Swallow
By Joel Bray
Come, sweet creature.
Perch on the small of my back.
Cock your head my way and shoot me an Ancestor’s piercing glance.
I yield into leafy linens as you softly warble in my ear:
“Do you Swallow?”
Creative Team
Choreographer and Performer: Joel Bray
Composer and Performer: Marco Cher-Gibard
Lighting Designer: Rachel Lee
Thank You
Big thanks to Marco. Marco made the awesome soundtrack to my last work Homo Pentecostus. He was one of my very first Naarm friends when we were baby artists together on a project way back when. It’s such a joy to share the stage with this talented musician and human.
Thank you to Letitia Harris, my Wiradjuri sister who once said to me “Look around. Your totem will reveal himself to you”. Thank you to my Father and my other Wiradjuri Elders for their cherishing oversight. Thanks to Ben Hurley. Thank you to Veronica Bolzon, my indefatigable Creative Producer, and to my long-suffering boyfriend Dr Christopher Cheers (the PhD is fresh so everyone must call him “Dr”). Thanks to Lucy and the whole LGI team, you rock!
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Seven dances for two people
By Tra Mi Dinh
A duet led by the desire to embody lucky number seven; two dancers explore the world of this auspicious number.
Creative Team
Choreographer: Tra Mi Dinh
Dancers: Tra Mi Dinh, Rachel Coulson
Composer: Tilman Robinson
Lighting Designer: Rachel Lee
Costume Designer: Geoffrey Watson
Thank You
Thank you to Lucy, for inviting me to create this work and deepen my practice; to Rachel C for being a primo dancer/collaborator; to Tilman, for his care in crafting the sound of this world (and for being the perfect sounding board); to Rachel L for lighting us, to Geoffery for dressing us; to the staff at LGI and UMAC for bringing it all to life; and my deepest thanks to my parents and sister for their unwavering encouragement and support.
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“OK, bye!”
By Alisdair Macindoe
“OK, bye!” marks Alisdair’s third collaboration with his mother, xanya mamunya, whose harp playing can be attributed to the reason he is in dance. A musical and choreographic reflection on ultimate departures, “OK, bye!” explores the cognitive dissonance brought on by feelings of infinity in a world bound by finite limitations.
Creative Team
Choreographer: Alisdair Macindoe, in collaboration with the dancers
Sound Designer, Instrument Designer, and Composer: Alisdair Macindoe
Harpist (Recorded) and Composer: xanya mamunya
Dancers: Geoffrey Watson, Rachel Coulson
Lighting Designer: Rachel Lee
Thank You
This work is dedicated to xanya mamunya. Thanks to Chris Chua, Julie Macindoe, Misha Doe, Jayden Wall, Melissa Pham, Estelle Conley, Rosie Fisher, and Lucy Guerin.
