In other Fringe dance productions Shian Law carries the weight of history, Leisa Prowd shows resilience and Joel Bray blurs gender and genre.
This story is part of our extensive coverage of the 2023 Melbourne Fringe. Find more reviews, interviews and a guide to what’s on in our collection.The Melbourne Fringe has kicked off! Here you can find a collection of reviews covering dance events across the festival.is bliss: a serene hour-long duet of swinging arms and soft footwork, performed beneath a magnificent ceiling installation of white sheets.
There are too many details and intricacies and refinements to mention: changes in tempo, moments of unexpected exchange, flashes of colour. It simply is must-see contemporary dance.What is it to carry the weight of history? And what happens when that becomes involuntarily inscribed on your body? ⟪—⟫ is Chinese for “one” – and this is where Law begins, testing out this feeling.
The stage is cluttered with antique furnishings and figures of different sizes shrouded with white sheets. Prowd clambers over the tables and desks. It’s hard work but her body is resilient. Humour and vulnerability are injected when each performer expresses a personal anecdote while crawling over one another in a revolving heap. Unfortunately, the stand-alone dance choreography doesn’t quite have the same impact. An audacious show that occasionally falls short in its execution., Roya the Destroya and Peter Sette aim to show why, despite all the challenges it entails, they pursue life as professional artists.
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