Silhouettes of two ballet dancers, one lifting the other, against a pink-purple gradient background with a geometric chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

Lux

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)


2024

In this work, Masukawa conveys the dancers’ energy, progress, and passion.

Returning to WAAPA, where she studied, she found that working with the dancers highlighted the echoes and cycles that drive the ongoing evolution of classical dance.

She draws inspiration from the aesthetics of the 1970 Osaka World Expo and the architecture of Kenzo Tange. The Expo’s theme, “Progress and Harmony for Humanity,” marked a clear shift between epochs in Japan—an aspirational gesture toward a new future.

I feel that same sense of possibility when I am in the studio with these dancers - Yuiko Masukawa

Choreographer
 Yuiko Masukawa

Composer & Sound Composition
 Alisdair Macindoe

Dancers
 WAAPA 2nd Year Students

Lighting Designer
 Brianna Stanton

Set & Costume Designer
 Clay Chase

Production Manager
 Elysia Harris

Stage Manager
 Amelia Dosualdo

Head of Sound
 Sam Jones

Sound Crew
 Kade Cataldo, Tenille Warren

Head Electrician
 Luke Smith

Costume Supervisor
 Imogen Safe

Photography
 Stephen Heath

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  • Two ballet dancers in red costumes performing on stage against a dark blue background.

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  • Two ballet dancers, one in a green costume and the other in a red costume, performing a dance move on stage with a blue background and a geometric hanging structure above them.

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  • Ballet dancers practicing on stage, with one dancer being lifted horizontally by two others, and three dancers in green and red costumes in various poses, against a blue backdrop.

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  • Ballet dancers performing on stage with a red background and geometric art hanging above, with some dancers in green and others in red costumes.

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  • Silhouettes of two ballet dancers performing on stage with a pinkish background, and a geometric floral light fixture hanging above.

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