How to Build a Universe

EXTENDED PLAY | 2024

Costume Andi Walker · Costume Assistant Rowan Wootten · Choreography Jamaal Burkmar · Production by Extended Play · Video YDT Studios · Photography Sarah Hickson

How To Build A Universe is the latest production from choreographer Jamaal Burkmar. Five people find themselves in a blank void between worlds. Led by a mysterious voice, they set out on an adventure to create a new universe, one shape at a time. As they dance their way through a cosmic orientation, echoes of past creations rise and fall.

“Look at where you are and just try…just try and recall how you got here.”

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