Echo Mapping

Stripped back to its rawest elements—no sets, no spectacle—this is dance in its purest form, just body, voice, and live music in constant conversation.

Jack’s live score moves from subtle textures to thundering beats to ethereal trumpet, while Azzam performs both voice and body. His movement shifts from commanding stillness to fluid yet intense choreography, singing Sudanese melodies recorded, looped and manipulated by Jack into a mesmerising sonic atmosphere.

Performed in the round, Echo Mapping places you at the centre of the experience, surrounded by the evocative Arthur Boyd paintings of the Man on Fire: Visions of Nebuchadnezzar exhibition. Every breath, every beat, every movement is magnified—drawing you into a shared, visceral journey that is both deeply personal and powerfully collective.

Expect to leave transformed, exhilarated, and completely immersed.

“This pared-back duet is mesmerising… trance-like.” — Stephen Wilson Barker, The Conversation

“Brims over with raw, euphoric authenticity that is infectious and culturally rich.” — Sydney Morning Herald, on Azzam Mohamed’s Katma

CREATIVE TEAM
Co-creators Azzam Mohamed & Jack Prest
Choreographer/dancer Azzam Mohamed
Composer/Musician Jack Prest
Dramaturg Anna Tregloan
Production & lighting Neil Simpson
Producer Intimate Spectacle (Harley Stumm & Malcolm Whittaker)

Azzam Mohamed is a dancer, performer, and educator. He has been dancing for more than 13 years, and has trained in an array of different dance styles, from Afro-House and Kuduro to HipHop, Popping and House. Azzam curated and directed Sculptured Riddims for Sydney Festival 2024, three club nights of street dancers responding to Michael Shaw’s inflatable sculpture Hi-Vis in the Thirsty Mile festival club space. His recent full length work Katma, produced by PYT Fairfield, premiered to rave reviews at Sydney Festival 2025. Exploring party and club culture, Katma drew inspiration from dance parties in Sudan, Sydney, and New York exploring elements and rituals from those events and translating the essence of this cultural movement into a joyous dance/theatre event. He’s a member of the Board of Critical Path.

Jack Prest works as a composer, mix/master/recording engineer and interdisciplinary artist. His practice incorporates electronic, avant-garde and ambient music, sound art, new media, video and performance. He is a senior engineer at Studios 301, Australia’s most prestigious recording facility. Azzam and Jack’s duet Echo Mapping premiered at AGNSW in 2024, before touring to Northern Australia Festival of Arts Townsville and a return home season in Sydney Festival 2026. His most recent work as composer was with collaborator Azzam Mohammed on Katma at Sydney Festival 2025.