OPPOSITE MY HOUSE IS A FUNERAL PARLOUR (kultour 2006)
LISMORE August 16; PERTH August 19; SYDNEY September 16;
In August, Multicultural Arts Victoria, as part of kultour, the network dedicated to touring quality multicultural arts, is presenting "Opposite My House is a Funeral Parlour " in Lismore, Sydney and Perth; a contemporary dance piece performed by Choreographer/performer Naree Vachananda. Don't expect black costumes, white powder or saffron transcendence. This dance of death is uncompromisingly contemporary. It features sound installation composed by Darwin-based composer Edward Kelly and multi-media projections by Yeap Heng Shen from Malaysia.
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Download posterNaree has created an hour-long solo which the program tells us centres on intimations of mortality. The work has arisen from her reflections on the potential loss of her sister - who was in New York on September 11, 2001 - and her observations of the funeral parlour opposite her house. Her point of view is coloured by her cultural background as a Buddhist.
Opposite My House is a Funeral Parlour contemplates a personal journey of death. The work is a meditation on the Buddhist concept of cyclical flow of life and death, with the structure based on the metaphor of the journey of the Greek archetype Persephone. Naree will be travelling with Lisa Stockdale (stage management and lighting) and Edward kelly (sound composer).
"...the work is a rich and meditative one that tackles its chosen theme with a contemplative leisure..."
"Vachananda is a daring, able choreographer with a strong presence and this work offers a provocative glimpse of the kinds of sustained solo work that can still exist outside the larger streams of dance in Australia."
John Bailey, Realtime
PERTH August 19
When Saturday 19 August 2006, 8pm
Venue: Victoria Hall, 179 High Street Fremantle
Tickets:$20 Door $18 Presale $15 KULCHA/deckchair Members; Bookings BOCS 9484 1133 or KULCHA 9336 4544
More information: presented by Kulcha Multicutural Arts of WA in association with deckchiar theatre.
www.kulcha.com.au www.deckchairtheatre.com.au STRUT DANCE MASTER CLASS - Internal Imageries
In this master class, Naree Vachananda focuses on the ways the body responds to images and scenarios. For intermediate/advanced dancers.
When: Saturday 19 August, 11am - 1pm
Venue: King Street Arts Centre, Hay Street Perth
Masterclass Tickets $15 KULCHA and STRUT Members/$25 General; Book at KULCHA 9336 4544 or STRUT 9321 4066
LISMORE August 16
Venue: Lismore Regional Gallery, Molesworth Street, Lismore
When: Wednesday, Aug 16 @ 6pm
Tickets $12, $10 (LRG members and NORPA subs); Bookings (02) 6622 0300 or tickets at the door
More information: presented by NORPA in association with Lismore Regional gallery
www.norpa.org.au
SYDNEY September 16
Venue: Campbelltown Arts Centre, Corner Camden and Appin Roads, Campbelltown
When: Saturday 16 September, 8pm; including post show talk by Nareeporn Vachananda. Tickets: $20/ $15 concession; Bookings Phone 02 4645 4100
More information: presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre
www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au artscentre@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au www.multiculturalarts.com.au
MAV is a member of the kultour touring network, see www.kultour.com.au. Kultour is a national network dedicated to touring Australian multicultural arts and is an initiative of the Arts in a Multicultural Australia Policy of the Australia Council for the Arts.
