In partnership with Western-Sydney megacrew, The Pioneers, PIONEERS is PYT Fairfield’s new major dance work. 

PIONEERS brings young queer and CALD Western-Sydney artists together to explore dance, activism, and identity through the contemporary social, psychological, and physical relationships with public space. 

As the artists from PIONEERS claim their space and time, they will invite audiences to participate in their activism as the event culminates into a collective dance. The dance will invigorate and reinforce optimism, freedom and reclaim the beauty and urgency of young people’s survival in the 21st century.

With love and dedication to dance – second to none – The Pioneers are Australia’s bravest dance crew.

Director Eliam Royalness
Performers / Devisors Jamaica Moana, Neda Taha, Rennard Velasco, Roseleen Maano and Eliam Royalness
Music Jamaica Moana
Visual Artist Feras Shaheen
Mentor / Dramaturg Nick Powers
Choreographic Support Larissa McGowan
Lighting Designer Elyse Drenth
Creative Producer PYT Fairfield, Gabriela Green Olea

Tour History
Blacktown Arts (Blacktown Arts) -15, 16 March 2024
Customs House, Circular Quay (City of Sydney’s Art & About) – 7, 8, 9 March 2024
Preview Season Crescent Plaza, Fairfield (Sydney WorldPride) – 15, 16, 18 February 2023

Development History
2023 – PYT Fairfield
2022 – PYT Fairfield
2021 – PYT Fairfield
2020 – PYT Fairfield

PIONEERS is proudly supported by the Australian Council for the Arts and the NSW Government through Create NSW.

Image credit: Anna Kucera