SILENCE
PERFORMANCE SEASONS
BRISBANE, QLD SEPT 2020 @ BRISBANE FESTIVAL, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE - WORLD PREMIERE
GOLD COASTT, QLD AUG 2022 @ HOME OF THE ARTS (HOTA)
CAIRNS, QLD SEPT 2022 @ BULMBA-JA ARTS CENTRE
ROCKHAMPTON, QLD SEPT 2022 @ PILLBEAM THEATRE
MELBOUNRE, VIC OCT 2022 @ DANCE X, ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE
WYONG, NSW MARCH 2023 @ ARTSHOUSE WYONG
GOULBURN, NSW MARCH 2023 @ GOULBURN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
WARNAMBOOL, VIC APRIL 2023 @ LIGHTHOUSE THEATRE
NARRE WARREN, VIC MAY 2023 @ BUNJIL PLACE
FRANKSTON, VIC MAY 2023 @ FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE
BENDIGO, VIC MAY 2023 @ ULUMBARRA THEATRE
ADELAIDE, SA MAY 2023 @ THE ODEON (AUSTRALIAN DANCE THEATRE)
ORANGE, NSW MAY 2023 @ ORANGE CIVIC THEATRE
TAMWORTH, NSW JULY 2023 @ CAPITOL THEATRE
WAGGA WAGGA, NSW JULY 2023 @ WAGGA WAGGA CIVIC THEATRE
BATHURST, NSW JULY 2023 @ BATHURST MEMORIAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
WOLLONGONG, NSW SEPT 2023 @ MERRIGONG THEATRE
DARWIN, NT SEPT 2023 @ DARWIN FESTIVAL, DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
REVIEWS
DANCE AUSTRALIA - DENISE RICHARDSON
THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED WITH SUPPORT FROM;
BLAKDANCE
BRISBANE FESTIVAL
HOTA - HOME OF THE ARTS
QPAC - QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
ARTS QUEENSLAND
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
SILENCE is about the space in between. Conversations not being heard and responses that are muted. A drum beats and bodies thrash through frequencies to uncover what lies in the SILENCE. There is SILENCE between stars as the emu travels across the night sky, or the dancer’s energy when they hit the cut between rhythms. It’s also the deafening silence under white noise. The same questions echoed through generations.
We’ve marched across Country. We’ve had promises made and broken. We’ve drafted our own treaty, and still we’re the only sovereign peoples without one.
Choreographed, written and directed by Minjungbal-Yugambeh, Wiradjuri and Ni-Vanuatu man Thomas E.S. Kelly, this new dance work pulls it from under the rug and slams it back on the table. Because the conversation about a TREATY will never be silenced.
CHOREOGRAPHER/DIRECTOR/WRITER
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
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ORIGINAL CAST
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
TAREE SANSBURY
BENJIN MAZA
KIARA MALCOLM-WILSON
TIANA PINNELL
AMBER RAY NOFAL
JHINDU-PEDRO LAWRIE
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ADDITIONAL CAST
EDAN PORTER
GLORY TUOHY-DANIELL
OLIVIA ADAMS
KEIA MCGRADY
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SOUND DESIGN
SAMUEL PANKHURST
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PERCUSSION DESIGN
JHINDU-PEDRO LAWRIE
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LIGHTING DESIGN
KAREN NORRIS
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COSTUME DESIGN
SELENE COCHRANE
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DRAMATURGY
VICKI VAN HOUT
ALETHEA BEETSON
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PRODUCTION MANAGER
SIMON COOK
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STAGE MANAGER
KATE BRENNAN
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PRODUCER
BLAKDANCE
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PHOTO CREDIT
SIMON WOODS