40-LOVE
by Jonathan Homsey
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40-LOVE (2026) by Jonathan Homsey. Photo by Wild Hardt.
— Tennis is the game. Krump and Vogue across the net.
40-LOVE queers the tennis match.
Centring the rally of tennis and Krump’s passing the buck, 40-LOVE is an improvised dance performance set to the 2025 Australian Open Women’s Final between Madison Keys and Aryna Sabalenka.
40-LOVE transforms the match by using experimental and conventional Audio Description as choreographic instructions, abstracting bodily direction and technique through a collision of Vogue’s geometric precision and Krump’s explosive theatrics. By framing the dance within this game structure, 40-LOVE highlights how movement can empower performers and audiences through choice, response, and failure.
Using Dr Jonathan Homsey’s research on the abstraction of Street and Club dance styles, 40-LOVE is driven by gamification, transforming tennis into a camp celebration of agency and an invitation to have some fun.
Choreographer Dr. Jonathan Homsey
Performer Artemiz as Aryna Sabalenka
Performer Chantal 007 Revlon as Madison Keys
40-LOVE is presented by Melbourne Fringe and Dancehouse. This project has been Fringe Funded, as part of Pulse.
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Dr. Jonathan ‘Jonni’ Homsey has championed street dance culture since 2002. Born in Hong Kong and raised in the USA, his accolades include the 2013 Melbourne Fringe Award for Best Emerging Producer, the 2021 Green Room Award for Best Dance Production for I Am Maggie, the 2022 Melbourne Fringe Director’s Choice, and the 2024 City of Melbourne Arts & Heritage Collection Residency. As an emerging academic, Jonni researches choreographic empowerment and his philosophy of Soft Participation.
Artemiz began dancing in 2010, dedicating the past eight years to krump — competing nationally and internationally. She represents crews, including Antagonise Krump Fam, and co-facilitates Mind Over Mutant, a women’s collective that mentors newcomers in krump culture, history, and self-expression.
Chantal 007 Revlon is a Naarm-based multidisciplinary performer and ballroom community leader. Trained in hip-hop, Afro-dance, and vogue femme, she has credits spanning Baker Boy to Ne-Yo. In 2025, she trained at Joffrey Ballet School’s Hip-Hop intensive in New York and won two Grand Prizes at NYC’s OTA Weekly. She has just returned from a training trip to France, funded by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust.
