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AMPLIFICATION

BALLETLAB

Image: Jeff Busby

TUESDAY 22 – SATURDAY 26 MARCH

Preview Tue 22, 7pm
Wed 23, 8pm
Thu 24, 1pm & 7pm
Fri 25, 7pm
Sat 26, 2pm & 7pm

C.U.B MALTHOUSE, MERLYN THEATRE

55 minutes no interval

Preview/Matinee
Full $40
Senior/Group $34
Concession $30
Students $23

In Season
Full $49
Senior/Group $42
Concession $37
Students $23

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"A RAW AND POWERFUL WORK WHICH AT TIMES IS CONFRONTING TO THE POINT OF DISCOMFORT... AMPLIFICATION IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED OR THE PRUDISH." Herald Sun

A BALLETLAB PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY MALTHOUSE THEATRE

For more than a decade, Phillip Adams’ company BalletLab has been surprising everyone – quite possibly even himself – with its marathon reach into the possibilities of dance and performance, from the sacred to the profane, the sublime to the messy. Over a dozen major works, he has collided dance with colossal origami sets, choirs of harmonicas, floating buddhas, axemen, hulking yowies, and tiny taxidermied beasts. 

In short, there’s no way of predicting what compulsively engaging images and experiences will infiltrate Adams’ work as BalletLab has grown to be one of the most respected and creative dance companies in Australia, with an international touring history as adventurous as their repertoire including: USA, China, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, England, Romania, Korea, Mongolia and Bulgaria. 

We invite you to revisit – or perhaps acquaint yourself anew – with the work that started it all. 

It was 1999 when BalletLab launched itself with Amplification, knocking a city off balance with the force of the collision. The subject of the work: the 1.6 seconds of mental disassociation and frozen time behind the wheel as a car crashes. 

All of this is transformed into a turbo-charged work of unbridled physical extremity accompanied by a fierce, live mix by Lynton Carr and performed by five of Australia’s most daring dancers. 

Amplification is the shocking skid, the frozen moment, the aftermath, the emergency ward amplified through image, sound and the raw body on stage. Amplification is a seduction and an assault for all the senses.

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Nudity, dynamic soundtrack, strobe light effects

Choreographer: Phillip Adams
Composer/Turntablist: Lynton Carr
Set/Lighting Designer: Bluebottle
Costume Designer: Graham Green
Performers: Timothy Harvey, Rennie McDougall, Carlee Mellow, Brooke Stamp, Joanne White

Balletlab is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria.