The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
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Oli Mathiesen with Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer present the award-winning endurance-based dance work to the booming techno album 'Nocturbulous Behaviour' by Suburban Knight. Exploring the movement vocabulary used in techno and rave culture, a contemporary nightclub between 3 bodies emerges. Relentless movement, seamless without pause, detailed down to every beat. The atmosphere and culture of a 3-day rave condensed into a high art, streamlined performance where you watch the destruction of 3 human beings commence in front of you. Indulge in the pain, the sweat, the cathartic mess; a display of pure endurance to achieve a goal. A spectacle of the human body as a victim to music, as a victim to passion, as a victim to our endless desire to achieve more. To win and win again.
It's an ode to the past 5-year marathon of losing societal morals and political structure. Our communal loss of work, love, sex, fighting, cleaning, pashing, drinking, throwing up, everything, physicalised as an artifact of what we as a people have endured. And just like listening to a love song that sings to that one breakup you had, this is an acid house remix that screams f**k you to the pandemic.
Company
Oli Mathiesen
Company / Artist Bio
Oli Mathiesen is a queer choreographer and dancer based in New Zealand (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi). He is an emerging artist, working nationally and internationally with some of Aotearoa and Australia's top companies, including Atamira Dance Company, Black Grace, The New Zealand Dance Company, The Farm, and performing in Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite's work. He is an accomplished choreographer characterized by an unwavering commitment to discipline and a relentless pursuit of excellence, drawing inspiration from his diverse communities.
Oli premiered his radical, award-winning show 'The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave' (2024) in the Auckland Pride Festival 2024 before touring to present at RISING 2025, Sydney's Liveworks Festival 2024, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024, Nelson Arts Festival 2024, Christchurch's Tiny Fest 2024, and New Zealand Fringe Festival 2024. The show was the first-time recipient of the 'PANNZ - Edinburgh Fringe Festival Summerhall Award' at the PANNZ Arts Market 2024, and received a subsequent 3 awards at the New Zealand Fringe Festival 2024. Oli also has choreographed works for Black Grace, Atamira Dance Company, and Tempo Dance Festival.
Location
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Audience
Adults - General
Venue suitability
Black boxProscenium archConcert hallSpiegeltent / temporary venueOutdoorsSite-specificAny - we're flexible
Reviews
"An extraordinary dance work; a marvellous simulation of an intensely vigorous, volatile and transcendent rave"
"An entirely cohesive, outstanding work. It's indicative of a realised creative vision. You can't help but marvel at it" - Theatreview
Duration
65 minutes
Touring Party
5
Previous Seasons
Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau
New Zealand
20 - 24 Feb 2024 | Basement Theatre
Auckland Pride Festival 2024
Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara
New Zealand
7 - 9 Mar 2024 | BATS Theatre
New Zealand Fringe Festival 2024
Melbourne | Naarm
Australia
11 - 12 Oct 2024 | Abbotsford Convent
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024
Sydney | Gadigal
Australia
23 - 27 Oct 2024 | Carriageworks
Liveworks Festival 2024 by Performance Space
Nelson | Whakatū
New Zealand
2 Nov 2024 | Theatre Royal Nelson
Nelson Arts Festival 2024
Christchurch | Ōtautahi
New Zealand
23 Nov 2024 | Tūranga Central Library
Tiny Fest 2024
Melbourne | Naarm
Australia
12 - 14 June 2025 | Buxton Contemporary
RISING 2025
Edinburgh | Dùn Èideann
Scotland
31 July - 25 August 2025 | Summerhall
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Estimated Remount Cost
$5 - 10k
Weekly Sell-Off Fee
$10 - 15k
Royalty %
5% | to be negotiated
Availability
2026202720282029 or later
Partners
Wolfgang Hoffmann - Aurora Nova - Europe/UK
Shona McCullagh - Human Garden - Asia/Pacific
Instagram
@oli_sen
Contact Name
Oli Mathiesen
Contact Phone
+64272221070
Contact Email
olimathiesen@gmail.com
Technical Specifications
Program information
Presentation date
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Presentation type
Pitch