Today, Future Forms, a new performance initiative created by EREZ and TANGUAY, announces its debut edition. Taking place January 30 at National Sawdust in New York City, the project introduces a bold hybrid format that merges electronic music, contemporary dance, and immersive spatial design. Designed to challenge conventional ideas of both performance and club culture, the night will also feature DJ sets from x3butterfly and Seb Wildblood.
Future Forms is a queer-founded, cross-genre performance project built around a direct dialogue between choreography and electronic composition. By placing dance music in conversation with professional contemporary dancers, the project explores how sound and movement shape one another in real time. The result is an environment that exists simultaneously as performance, participatory ritual, and club rave. Central to the concept is the removal of traditional boundaries between performer and audience, inviting attendees into a more embodied and active role throughout the evening.
The initiative is led by EREZ, an artist, producer, and DJ whose career spans electronic and experimental music. She has performed at major festivals including Coachella and Outside Lands, and has supported artists such as Gorillaz, Dom Dolla, and Michael Bibi. She is also the founder of In the Open, a queer event series and label based in Los Angeles. Alongside her is TANGUAY, a movement artist and choreographer currently working with Gibney Company, one of the leading contemporary dance companies in the world. Her practice extends across stage, film, and cultural spaces, with movement direction credits for Vogue, Brain Dead, and NOWNESS, among others. Together, they are shaping Future Forms as an ongoing performance series and collaborative platform where dance and electronic sound collide to create new modes of expression.
Emerging from the duo’s intimate studio practice, Future Forms unfolds across three chapters over the course of the night, with the connection between the two creators remaining central to the work. The debut edition introduces two sections, BASE and OUTPUT, with a third chapter set to premiere in future iterations. BASE establishes the project’s core musical and movement language through live original compositions by EREZ, paired with choreography by TANGUAY and performed by an exceptional cast of internationally acclaimed contemporary dancers. OUTPUT then expands the experience into a full rave environment, guided by a carefully curated DJ lineup aligned with the sonic world of Future Forms.
At its core, the project is about reconnecting people with their bodies and reclaiming the dance floor as a space of genuine freedom. The presence of professional dancers performing in raw, unfiltered expression encourages the audience to move past inhibition and sink deeper into their own physical and emotional experience. Where nightlife often functions as a form of escape, Future Forms invites connection through the ritual of dance, guiding participants from observer to performer over the course of the night.
A defining element of Future Forms is the partnership between EREZ and TANGUAY, not only as collaborators but as life partners whose queer relationship shapes the project’s foundation. Their shared connection informs both the creative development and the overall structure of the performance, translating private exploration into a communal experience rooted in trust, vulnerability, and shared presence.
The project is supported by a team of internationally recognized collaborators whose previous work includes projects with Radiohead, Sampha, Four Tet, and FKA Twigs. Their contributions help shape the production’s sonic, visual, and spatial identity, unifying performance and nightlife into a single, cohesive experience.
The debut takes place at National Sawdust, a meticulously curated audiophile venue equipped with a $1.5 million Meyer Sound system featuring full surround sound delivered through 120 speakers across all four walls. The space has previously hosted performances by David Byrne, Four Tet, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, making it an ideal setting for Future Forms to introduce its immersive, boundary-pushing vision.
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