Combines charm and quirkiness with downright brilliance. THEATREVIEW.ORG.NZ
Show Pony and Rifleman Productions presents Terrain (NZ)
An art exhibition in motion exploring landscape, scale and place
The miniature and the giant collide in Terrain, a very human exploration of precariousness and the inevitability of change. This nostalgic and intimate dance performance gently and deftly explores the relationships between a man and a woman and their interactions with a continuously transforming environment.
Presented on an innovative installation consisting of a tiny kitset plywood stage, artificial turf, miniature props and vintage music played on a retro hi-fi, Terrain is at once profound and universal. It playfully subverts traditional ideas about what dance can be, combining it with physical theatre, visual imagery and high energy partnering for an exquisite art exhibition in motion.
Bookings required. Book at The Depot.
Image: Courtesy the Artist
Meet the artist
Rifleman Productions
Malia Johnston is a New Zealand based choreographer and director. She creates, supports and promotes professional contemporary dance practice and has a particular interest in presenting portable and innovative new work. Through her company name Rifleman Productions she has produced several major works including Terrain, which she originally performed in with co-creator Guy Ryan. She is the 2013 recipient of the Creative New Zealand Choreographic Fellowship.
Show Pony is a Wellington-based creative stable that promotes and produces some of New Zealand’s finest independent theatre and dance pieces. The company collaborates with several leading performing artists on creative development, general management, to presentation and touring logistics. It is led by Producer Adrianne Roberts and engages Emma White as Assistant Producer.
Contact:
- Adrianne Roberts
- Producer
- Show Pony
- adrianne@showponynz.com
- +64 4 830 0937 / +64 21 222 8212
- http://www.showponynz.com
More Like This
-
Dance
AM I
AM I is a strikingly visual music and dance collaboration that investigates the quintessential meaning of 'I'.
-
Dance
Black Project 1
Extreme sensory reduction and distillation lie at the core of this exploration of the chaos and instability of matter, time and space.
-
Dance, Theatre
Driving Into Walls
Drawn from over 500 starkly honest interviews, Driving into Walls takes an intimate and confronting look at life as a teenager.