Dark Night

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Event Dark Night
Venue Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, VIC
Umbrella Event Dance Massive 2019
First Date 21 March 2019
Last Date 23 March 2019
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Emerging from an installation conceived for the Venice Biennale as a response to the terrible fate of asylum seekers arriving by boat to Australian shores, Dark Night explores the crumbling humanitarian ideals of a world in crisis. In this embodied installation, embracing the dramatics of scale, volume, tone, rhythm and movement, a series of images are performed. Activated by the body in performance in the Magdalen Laundries at the Abbotsford Convent, a precinct with its own history of struggle, Dark Night plunges audiences into the brute realities of a nation falling into ethical disrepair.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Installation
Ecological Theatre
Subjects Asylum Seekers
Humanity
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Alison Kelly Costume Designer
Jill Orr Performer
George Douralis Set and/or Property Maker
Nick Aguis Set Designer
Jill Orr Set Designer
Aaron Poupard Set Designer
Steve Bell Sound Designer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://dancemassive.com.au/program/dark-night/
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 170281