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TUESDAY 15 – SUNDAY 20 MARCH Tue 15 – Fri 18, 8.30pm C.U.B MALTHOUSE, BECKETT THEATRE 60 minutes no interval |
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“THIS DELICATE ESSAY IN MOVEMENT IS BEAUTIFULLY CONCEIVED, CHOREOGRAPHED, COMPOSED, DESIGNED AND DANCED… IT IS A FORM OF POETRY IN DANCE AND MUSIC.” Sydney Morning Herald
PRESENTED BY MALTHOUSE THEATRE
Looking at a mirror is looking into a mirror.
The mystery of reflection, and our relationship to it, has inspired as often as it has confounded the human imagination: from the myth of Narcissus to those, like Alice, who stepped through the polished surface to enter a world reversed. When we gaze into the mirror, do we merely stare at the mute image of our body?
Or at something else – someone else?
Two of Australia’s finest contemporary dancers, Paul White and Kristina Chan, have united with acclaimed choreographer Narelle Benjamin, to discover what it is when reason is confounded, when one person ends and another begins - what it is to be In Glass.
Haunting shapes and hovering spectres overlap and intersect in Benjamin’s kaleidoscopic choreography. In exquisitely realised images, dances are doubled or made incorporeal; motion travels from one form to another.
Kristina Chan and Paul White have both been awarded top honours by the Australian Dance Awards while garnering a legion of devoted fans; Kristina for Twelfth Floor and Construct; and Paul for Malthouse Theatre’s The Oracle and Honour Bound.
Choreographer: Narelle Benjamin
Composer: Huey Benjamin
Visual Designer: Samuel James
Costume Designer: Tess Schofield
Lighting Designer: Karen Norris
Producer: Rosalind Richards
Performers: Kristina Chan, Paul White
