Desert Island Dances

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Event Desert Island Dances
Venue Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Festival 2008
First Date 9 October 2008
Opening Date 9 October 2008
Last Date 13 October 2008
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Can we imagine or create a perfect place? If we can, what would it look like? What would we throw away? What would we keep?

Desert Island Dances is a darkly humorous and incisive performance that tackles notions of absence and presence. Inspired by the popular BBC Radio program, Desert Island Discs, the work incorporates dance and spoken word into a warm-hearted and often funny exploration into the things that make us who we are.

Wendy Houstoun, the show?s creator and performer, works with words and movements that have come from diverse situations and people: a dialogue in Düsseldorf, a
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Movement-based Theatre
One Person Show
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Avery Composer
Wendy Houstoun Devisor
Nigel Edwards Lighting Designer
Wendy Houstoun Performer
Rachel Krische Researcher
John Rowley Researcher
Resources
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/program_2008?id=3342
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 85598