The UK premiere of Australian artist Rochelle Hayley's performance, A Sun Dance, is coming to Tate St Ives.

It will take place on Saturday, September 21, coinciding with the autumn equinox.

An ensemble of international and South West-based dancers, as well as a musician, will follow the path of the sun as it passes through Tate St Ives.

They will create kaleidoscopic shapes and contemplative movement and sound for audiences to encounter throughout the day, using and playing with the building itself.

At its core, the work is a relation between dancer, sunlight, sound, and architecture.

(Image: Rochelle Haley/Kerrie Brewer)

To further celebrate the work, following the premiere of A Sun Dance, Tate St Ives will present a special day of screenings and talks, continuing the themes of dance in the museum.

Screenings will include the film A Sun Dance, made at the international premiere of the work at the National Gallery of Australia in February 2024.

Deep Time Moving (process films), a series of four short films by dancer and filmmaker Eleanor Sikorski in collaboration with Kyra Norman, will also be shown.

These films open and reframe some of the research and development process for Deep Time Moving, a live movement-led interdisciplinary performance event initiated by artist and choreographer Kyra Norman.

(Image: Rochelle Haley/Kerrie Brewer)

On Sunday, September 22, a series of film screenings and conversations with curators and performers will reflect on the process of transmission between artwork, people, and locations.

Film screenings begin at 10.30am and repeat on the hour until the talk at 2pm.

Speakers include Rochelle Haley, artist A Sun Dance, Louise Lawson, Head of Conservation, Tate, Saskia Scott, Producer, National Gallery of Australia, and Melanie Stidolph, Curator, Public Programme, Tate St Ives.

A gallery admission ticket, Tate Membership, or Locals Pass is required to attend the events.

Events are drop-in, apart from the talk on Sunday, September 22, at 2pm, which requires booking via the Tate St Ives website or by calling 01736 796 226.