The Measure

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Event The Measure
Venue Majestic Cinemas, NSW
First Date 2 March 1993
Last Date 30 September 1993
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "The Measure is an outdoor performance installation. Its strategy is to create catalytic connections between the fields of science, sport and theatre. The stage is a 35m x 50m grid of bright orange traffic cones. The four performers are dressed in white uniforms that recall cricket uniform or perhaps Victorian anthropologists. The stage action is more suggestive than concrete. It consists of intricate, repetitious and measured choreographed movements suggesting a sporting contest or a strange scientific experiment. Following extended periods of repetitious and tedious action there are occasional energetic bursts of movement which can be at times humorous as well as dramatic. There is a subdued soundtrack throughout. The seductive and ritualised tedium of the event alienates or draws the spectator into an intricately constructed game of obsession and intrigue which is always only ever on the verge of making sense. Spectators are invited to view the performance from different perspectives. There is no pre-determined performance length and the spectators are free to view all or part of the event. The Measure was performed on University Campuses in New South Wales and Victoria, The Sydney Festival, Perth Festival, Adelaide Festival Fringe and a special one-off performance in Collins street Melbourne. Perhaps the most successful performances were those at the Sydney Festival at Circular Quay (1995), Perth Festival (1995), in a city square and in Collins Street Melbourne where the audience were most likely to have stumbled on the the event in the course of some other activity."
Description Source Production Company
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Physical Theatre
Movement-based Theatre
Installation
Subjects Science
Sport
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tanya Gerstle Administrator
Annemaree Dalziel Costume Designer
Don Mamouney Designer
Don Mamouney Director
Regina Heilmann Performer
Jai McHenry Performer
Rolando Ramos Performer
Meme Thorne Performer
Bruce McKendry Production Manager
Peter Wells Sound Designer
Ian Bowie Sound Operator/Engineer
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The Measure was performed in many outdoor locations including University campuses, parks and city squares. It was conceived by Don Mamouney and devised by the company.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence Held in Sidetrack Performance Group Archive
Sidetrack Archive Box 17
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 74190