HERE NOW Trilogy

HERE NOW Trilogy, created and performed by Ryuichi Fujimura, is a powerful series of three short dance solos – ‘How Did I Get Here?’, ‘How I Practice My Religion’, and ‘Fall! Falter!! Dance!!!’. Blending his dry wit, poignant storytelling and fluid physicality, Fujimura conducts a deeply personal reflection of his life, exploring themes of aging, identity, and the relentless desire to keep performing.  

This trilogy, which centres around his life as a contemporary dancer for the past 25 years, will mark the first time that these solos are performed together. Together, they depict the journey of an artist reckoning with the passing of time, the body’s shifting capabilities, and the art of performance. HERE NOW Trilogy invites audiences to join in this reflection, interrogating the meaning and purpose of their own lives.  

Presented by Vitalstatistix as part of the 2025 OzAsia Festival.

Duration: 90 mins (incl. interval)

Warnings: Themes of death, strobe lighting, haze effects

Photograph credit: Alex Houy and Heidrun Löhr

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Supporters

HERE NOW Trilogy has been supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body; the NSW Government through Create NSW; the SA Government through CreateSA; and through residencies at ReadyMade Works (Ausdance NSW DAIR), Abbotsford Convent (Pivot) and Temperance Hall (Critical Path and BalletLab). With special thanks to Emily Ayob, Brian Carbee, Alice Cummins, Mayu Kanamori, Lim How Ngean, Michael Pigott, Rosalind Richards, Emma Sandall, Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP), Dancehouse, Force Majeure, FORM Dance Projects, Performance Space, Redline Productions and Sydney Dance Company.

 

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