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WA talent: Dancer Jess Lewis in Inhabitate dance performance22-24 JANUARY 2010
BRIDGETOWN WA
Inhabitate Blackwood Dance and Art Installation Programme
during Bridgetown's 2010
STREAM DREAMING DIGITAL MEDIA & ARTS FESTIVAL
http://www.streamdreaming.com.au
Inhabitate Multimedia Dance – main event
Sat 7:30pm
Blackwood River Park
An outdoor multi-media dance performance spectacle along the Blackwood River and under the town bridge. Featuring a talented WA cast & crew of 9 artists, Inhabitate is a cross-cultural exploration combining Australian stories and other collected accounts of water and fire.
The narrative unfolds over several days – prologuing at Friday’s Karafilis Winery opening, concluding during Sunday’s markets engaging with the River Walk sculptures, with the main event on Saturday evening.
Inhabitate Dance – Prologue performance
Fri 22 Jan, from 6pm
Karafilis Winery Opening
A brief dance performance introducing the Inhabitate story.
$30 tickets. Dress: Smart. Food & full evening of music & dance entertainment included.
Inhabitate Dance – Epilogue performance
Sunday, during the markets, from 10am
Blackwood River Park.
Free event.
Come check out the sculpture walk along the river!
A dance performance installation concluding the story.
ARTISTS
Dance: Carly Armstrong (Canberra), Stuart Ashbil (WA), Jess Lewis (WA), Michelle Outram (NSW)
Sound: Kinshin Riders (UK)
Lighting: Simon Wise (NSW)
Video: Mia Holton (S Africa), Justin Morrissey (WA) with dancing by Quindell Orton (WA)
Creative Producer: Marnie Orr (WA)
BACKGROUND of Inhabitate programme
Over January/February and June/July 2009, a total of sixteen local, interstate and overseas media and dance/performance artists collaborated across their disciplines researching the lived body’s relation to place. Led by Marnie Orr, various intensive projects were held at either end of the Yilgarn crator – Australia’s biggest single formation mantle rock (granite), in both the hills of Perth and in local significant sites surrounding Bridgetown. Investigations ranged from sense perception to biodiversity and were held in consultation with local environment groups. The Inhabitate Blackwood programme is the latest presentation of that ongoing research.
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***MEDIA RELEASE***
Extraordinary talent is often leaving the state, but not for Inhabitate, an outdoor multimedia dance show presented on Bridgetown’s Blackwood River, literally! Next weekend before Australia Day, local producer Marnie Orr brings the cast & crew of 12 to Bridgetown’s Stream Dreaming Digital Media Arts & Film Festival, 22-24 January 2010.
Combining local, national and overseas creative talent, Inhabitate brings together contemporary dance, original and ‘mashup’ electronic sounds, lighting, site-specific installation, video projections, costume, and writing.
As the audience follows the performance along the river's course, the dance develops along and in the water, featuring a boat, oversized balloons and a giant parachute dress. All this with the magnificent backdrop of the 25 metre-high Bridgetown bridge!
Stories and local experiences of fire, water, love and work make up the various themes within the piece.
Tickets available via the Bridgetown Visitor Centre for $15 adults.
Phone 9761 1740
*** ENJOY AN AFTERNOON BY THE BEAUTIFUL BLACKWOOD RIVER AT THE STREAM DREAMING FESTIVAL.
TIM WINTON'S SHORT FILM SCREENS IN THE AFTERNOON SESSION – The Water Was Deep and it Went Forever Down
AND Stone Bros FEATURE FILM FOLLOWS THE DANCE SHOW, starring Luke Carroll. City based Eddie sets off on a road trip to reconnect with his blackfella roots by taking a sacred stone back to his hometown.***