Dance Interrogations (a diptych)

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Event Dance Interrogations (a diptych)
Venue Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Fringe Festival
First Date 23 September 2015
Last Date 3 October 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Dance Interrogations begins with Dianne performing solo in the ‘red rattler’ train carriage at CERES Park in Brunswick East in the early afternoon. The decommissioned and disused train represents the march of time with Dianne’s body a vintage carriage and she [is] but a passenger on its rattling journey. Dianne and the audience then regroup at Abbotsford Convent at twilight, where Mel joins the performance and incorporates her wheelchair and speech output device.

This is a reworking and refinement of the “Dance interrogations (in the red train)” solo from 2013 and the 2014 duet “Unbecoming
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Festival
Dance Theatre
Artist(s) with disability
Performer(s) with disability
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Stuart Day Musician
Jo Quail Musician
Dianne Reid Performer
Melinda Smith Performer
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 139461