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Shaun Parker & Company presents AM I
AM I explores the quintessential meaning of 'I' in this ground-breaking new music and dance collaboration
Director/choreographer Shaun Parker and composer Nick Wales bring together 14 extraordinary musicians and dancers, including guest artist Shantala Shivalingappa, to create a striking visual and theatrical world. AM I investigates the quintessential meaning of 'I' within the context of the modern day global tribe. Asking... am I my tribe? Am I my faith? Am I my genetic blueprint? Am I a random cosmological consequence?
AM I looks at that which has changed and that which remains the same in our human condition, investigating the tensions between religion and science, conflict and harmony. Reinvented world music and cult-like singing collide to create a compelling and gut wrenching sound scape.
Warnings: This work contains strong lighting and adult themes.
Image: Michele Aboud
Meet the artist
Shaun Parker & Company
Shaun Parker & Company is a bold and exhilarating new Australian dance company that has exploded onto the international dance scene. Their critically acclaimed dance productions are renowned for integrating stimulating choreographic forms, arresting musical scores and theatrical invention.
Led by award-winning Artistic Director and Choreographer Shaun Parker the company has toured nationally and across Europe (including a sold out season at London's Sadler's Wells) and has won many prestigious awards.
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival and Melbourne Festival.
This project has been supported by the Alexander and Lloyd Martin Family Foundation.
Contact:
- Olivia Ansell
- Executive Producer
- Shaun Parker & Company
- olivia@shaunparkercompany.com
- +61 2 9351 1941 / +61 417 221 261
- http://www.shaunparkercompany.com
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