The New Zealand School of Dance for full time training in contemporary dance. She is currently in her third and final year of study and hopes to continue to learn, experiencing life passionately with the amazing people she is surrounded by.⁣⁣
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Facilitated by Alessia Augello
Documentation by Amit Noy
Design by Haz Forrester⁣⁣
Supported by Wellington City Council.