Advance to Go

Negotiation , trust, trial, error. Stay in the game. Allegiances, enemies. Life is simple if you know the rules.

Choreographed by Holly Newsome, in collaboration with the Footnote dancers

Created on Footnote NZ Dance

Performers Veronica ChengEn Lyu, Emma Cosgrave, Levi Siaosi, Airu Matsuda, Cecilia Wilcox, Jacob Reynolds, Peni Fakaua, Deija Vukona

Composer Emi Pogoni

Lighting Design Elekis Poblete Teirney

Technical Operation Janis Cheng

Stage and Production Management Genevieve Poppe

Photography by Caio Silva and Brynne Tasker-Poland

This work was commissioned by Footnote NZ Dance for their double bill IYKYK. Advance to Go, toured nationally around Aotearoa in 2023 and 2024. Holly would like to thank Footnote and the team for their support, as well as all of the collaborators and secondments in the process.