Somewhere between ten and fourteen
Somewhere between ten and fourteen
Somewhere between ten and fourteen is a study on dusk - illuminating and indulging in the transient yet expansive moments between day and night. Bodies and energy chase the impermanence of transformation and surrender to the ever-shifting movement of light and time. It is choreography propelled by the movement of light. It is an ode to change.
Originally commissioned for Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed season in 2023, Tra Mi’s work Somewhere between ten and fourteen returned in 2025 for the Continuum season, a triple bill evening with works by Rafael Bonachela and Stephen Page.
Swelling from an original cast size of 6 in 2023, Tra Mi was invited to restage the work on an ensemble of 13 for the 2025 season and beyond.
Since the Continuum season the work has toured with Sydney Dance Company to Wyong, Orange, and Tamworth.
“The ensemble work is extraordinary. Dinh has a sculptor’s eye for spatial balance: dancers form clusters, ripples, and waves that move across the stage like breathing organisms………Dinh’s movement language has matured into something unmistakably her own.”
“Somewhere between ten and fourteen offers audiences not confrontation, but rest – an act of gentle witness. It invites stillness in an age of over stimulation. Breath out: release, reflection, continuation.”
Linda Badger, Dance Informa
“Dinh’s mastery of subtle group manipulation gives the work its magic: formations shift imperceptibly until you realise the whole landscape has changed. Where Bonachela’s choreography is intricate in its individuality, Dinh’s is communal—she shapes the collective organism, fragmenting and reforming it so fluidly you never know how you got there.
It’s a cool piece in every sense—composed, confident. The white sand-shoes accentuate the dancers’ strut, their removal at the end a neat close—end of day, end of light. I’m keen to see what Dinh takes on next.”
Emma Sandall, Dance Australia
Presentations:
Roslyn Packer Theatre from 22 October - 1 November
Carriageworks, Sydney from 6 - 16 December 2025
Choreography : Tra Mi Dinh
Composition and Sound design : Tilman Robinson
Dancers : Sydney Dance Company dancers - Naira de Matos, Coco Wood, Timmy Blankenship, Lukas Hayward, Madeleine Harms, Chloe Young and Connor McMahon (2023) Naiara de Matos, Timmy Blankenship, Lucy Angel, Finn Armstrong, Mathilda Ballantyne, Mali Comlekci, Ali Dib, Sonrisa Hubbard, Sophie Jones, Ryan Peterson, Liam Green, Milly Russell, Eka Perunicic
Costume design : Aleisa Jelbart
Lighting Design : Alexander Berlarge
Produced and presented by Sydney Dance Company
Images by Pedro Greig