Beautiful Science Gallery, Tūhura Otago Museum

Open Daily 10am-5pm

FREE

Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts present their internationally award-winning dance film Ad Parnassum — Purapurawhetū, recreated for immersive VR and full dome transmission. The heart of this project draws inspiration from Māori, Mediterranean and European cultures, as well as paying homage to Paul Klee's painting Ad Parnassum through digital augmentations of Mount Parnassus as a temple or wharenui.

Director Daniel Belton’s film edit and design re-choreographs the prerecorded dance to synchronise with Gillian Whitehead's music that steers the narrative through nine interconnecting dance solos linking to Delphi and the Muses of Antiquity.

The exhibition in the Beautiful Science Gallery includes a showcase of the original couture garments worn by the dancers created by Kate Sylvester.