Lina Limosani and Seeta Patel
An award-winning international collaboration between Australian choreographer Lina Limosani and UK Bharatanatyam artist Seeta Patel, Not Today’s Yesterday blurs the lines between dance and theatre with a poetic narrative and the beauty and disquiet of a dark fairytale.
Season 12-13 March 2020
Venue Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Road, Parkdale VIC 3195
Winner of Best Dance at the 2018 Adelaide Fringe as well as a 2018 Peace Foundation Award, Not Today’s Yesterday takes aim at the revisionist and airbrushed histories that have become a central point of tension across the globe. Britain and Australia, amongst others, have sordid histories and relationships with Indigenous and migrant communities and skewed histories fuel a distorted sense of nationalism. Opening up conversation through its clever appropriation of whitewashed historical narratives, Not Today’s Yesterday aims to give a voice back to silenced communities.
With striking imagery, this one-woman show challenges nostalgic views of history and interrogates our ideas of equality, culture and identity, inviting audiences to see the past anew and to hope for a better future. It is a provocative, politically pertinent and engaging piece of dance theatre for all audiences.
★★★★★ “Outstanding, innovative, must-see dance” – The Advertiser
Dates 12-13 February 2020
Times 7:30pm Thur 12 Mar, 1pm Fri 13 Mar
Venue Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Road, Parkdale VIC 3195
Running Time 50 mins
Not Today’s Yesterday is supported by Arts Council England, Artists International Development Fund, The Place, The-Bench Choreographic Programme, Country Arts SA, NA POMORSKIEJ, Chats Palace, Dancehub SA, The Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund, Arts South Australia and the British Council.