this dance work encourages the audience to 'experience' the performance and become involved with the work rather than just 'watching' it. swings were situated on stage for the audience and they were invited on stage to play and experience the sensation of swinging throughout the work.

the audience was left with the swings for the first five minutes of the show - but in fact the work had already started - watching each other, playing on your swing and remembering how it used to feel.

the space then opened up and the audience moved throughout the stage to get a better view of the dancers. the audience became part of the work - obscuring vision, making noise as they walked to another location, talking about what they were seeing.

this work involved dance, swings, intense emotional work, visual imagery and the audience.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

premiered in 2006 at WAAPA as a university commission and received a National
Dance Project award in 2008

Developed and presented at WAAPA - west australian academy of performing arts at edith
cowan university. It was created with final year students in the link dance company

CREATIVE TEAM

Choreographer / Director / Interviews
Clare Dyson

performers
katie chown
rebecca mcCormac
shannon riggs
gillian sarangapany
rish wood

photography
john green

TOURING

Tthis work is 60 minutes with no interval
audience are onstage with performers and can watch the performance from whateverangle they choose

this work travels with 8 company members

please contact the company for more details