Dancing cheek to cheek! Dance group performs world-first all-naked event... in front of a NUDE audience

  • Sydney Dance Company performed naked event in front of a nude audience
  • The shows were part of Nude: Art from the Tate Collection at the AGNSW
  • The only rules for the event- no clothes and you had to be over 18-years-old 

By Peter Devlin For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 20:33 EST, 26 January 2017 | Updated: 20:33 EST, 26 January 2017

Sydney Dance Company has performed an all naked event in front of a nude audience.

As part of the Sydney Festival, the world-first event saw the dance company perform choreography inspired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales' summer show Nude: Art from the Tate Collection.

With ticket sales selling slowly, extra 'nude-only' shows were added to the bill and seats sold out within a day.

Sydney Dance Company has performed an all naked event in front of a nude audience 

With ticket sales selling slowly, extra 'nude-only' shows were added to the bill and seats sold out within a day 

The show, choreographed by Rafael Bonachela, catered to nudists, or audience members brave enough to bare all. The only rules- no clothes and you had to be over 18. 

'When I created this work I was not going to be shy about it,' Bonachela told The Guardian.

'Like, I am bending forward and this is my bumhole. This is how between my legs looks. I didn't choreograph like, "Let's hide this."'

At the 7.30pm shows on January 14, 23 and 24 the audience were naked.

'Clothed audience members will not be admitted. Bookings for this show are open for people aged 18+,' the AGNSW website reads.

The gallery described the event as a 'journey into an intimate world of art and dance.'

The world-first event saw the dance company perform choreography inspired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales' summer show Nude: Art from the Tate Collection 

The show, choreographed by Rafael Bonachela, catered to nudists, or audience members brave enough to bare all 

'Witness six dancers moving and breathing, their bodies and souls bared as they explore and respond to one of art's greatest subjects, the unclothed human body.

'Dancers respond to paintings, sculptures, photographs and works on paper by renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso, Lucian Freud, Henri Matisse and Louise Bourgeois.'

Speaking of his sold-out shows, Bonachela said they were a 'career highlight.' 

'So who knows, I may bring more nudity to the stage. It may have another life,' he said.

 

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