General 1 — Peggy Baker

FluxDelux is a no-experience-required movement game. Movement scores, created and narrated by choreographers Peggy Baker, Jera Wolfe and Jaz ‘Fairy J’ Simone provide a simple set of guidelines for you to follow and interpret in your own, unique way. Highly flexible, community presenters can also offer an in-person group workshop/performance experience. FluxDelux is recommended for ages 9 - 90. Participants share in the creation of a spontaneous choreography either on their feet, or using a wheelchair, or any other mobility device. Peggy Baker Dance Projects offers this experience to you completely free! Simply hit the play button below on the streaming audio to begin your Flux Delux experience.

For Presenters: in a group setting in which the participants access the sound file via handheld devices and earphones at staggered start times, the result is a multi-layered, ever-evolving and constantly recalibrating spontaneous choreography. Throughout FluxDelux, participants navigate new and creative physical experiences that explore how we can all share space, hold space, and make space together. A gloriously eventful collective choreography arises through surprising, poetic, and empathetic encounters with others (within an imperative of social distancing, if in force).

Creative technologist: Jacob Niedzwiecki

Soundscape created by Joshua Van Tassel

FluxDelux was originally created in 2015 in partnership with Tangled Art + Disability and with Year 11 students from Rosedale Heights School of the Arts.

Frequently Asked Questions by presenters:

How long will it take?

The timing for FluxDelux is flexible. The full FluxDelux score with all three choreographic adventures lasts roughly 30 minutes.

What is the best space to present FluxDelux?

FluxDelux can be presented either indoors or outdoors on flat surfaces suitable for mobility devices. This updated version has been designed specifically to adapt to COVID-19 health, safety and physical distancing guidelines.

Do participants need to arrive at the same time?

No! The participant is in charge of when to press play on their device. So, they can begin at any time during the presentation.

What do participants need?

A smartphone, a set of headphones, and a sense of adventure! For participants without a device, printed instructions can be posted around the space to provide guidelines for taking part. It’s also possible to play the audio through speakers in the room for all the participants to follow simultaneously.

What age group is this for?

FluxDelux is recommended for anyone 9 – 90+ years. Canes, strollers, walkers and wheelchairs are all welcomed.

What group participants will need:

a smartphone and headphones ideally
sensible shoes
comfortable clothes that are easy to move in
make sure you have a safe pocket for your device
water bottle
your sense of adventure
travel light
avoid heavy or unwieldy bags

The guidelines:

Flux is a dance without contact among the performers. It’s all about sharing space harmoniously, and as we play we will not touch, brush against or bump into anyone else.

Simple guidelines for moving and stopping set a group of people in motion creating ever-evolving, constantly recalibrating, gloriously spontaneous choreography.

Here are the five guidelines for Flux:

1. move into the open space on a curving pathway

2. speed up or slow down

3. pause and be still

4. follow the pathway of someone else

5. copy any movements you see around you