PERFORMANCE: Inhabitation Kalamunda - A 4-hour performance in the bush, Sun 15 Mar, 2pm-6pm, Piesse Brook.
INHABITATION Kalamunda
......RUNNING AT AN EDGE BETWEEN PERFORMANCE AND LIFE......
A free 4-hour performance in the bush.
15 March 09, 2pm–6pm
Kalamunda National Park - Piesse Brook.
FOLLOW SIGNS FROM HUMMERSTON ROAD, LEFT ONTO SCHIPP ROAD at the bottom of the hill, opposite Aldersyde Road.
COME PREPARED FOR BEING OUTDOORS AND WALKING/SITTING IN THE BUSH.
MEET AT THE WHITE GATE.
NEAREST FACILITIES - 6 mins drive at Jorgensen Park)
We will be walking for no more than 15 minutes into the bush from the carpark.
(Image: Performer Caitlin McLoughlin from Marnie Orr’ s most recent outdoor performance series for Bridgetown Film Festival. Taken in Maslin Reserve where the bush was devastated by fire in January. Photo: Marnie Orr.)
‘INHABITATION Kalamunda’ is a contemporary performance in the bush, presented in a stunning ‘biodiversity hotspot’ within Kalamunda National Park (recently re-named Mundy Regional Park). Local professional performers Michelle Outram, Maitland Schnaars, Caitlin McLoughlin and Thomas Kelly are from different backgrounds including dance, physical theatre and live art/performance art and come together for this unique performance under the direction of dance maker Marnie Orr.
Audiences are invited to view and observe from the shade of nearby trees and are free to move around the site. The presentation lasts for four hours so come and go as you please. Bring a rug. We will be walking 15 minutes into the bush.
Unlike street theatre the four performers are not on stage, but are bodies moving in the land negotiating the terrain. In this way, the performance aspires to feature the surrounds, rather than the bodies constantly being the focus. For instance, the image above taken during Marnie Orr’s last presentation in Bridgetown shows performer Caitlin McLoughlin responding to the realities of the fire devastation that this Bridgetown location, Maslin Reserve, underwent.
This new style of performance brings to the forefront people’s relation to their environments, where the place that the performance occurs drives the meaning of the work.
Choreographer Marnie Orr describes her art as live research, where performers work within highly structured improvisation. Marnie has been presenting site-based dance work since 1999, having recently returned to her home town of Perth after four years performing throughout UK and Europe. As part of a 6-week artist residency at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Arts (CIA) in West Perth, Marnie coached the performers in a style of physical training called Bodyweather which has been developing world-wide since it began in Japan in the late 70’s.
......RUNNING AT AN EDGE BETWEEN PERFORMANCE AND LIFE......
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| performance program - front & back |
15 March 09, 2pm–6pm
Kalamunda National Park - Piesse Brook.
FOLLOW SIGNS FROM HUMMERSTON ROAD, LEFT ONTO SCHIPP ROAD at the bottom of the hill, opposite Aldersyde Road.
COME PREPARED FOR BEING OUTDOORS AND WALKING/SITTING IN THE BUSH.
MEET AT THE WHITE GATE.
NEAREST FACILITIES - 6 mins drive at Jorgensen Park)
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| performance program - inside |
(Image: Performer Caitlin McLoughlin from Marnie Orr’ s most recent outdoor performance series for Bridgetown Film Festival. Taken in Maslin Reserve where the bush was devastated by fire in January. Photo: Marnie Orr.)
‘INHABITATION Kalamunda’ is a contemporary performance in the bush, presented in a stunning ‘biodiversity hotspot’ within Kalamunda National Park (recently re-named Mundy Regional Park). Local professional performers Michelle Outram, Maitland Schnaars, Caitlin McLoughlin and Thomas Kelly are from different backgrounds including dance, physical theatre and live art/performance art and come together for this unique performance under the direction of dance maker Marnie Orr.
Audiences are invited to view and observe from the shade of nearby trees and are free to move around the site. The presentation lasts for four hours so come and go as you please. Bring a rug. We will be walking 15 minutes into the bush.
Unlike street theatre the four performers are not on stage, but are bodies moving in the land negotiating the terrain. In this way, the performance aspires to feature the surrounds, rather than the bodies constantly being the focus. For instance, the image above taken during Marnie Orr’s last presentation in Bridgetown shows performer Caitlin McLoughlin responding to the realities of the fire devastation that this Bridgetown location, Maslin Reserve, underwent.
This new style of performance brings to the forefront people’s relation to their environments, where the place that the performance occurs drives the meaning of the work.
Choreographer Marnie Orr describes her art as live research, where performers work within highly structured improvisation. Marnie has been presenting site-based dance work since 1999, having recently returned to her home town of Perth after four years performing throughout UK and Europe. As part of a 6-week artist residency at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Arts (CIA) in West Perth, Marnie coached the performers in a style of physical training called Bodyweather which has been developing world-wide since it began in Japan in the late 70’s.