Melbourne Fringe 2017 Presents Nebahat Erpolat's SHOP I AM

Choreographer and winner of the Best Dance Award at the 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival Nebahat Erpolat returns to the festival to present her latest performance piece Shop I Am. Held over four evenings at No Vacancy Gallery, amd programmed for the 2017 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Shop I Am is a site-specific work examining the behaviour of fashion on our society.

Nebahat Erpolat cleverly makes references to popular culture, art and music to engage viewers to rethink fashion and societal identities that are associated with the industry. Two dancers, Emma Riches and Benjamin Hurley, move freely throughout the gallery space. Both rely on human reaction and a wearer or performer to have the ability to question, comment and communicate to audiences through a shared understanding of the body.

Nebahat Erpolat is a choreographer and dancer based between Melbourne and Berlin. She works across genres, encompassing sound art, installation art, site-specific performance, text and dance. Her recent dance performance Emptying the Bucket was awarded Best Dance Award at 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival. In 2017, Erpolat has worked with Marrugeku on Burrbgaja Yalirra for Sydney Festival, and is currently is working with Outer Urban Projects on a dance production 'Vessel'.

Shop I Am will have its World Premiere at 2017 Melbourne Fringe Festival from Wednesday 27th to Saturday 30th of September.

For more information visit www.melbournefringe.com.au/event/shop-i-am.