Dancehouse's Housemate Residency Program is supporting the development and presentation of the extraordinary new work of Gabrielle Nankivell.

This evocatively titled new work is her choreographic debut as a solo artist and an exciting entry to the Australian choreographic scene.

I left my shoes on warm concrete and stood in the rain is a performance that examines struggle as an inherent quality of being human. The audience is invited to experience intense physicality and haunting words framed by Benjamin Cisterne's (Bluebottle) design and a striking soundtrack by Luke Smiles.

Harnessing the imagination as a physical force, I left my shoes on warm concrete and stood in the rain is a visual poem for anyone who has taken the enchanting qualities of their broken world and built a fairytale as inspiration to survive.

Gabrielle Nankivell belongs to a generation of international artists that are creating work across multiple countries.