[MIS]CONCEIVE
PERFORMANCE SEASONS
- MELBOURNE, VIC MAY 2016 @ NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL, NORTHCOTE TOWNHALL - WORLD PREMIERE
- SYDNEY, NSW JUNE 2016 @ AFTERGLOW FESTIVAL, PACT THEATRE
- TORONTO, CANADA JULY 2017 @ LIVING RITUAL FESTIVAL, FLECK DANCE THEATRE HARBOURFRONT CENTRE
- BRISBANE, QLD FEBRUARY 2018 @ SUPERCELL DANCE FESTIVAL, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE THEATRE
- LISMORE, NSW JUNE 2018 @ NORTHERN RIVERS PERFORMING ARTS, NORPA
- NOOSA, QLD JULY 2019 @ NOOSA ALIVE!, NOOSA ARTS THEATRE
- ADELAIDE, SA MARCH 2020 @ ADELAIDE FRINGE, NGUNYAWAYITI THEATRE TANDANYA
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REVIEWS
DANCE AUSTRALIA - DENISE RICHARDSON
What does an Aboriginal Australian person look like? Act like? Sound like? Do they all have black skin, live in the bush and are they naked?
Extracting contemporary gestural motif from Aboriginal archetypes, MIS]CONCEIVE’s hip-hop, physical percussion and rhythmic cultural pattern is expressive and immediate. Through the assertion of a continuous Aboriginal dance canon, the aesthetic rejects, reveals and re-educates modern (mis)understandings of Indigeneity, [MIS]CONCEIVE argues that ‘knowledge’ does not equal comprehension. Books are not their covers. One size does not fit all.
Kelly and his ensemble move
with assured physicality in this high-energy work that pulses with humour, play and personal stories. Voice and body become pathways to traditional dance and song, as repetition and disguise make way for moments of discovery. [MIS]CONCEIVE brings audiences through the past, to understand the present, and move forward into a better future.
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CHOREOGRAPHER
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
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ORIGINAL CAST
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
TAREE SANSBURY
CALEENA SANSBURY
NATALIE PELAREK
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ADDITIONAL CAST
YUKINO MCHUGH
LIBBY MONTILLA
EMILY FLANNERY
OLIVIA ADAMS
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COMPOSER
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
AWARDS
2017 OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY BY AN EMERGING ARTIST/CHOREOGRAPHER - GREEN ROOM AWARDS
2020 BANK SA BEST DANCE AWARD - ADELAIDE FRINGE
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PHOTO CREDIT
SIMON WOOD
THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED WITH SUPPORT FROM;
AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL
CREATE NSW
BLACKTOWN ARTS CENTRE