For Art's Sake - In the Eye of the Beholder: Douglas Wright

Dance is about...the moment that is disappearing and as it disappears you are going into the next moment, and I think that death has something to teach us in that way, in allowing something to die.

– Choreographer Douglas Wright on the ephemeral nature of his art

I think the human body is obviously a battleground, where sort of the lines are drawn...of ownership, who owns your body, what you can do with it.

– Douglas Wright on society's 'rules' about bodies and acceptable presentation of relationships

From the earliest time I can remember, I felt compelled to move...

– Douglas Wright, writing in Landfall magazine, 2001

We...had to construct our own identity because we weren't given anything to mirror ourselves on when we were growing up ... I think we were incredibly fortunate to have to do that, difficult as it was.

– Douglas Wright on exploring ideas about social norms as a homosexual

I remember reading that Douglas said he wanted to make a tornado, something energetic and wild. That is what he did, and how I will remember him.

– Choreographer Sarah Foster-Sproull pays tribute to Douglas Wright, The Listener, 15 November 2018