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 SEASONS

-MELBOURNE, VIC, MAY 2019 @ NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL NORTHCOTE TOWNHALL - WORLD PREMIERE

-MURRAY BRIDGE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, JULY 2019 @ MURRAY BRIDGE TOWNHALL

-PORT ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, JULY 2019 @ VITALSTATISTICS

-BRISBANE, QLD, FEBRUARY 2020 @ QPAC

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REVIEWS

ARTS REVIEW - DAVID COLLINS

STAGE WHISPERS - MICHAEL BRINDLEY

ARTSHUB - FREDERICA CASO

STAGE WHISPERS - BETH KEEHN

As Mother Nature's fate hangs by a thread, we find ourselves scrambling for a lifeline. Though sometimes tangled, does the connection to our ancestry reveal a way forward?

mi:wi refers to the invisible ties we have to our past and future, people and country. In this dance theatre work, choreographer and performer Taree Sansbury thoughtfully re-connects three Indigenous women through the practice of Ngarrindjeri weaving.

Looking back and moving forward with growing sense of urgency, mi:wi speaks to the impacts of climate change while emphasising future lineages' passage in continuing cultural knowledge. With one eye on the future and the other on the past, Sansbury interweaves time and bodies in an attempt to reveal the messenger bird's warning cry in the present.

CHOREOGRAPHER

TAREE SANSBURY

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CAST

TAREE SANSBURY

CALEENA SANSBURY

KATINA OLSEN

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ADDITIONAL CAST

KEIA MCGRADY

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SOUND DESIGN

ALYX DENNISON

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LIGHTING DESIGN

CHERYN FROST

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PHOTO CREDIT

GREGORY LORENZUTTI

THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED WITH SUPPORT FROM

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL

NORTHCOTE TOWNHALL

CREATE NSW

KURRURRU CULTURE AND ARTS HUB

CRITICAL PATH

PERFORMANCE SPACE

BLACKTOWN ARTS CENTRE

CAMPBELLTOWN ARTS CENTRE

UNSW

NAISDA DANCE COLLEGE