Essence Unfolding

WINNER - OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER (INDIVIDUAL) - 2024 Auckland Fringe Awards "Green works their magic on, over, around, in, and under the hoop. It’s impressive work, strong, elegant, lithe, courageous too".

Step into the enchanting world of ‘Essence Unfolding’, a circus / contemporary dance fusion, with a smattering of poetry/spoken word created by young creative, Orlando Green. Come and experience the heartache, the joy and the journey of discovery of a person struggling with identity – but ultimately, the journey of growing into one’s self. "From the opening second, “Essence Unfolding” is a beautiful, moving, profound and ultimately hopeful piece of work.

The narrative that is built from Ollie’s movement both in the air and on the floor is completely coherent – from the choreographed stumbles and falls that preface the fall into mental health struggles through the setbacks of recovery, to the grace and clarity of the denouement" Matt Keane theatreview "Green is especially impressive when they embed a unique gymnastic flexibility in and around the dance facets of the narrative while never missing a beat of the complex poetic rhythms that anchor the performance in an intense reality." Lexie Matheson theatreview 

Trigger Warning: Contains content around mental health.