Event |
The Shape of Time
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Venue |
St John's Hall, Paddington, NSW |
First Date |
11 September 1980 |
Opening Date |
1980 |
Last Date |
21 September 1980 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
"This season was a double premiere - it was the first full-scale production of this Theatre troupe and the first time Corporeal-Mime has been seen in a full-length show in Australia. The numbers are not written but grow out of many months of improvisation." Article
"Elisabeth Burke and Pierre Thibaudeau have astonishing mastery over their muscles. Their skilful shifts of weight and balance can be caught and held as surely as a film might be halted in mid-action..." Jill Sykes, SMH.
"“We are stunned not by their defiance of gravity, but by the sense of it that governs their every move" Kerry Brown,
“It is a delight to see their indivisibility, grace and absorption", Carol Payne, North Shore Times Feb 25 1981. |
Description Source |
Article |
Primary Genre |
Other
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Secondary Genre |
Performance Art
Postdramatic
Corporeal Theatre
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Subjects |
Aesthetics
Daily life
Performance art
Poetry
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
Name |
Function |
Notes |
Gerard Brophy
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Composer
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SCMT (ETL) commissioned "Hydra" for the act "The Shadow of Time". Performed by 3 percussionists. Recorded for the performance.
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Peter Kerin
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Composer
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Composed music for "carvings" : Act 1 In the Quarry, Act 2 The Block, Act 3 Unbound Figures. He played the piano and it was recorded for the show.
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Jean-Louis Buhagiar
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Costume Maker
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Designed and created the tights.
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Elisabeth Burke
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Costume Maker
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Costume and prop maker
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Pierre Thibaudeau
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Costume Maker
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Costume and prop maker
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Pierre Thibaudeau
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Designer
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Stage Designer for all Entracte (SCMT) performances except On Archeology.
Publicity designer for this show.
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Elisabeth Burke
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Director
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Pierre Thibaudeau
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Director
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Michael Manuell
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Lighting Designer
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Gary Luke
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Lighting Operator / Technician
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Michael Askill
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Musician, Percussionist
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Percussionist for "Hydra". Recorded for the performance.
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Colin Piper
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Musician, Percussionist
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Percussionist for "Hydra". Recorded for the performance.
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Peter Kerin
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Musician, Pianist
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Composed music for "carvings" : act ! In the Quarry, Act 2 The Block, Acte 3 Unbound Figures. He played the piano and it was recorded for the show.
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Elisabeth Burke
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Performer
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Pierre Thibaudeau
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Performer
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Catherine De Lorenzo
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Photographer
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B&W photos and negatives, and colour slides in the Entr'acte archives.
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Michelangelo
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Poet
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Just Jilly
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Set and/or Property Maker
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Made the grey backdrop
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Sita Stannard
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Set and/or Property Maker
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Made the blue sheet
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Paul Galloway
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Sound Operator / Engineer
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Christopher John Snow
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Voice Over Artist
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For some of the sonnets of Michelangelo, used in "Carvings" - a piece in three acts - the second half of the show.
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
THE SHAPE OF TIME 1980-1982:
Re 4. Data Sources Note: the above files cover performances across three years. The show premiered at Kelvin Grove in Brisbane; Sydney premiere season at St John's Hall. Repeat season at Seymour Centre. Toured to Adelaide Festival, Melbourne, and segments of the show were performed around Sydney, and as far as Montreal,
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Review |
Following reviews in EP05:
Jill Sykes,"Flashes of Brilliance", The Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 13, 1980.
Carol Payne, “Corporeal art technique of bodily grace”, North Shore Times, September 1980.
Kerry Brown, “Body and Soul”,
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Entr'acte Archives |
Photos: EP05; ETL06: Negatives and proof sheets; ETL08: B&W Carvings.
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Entr'acte Archives |
Programs, publicity and reviews; ETL10, EP05
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Review |
Carol Payne, "Corporeal mime an art shape", North shore times (the Arts), Wed, February 25 1981.
Jill Sykes, The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept 17, 1983
Mary Emery, The Australian, Monday, September 19, 1983 |
Entr'acte Archives |
ETL21: Videos x 5, USPS_001-3; 024-28, 042; 069; 072-3: digitised by University of Sydney Performance Studies following inundation. |
CV |
EB&PT long CV-unedited 1979-1991, p.1, Entr’acte Archives |
Book |
Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1980 |
Entr'acte Archives |
Slides; ETL02: Tray 3; ETL04: unmounted; ETL05: a few. |
Entr'acte Archives |
ETL24: Music Masters and Performance 21 x reel-to-reel 5" and 7"
ETL26.1: Music audio cassettes for rehearsal x 4. |
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Event Identifier
| 142784 |
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