EKREM ELI PHOENIX
COMPOSER - MUSICAL DIRECTOR - PERFORMER
SWEET SACRED BLISS
at SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
You can now stream the music video shot at the iconic venue HERE.
The PULSE
2023 Tour
29 June - 01 July
05 - 08 July
17 - 22 July
28 July - 1 August
The Pulse is a hugely ambitious and monumental work of scale that unites audience, acrobat and choir into a single mesmerising organism. A shimmering mass of sixty acrobats and choir members unite and divide, becoming a spectacular being of muscle, bone and voice as a mountain of bodies crumbles into an ocean of sound. It’s raw, it’s real, it sings, it sweats, it pulsates.
Towering human structures move with precision through a pulsing web of noise and light. Seemingly impossible levels of cooperation and feats of shared humanity, repeat, stretch, blossom and decay. Witness an intricate, organic synchronicity of human movement and sound — all to the beat of your own pounding pulse.
KEY CREATIVE TEAM
Director Darcy Grant
Lighting & Set Design Geoff Cobham
Composer Ekrem Eli Phoenix
Sound Designer Mik La Vage
with
Cor de Noies of Palau de la Musica
conducted by Buia Reixach
The MIRROR
Sydney Opera House
9 Feb - 5 Mar, 2023
Gravity & Other Myths’ newest work, The Mirror, is the company’s most physically and conceptually ambitious challenge to date. Together with director Darcy Grant, the artists explore the idea of self-love and the value we place on our external vs. internal selves. The Mirror is both a nod to the extremes that people will go to please others and a reflection on the hidden parts of ourselves that make us unique.
KEY CREATIVE TEAM
Set & Lighting Designer: Matt Adey
Associate Designer: Lachlan Binns
Composer: Ekrem Phoenix
Costume Designer: Renate Henschke
Creative Producer: Jascha Boyce
Sound Design: Mik La Vage
Performers
Dylan Phillips
Jascha Boyce
Joren Dawson
Lachlan Binns
Lewis Rankin
Martin Schreiber
Maya Tregonning
Megan Vaughan Giesbrecht
Simon McClure
Ekrem Eli Phoenix
MACRO is heading to EDINBURGH in August, 2022
Gravity & Other Myths team up with Aidan O'Rourke, Brighde Chaimbeul and Kathleen McInness from Scotland, the sensational Djuki Mala from North-East Arnham Land, Yellaka and Aurora Vocal Ensemble from Adelaide and Ekrem Eli Phoenix as the musical director and performer for this opening night spectacular.
KEY CREATIVE TEAM
Director Darcy Grant (Gravity & other Myths)
Associate Director Josh Bond (Djuki Mala)
Designer Geoff Cobham
Designer/Production Manager Matthew Adey
Co-Composer & Musical Director Ekrem Eli Phoenix
Co-Composer Aidan O’Rourke (UK)
Performers
Gravity & Other Myths
Djuki Mala
Fiddle Aidan O’Rourke (Scotland)
Pipes Brighde Chaimbeul (Scotland)
Vocals Kathleen MacInnes (Scotland)
Vocals Ekrem Eli Phoenix
Aurora (Young Adelaide Voices)
MACRO has been co-commissioned by Adelaide Festival and Edinburgh International Festival.
PROCESS at WOMAD
Adelaide’s internationally-acclaimed circus company Gravity & Other Myths is back, with a new promenade piece of acrobatic, physical theatre tailor-made for WOMADelaide. PROCESS is about moving through life and the people who are moving with you. Eight performers, carrying their own lighting and sound gear and beaming out Ekem Eli Phoenix's new triptych electronic music, will immerse the public in their intriguing journey across Botanic Park each evening.
KEY CREATIVE TEAM
Director Darcy Grant
Designer Chris Petridis
Composer Ekrem Phoenix
PERFORMERS
Jascha Boyce
Lachlan Binns
Martin Schreiber
Simon McClure
Shani Stephens
Jo Curry
Joshua Strachan
VIDEO
Matt Byrne
The PULSE at EDINBURGH International Festival
Mon 8 - Tue 9 Aug, 2022
The Pulse is a monolithic work of scale that unites audience, acrobat and choir into a single mesmerising organism. It’s raw, it’s real, it sings, it sweats – it pulsates.
Critically acclaimed all over the world, legendary circus and physical theatre company Gravity & Other Myths brings together all three of its core ensembles, plus a choir of thirty voices for The Pulse. The Helpmann-Award-winning creative team responsible for 2019’s Out of Chaos – director Darcy Grant, designer Geoff Cobham and composer Ekrem Eli Phoenix – reunite to extend and amplify the signature spirit of this unique company: visceral, poetic and heart-stopping feats of wonder.
KEY CREATIVE TEAM
Director Darcy Grant
Lighting & Set Designer Geoff Cobham
Composer Ekrem Eli Phoenix
VIDEO
Matt Byrne