For 13 years across the country, Deep Soulful Sweats has been mixing Earth, Air, Fire and Water and stirring up ecstatic astrological dance parties, unleashing the power of movement and the collective body.
At Superposition, DSS steps through the Penrith portal and dives headfirst into a NQR world of rowboats, pool-party fever dreams, unhinged cheer squads - think schoolies meets The Craft. Super-soaker ready, pom poms in the air, it’s giving Sport Witch and you need to get in the game.
Deep Soulful Sweats is an open invitation for anyone and everyone to come together. Divided into your elements according to your star sign, you’ll be led through an ecstatic, inclusive and unrehearsable shared performance, with no one on the sidelines. Each participant is a vital contributor, side-stepping, chanting and moving together, united with their zodiac team in an immersive ritual.
Part rave, part workshop, all release.
This is a movement-based activity that participants are invited to participate in as they choose. We encourage you to share any access requirements when registering so we can help tailor the experience as needed.
Rebecca Jensen and Sarah Aiken/Deep Soulful Sweats create experimental choreography and performance in theatres, galleries, community, film, music and site responsive contexts. Their work has been described as formally reckless, slipping between codified forms and unbridled invention, satirical, sincere, absurd and unapologetic - a freeform maximalist style with no rules.
Their world-class, experimental choreography has been presented in Finland, Latvia, Canada, Italy, France, New Zealand and more locally at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, The Ritz (Heart of Randwick, Vital Commons) RISING, Perth Festival, Dance Massive, MPavilion, Keir Choreographic Awards, Next Wave, Dark MOFO, Brisbane Festival, Castlemaine State Festival and countless others. Works include their cult classic participatory zodiac dance Deep Soulful Sweats, durational line dance meets hardstyle Crystal Touch, and theatre works What Am I Supposed To Do? (Arts Centre Melbourne 2019, Winner Melbourne Festival Discovery Award), Underworld (Darebin Arts 2017) and Overworld (Next Wave 2013, Dance Massive 2014).
Deep Soulful Sweats has been presented extensively around the country since its inception in 2013, and has grown a loyal following for its shape-shifting events, encouraging people from all walks of life to step out of their thinking mind and into their bodies. Every iteration is unique, shaped by the site, performers, DJ, and broader context inviting audiences into cathartic and thoughtful performative experiences.
The Sydney International Regatta Centre is a world-class sporting and recreation venue in Castlereagh near Penrith, about an hour northwest of Sydney's CBD. Built for the 2000 Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games, it features a 2,300-meter competition lake, a 5-kilometer walking and cycling track, and public parklands