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[Published in Beat, Issue #1317, April 25 2012] The realm of childhood is a liminal zone. Unable to fend for ourselves, we are beholden to adults to teach us about the world. Our character, our worldview and our values are already beginning to take shape, many aspects of which will stay with us through our […]
October 21, 2011
[Published on Beat.com.au, October 22 2011] The Orwellian notion of ‘doublethink’, upon which Byron Perry’s latest show is based, is a rich concept for performance. But while Orwell’s theory holds strong political connotations, describing a dualistic mode of thought necessary to retain one’s sanity under totalitarianism, Perry translates this idea into a purely visual register. […]
October 5, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1289, October 5 2011] Phillip Adams is something of a mad scientist in the world of choreography. Since starting his company Balletlab in 1999, Adams has been creating spectacular Frankensteins across a now prolific career – works that fuse the traditional and the avant-garde, dance and visual art, all of which […]
October 5, 2011
[Published in Beat Magazine, Issue 1289, October 5 2011] The language of words and the language of dance may appear as opposing lexicons. The first is cerebral while the second is corporeal, manifesting the Cartesian dualism between mind and body. But according to choreographer Byron Perry, their polarity, like most oppositions, is largely illusory. They […]
August 17, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1282, August 17 2011] It is a question that has reverberated through sibling rivalries and schoolyard brawls for eons. In recent years, it has become the central conundrum of any reality show, on any television screen, the world over. But according to performance collective post (a group who stridently refuse capitalisation), […]
August 10, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1281, August 10 2011] I Left My Shoes on Warm Concrete and Stood in the Rain is a highly evocative phrase. For me, it speaks of the summers of my coastal adolescence. It is those midnight downpours that catch you unaware on the trek home from the foreshore. It is welcome […]
July 20, 2011
[Published on beat.com.au, July 20 2011] The magic of Small Odysseys, the latest show by Melbourne performance collective Rawcus, belongs to another era. In an age where your imagination is limited only by your dexterity with a keyboard, the show’s handcrafted illusions take on a heightened sense of wonder. There is a physicality to Small Odysseys’ miniature […]
July 13, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1277, July 13 2011] Small Odysseys, the title of the upcoming production by Melbourne performance collective Rawcus, is something of an oxymoron. Since the Homeric epic, an odyssey has always suggested a voyage of mythic proportions – they are, by definition, never a small undertaking. Yet this playful paradox is very […]
April 25, 2012
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