Visual Arts & Film

Multiply

A celebration of the creativity and resilience of our city through dance.

  • Dates 6 Oct - 22 Oct
  • Time Available On Demand (35 minutes)
  • Venue Digital Fringe
FREE EVENT
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A person wearing all red, wearing a red face mask, is dancing with their arms raised out in front and hands splayed. Other dancers in red and pink, also with arms raised, are in the background.
Dancers wearing blue and white are moving their bodies. They are standing on a grass hill
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Image Credit: Gregory Lorenzutti

A person wearing all red, wearing a red face mask, is dancing with their arms raised out in front and hands splayed. Other dancers in red and pink, also with arms raised, are in the background.
Dancers wearing blue and white are moving their bodies. They are standing on a grass hill

  • Directed by: Rhys Graham

  • Presented by: Melbourne Fringe in association with the Stephanie Lake Company

  • A Production by: Daybreak Films

A film chronicling the of the most profound, collective experiences of 2020 – emerging from lockdown and re-joining our communities in-person. 2020 Melbourne Fringe Festival signature event Multiply was an unforgettable participatory dance experience that brought Melburnians together for the first time post-COVID-19 lockdown. Hundreds of physically distant participants gathered in Prahran Square to bring to life a new work by acclaimed choreographer Stephanie Lake.

This transcendent event was captured by celebrated Australian filmmaker, Rhys Graham in a half-hour film detailing the journey to making this profound work of art. Chronicling Stephanie and her collaborators’ experiences of delivering the impossible – a dance event in a global pandemic – the film also captures the full 15-minute mass dance experience that was Multiply.

Multiply will be screened on SBS TV at 4pm on Friday 6 October 2023, then available on SBS On Demand.

Multiply has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Multiply is supported by Daniel Besen, the Canny Quine Foundation and James McCaughey.

  • Duration: 35 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Content warnings: COVID-19/Coronavirus.

Available to stream via SBS on demand until October 2024. 

  • Free Event

*Prices are subject to change without notice. Standard terms and conditions apply.

Sessions: Digital Events

Date Time Venue

Friday, 06 October 2023 -
Sunday, 22 October 2023

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Digital Fringe

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