Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator
The emotion and energy of events that have passed (and those appearing over the horizon) pervade our cells and our memories. Devastation, celebration, control and submission flood our experiences and re-emerge in our posture and gestures. Each body is a unique archival document, becoming increasingly inscribed by multiple histories of presence, perseverance, physical dissolve and reincarnation.
Within Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator, the body speaks with a dramatic disposition, like history itself.
Each of us is the Landscape, The Dictator, The Public. Each of us is The Pacifist and The Aggressor. We are Time and Timeless – an artefact in flux. There is no linearity or central figure in this story. We are all part of this narrative.
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Performers: Lilian Steiner, Lydia Connolly-Hiatt & Reuben Lewis
Sound: Marco Cher-Gibard & Reuben Lewis
Costume: Geoffrey Watson
Lighting: Jennifer Hector
Backdrop: Tom Pendergast
Photos: Jacqui Shelton & Gregory Lorenzutti
Video Documentation: James Wright
Duration: 50 Minutes
This project will premiere at Dance Massive 2019 at The Substation.
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* Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator was initially commissioned as a 20 minute work as part of the Keir Choreographic Award 2018. The award was generously supported by the Keir Foundation, Dancehouse (Melbourne), Carriageworks (Sydney), The Australia Council for The Arts and City of Yarra.
Photos by Gregory Lorenzutti (top left, bottom right) & Jacqui Shelton (all remaining)