[ gameboy ] — Amy Zhang

About

Presented by Dancehouse, Sydney Dance Company and Australian Dance Theatre as part of ORBIT.

— Who's in control?

Two avatars are dropped into a series of escalating challenges. As they complete each level, they’re asked to consider how far they’ll go to ‘win’.

Choreographer Amy Zhang brings her signature of fusion of street styles and contemporary to explore the collision between the real and the virtual in a work that is as irreverently fun as it is physically virtuosic.

Taking inspiration from Japanese game shows, The Sims, and the strangest corners of the internet, [ gameboy ] is a raucously renegade work that steps inside the screen and slyly looks back.

If life is a game, who’s holding the controllers?

Director & Choreographer Amy Zhang

Collaborators & Performers William ‘Billy’ Keohavong and Ko Yamada

Sound Designer Jackson Gracia

Contributing Composer Maxwell ‘Thv Flood’ Douglas

Lighting Design Theodore Carrol

Associate Choreographer Jasmin Luna

This project is developed with the support of Critical Path, Metro Arts and Mad Dance House.

ORBIT is a new touring program designed to take independent dance to the next level. Led by Australian Dance Theatre (SA), Dancehouse (VIC) and Sydney Dance Company (NSW), ORBIT will see exceptional independent choreographic works slingshot to multiple cities on a fully supported tour.

ORBIT’s 2026 program will feature Agitato byJo Lloyd, Charcoal by Keia McGrady, [ gameboy ] by Amy Zhang and Future History by Gabrielle Nankivell.