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a fine line
Choreography: |
John Utans |
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Lighting:
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Kenneth Raynor |
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Music : |
Beethoven and
Andrew Shultz |
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Costume design : |
Shaaron Boughen |
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Performed by : |
The West Australian Ballet Company
Perth International Arts Festival,
February 2003. |
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Playing with ideas of romance and danger. A fine line
between saying yes and saying no. Of balance and being
on the edge. Off balance with the ground beneath you
falling away. A piece very much about dancing, encompassing
all those things, and taking risks, letting go and playing
safe and remaining secure.
" A Fine Line by John Utans is an innovative and
edgy ensemble piece
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Annika Priest, The Sunday Times (WA)
"Uniting his love of classical and modern dance,
Queensland choreographer John Utan's [sic] cool, abstract
work A Fine Line explores opposite feelings and moods
- the narrow boundaries he believes exist between black
and white, yes and no. Wearing sleek costumes in electric
colours, eight dancers manoeuvre gymnastically around
each other in merging pools of light to piano pieces
by Beeethoven and Andrew Shultz.
Partnerships are briefly formed as the dancers try each
other out for size then decide "no", before
politely and calmly walking off stage. Though somewhat
of a sombre start to the night, it was powerfully danced
by a cast in top athletic form."
Naomi Milett, The West Australian.
Photographs by Jon Green © 2003
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