Don Juan

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Event Don Juan
Venue The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW
First Date 11 April 1991
Opening Date 11 April 1991
Last Date 28 April 1991
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere Yes
Description 'Extreme seductiveness is probably at the boundry of horror' (George Bataille). The Sydney Front's premiere performance of the infamous
'Don Jaun'. "A physical meld of music, movement, mime, and words- and throughout it the cast tamper uninhibitedly with the spectator-performer relationship." (Reiewer's Opinion)

"The theatre is haunted by ghosts of desires only half remembered. The dream of that one annihilating moment is still the preferred reference point, but we tend now to experience its charisma from a discreet distance.
Though monstrous abandonments may now be denied us, there are still a few slits in the curtain, still a few breaches in the barbed wire through which a ceremony of seduction can be acted out.
In Don Juan, the Sydney Front tries to find the appropriate semaphore."
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Physical Theatre
Group-devised
Performance
Subjects Communication
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Raffaele Marcellino Composer
Elise Ahamnos Devisor
Andrea Aloise Devisor
John Baylis Devisor
Clare Grant Devisor
Nigel Kellaway Devisor
Christopher Ryan Devisor
Geoff Cobham Lighting Designer
Elise Ahamnos Performer
Andrea Aloise Performer
John Baylis Performer
Clare Grant Performer
Nigel Kellaway Performer
Christopher Ryan Performer
Annette Tesoriero Performer Guest Performer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Performance Space Database flyer, invitation and April/May brochure
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record April 1991
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 13710