when: 29 August 2025 - 02 November 2025 | venue: Bondi Pavilion | cost: Free | address: Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach NSW 2026 | website: https://www.bondipavilion.com.au/whats_on/event/mating_dance
published: 28 Aug 2025, 5 min read
Mating Dance by Anna-Wili Highfield is an installation featuring life-sized brolgas in courtship formations, paying homage to Australia's principal dancing bird.
Crafted from cotton paper and brass, the sculptures are suspended like marionettes, frozen mid-ballet in a gesture of call, response, and mimicry.
Accompanied by Bree Van Reyk's sound piece, inspired by the brolga's bold trumpeting, Mating Dance captures the shared spirit between humans and animals. Highfield's sculptures explore the tension between material limitations and the complex realism of form.
Anna-Wili Highfield's sculptures are collected worldwide. They have been featured in numerous publications and held the cover of Sculpture Review USA. She has exhibited in Australia and overseas.
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Mating Dance by Anna-Wili Highfield is an installation featuring life-sized brolgas in courtship formations, paying homage to Australia's principal dancing bird.
Crafted from cotton paper and brass, the sculptures are suspended like marionettes, frozen mid-ballet in a gesture of call, response, and mimicry.
Accompanied by Bree Van Reyk's sound piece, inspired by the brolga's bold trumpeting, Mating Dance captures the shared spirit between humans and animals. Highfield's sculptures explore the tension between material limitations and the complex realism of form.
Anna-Wili Highfield's sculptures are collected worldwide. They have been featured in numerous publications and held the cover of Sculpture Review USA. She has exhibited in Australia and overseas.
Go see Mating Dance 2025.
Mating Dance 2025 is on 29 August 2025 - 02 November 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Bondi Beach. Call 02 9083 8400 for details. Visit their website at https://www.bondipavilion.com.au/whats_on/event/mating_dance.
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