“A work of visceral power, at once disturbing and weird, yet possessing a strange beauty.” Dominion Post (NZ)
Muscle Mouth presents TRIUMPHS AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES
70 minutes Cremorne Theatre, QPAC 12yrs+
A little bit of obsession... a little bit of grandness... and a touch of sophisticated failing.
Sculpture collides with gutsy live performance in Triumphs and Other Alternatives. Directed by and starring acclaimed dancer Ross McCormack, from Belgium’s Les Ballets C de la B, it explores the inherent obsession and delusional joys of the creative process through a visceral new style of movement.
McCormack has been lauded for his magnetic stage presence and dynamic approach to performance making. In Triumphs and Other Alternatives he presents a passionate, obsessive ‘Maker’, character, one who at times looks like a lost dictator of his own handmade works. The ‘Maker’ creates and manipulates his subjects, performed by Emily Adams and James Vu Anh Pham, in a timely parable of the artistic struggles of creation.
Image: Jason Wright
Meet the artist
Muscle Mouth
Muscle Mouth is a visual dance theatre company that produces live performance and installation art works. Its key members are director, designer and performer Ross McCormack, dramaturg and producer Melanie Hamilton, light designer and production manager Natasha James and sound designer and videographer Jason Wright.
The company has worked with a number of New Zealand, Australian and European-based artists and has presented two acclaimed shows – AGE (commissioned by New Zealand Festival) and Triumphs and Other Alternatives. Director Ross McCormack was recently awarded the prestigious 2015 Creative New Zealand Choreographic Fellowship.
Contact:
- Melanie Hamilton
- Producer
- Muscle Mouth
- projects@musclemouth.co.nz
- +64 21 711 191
- http://www.musclemouth.co.nz
