Journeys
Amelia Long & Short Order
20th June - Saturday
7-8pm
Location: Tiny Bus, Bay 8
ticketed, party, experimental, poetry, music
An immersive live rave performance inside a stationary bus, combining improvised movement and DJing to explore travel, transition, and connection. Blurring the boundary between performer and audience, the work transforms the still interior into an open, evolving atmosphere shaped by curiosity, participation, and change.
With a live DJ set from Short Order, Amelia and Jemima transform the bus into an “open rave” space—accessible, spontaneous, and alive—blurring the boundary between performer and audience.
Rooted in themes of travel, transition, and human connection, the work reflects their recent relocation from the UK to Aotearoa, holding space for feelings of displacement, excitement, searching, and the unknown. Through an evolving landscape of sound and movement, Journeys invites both observation and participation within a shared environment that remains still yet constantly shifting in energy.
About
Amelia Long is a UK-born dance artist now based in Otautahi. They trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. They also attended the BRIT School and participated in the National Youth Dance Company in association with Sadler's Wells. Amelia’s practice is deeply rooted in improvisation and musicality, using movement as a responsive and intuitive form of expression.
Their work often explores rhythm, spontaneity, and embodied connection through collaborative and performance-based processes. Previously, Amelia performed with the Glitterbomb Dancers, a queer cabaret collective, appearing in performances across the UK, including a tour of Cracked Nuts, a cabaret-inspired reimagining of The Nutcracker. They have also collaborated with Escape Projects to create the duet Dress Rehearsal, which was presented at the NAF (New Age Fundraiser) Mini Festival in Leeds.
Short Order (fka Jamurai) is a UK-born DJ and producer now based in Otautahi. Her sound is bass-heavy, high-energy, and rooted ub the UK underground, blending percussive rhythms with wide-ranging selections moving through garage, to breaks, baile to jungle. She holds residencies with Northern Jungle and Bristol FLINTA queer party Misscoteque, and has performed at historic rave institutions including The Cause and Glastonbury, alongside appearances across Germany, Amsterdam, and Croatia. Tipped as an "exciting future talent" by Bristol's Nightlife Mag, she has shared lineups with Joy Orbison, Neffa-T, and DJ Flight.