SUB
Traversing fractured earth.
Escaping a surface world littered with crises, we burrow into soil and stone to seek shelter within layers of debris, tunnelling and surrendering to its contradictions.
Deepening towards the tectonic pulse of the earth, time shifts and defies what we know about living in relationship with the underground. Digging closer to the polyrhythms of the core, entangling natural symphonies with industrialised extraction processes, SUB cracks through our resistance to hope.
A soft defiance is portrayed through the endurance of SUB’s inhabitants as they come into confluence with precious materials below the surface, shifting our understanding of care as difficult when in the act of regeneration.
In this place that both attracts and scares us, this wet, restless and difficult place, we engage with the terror and volatility of the living natural world.
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Concept, Choreography & Performance by Ashleigh Musk in profound and ongoing collaboration with:
Frankie Snowdon, Madeleine Krenek, Jenni Large(original collaborating performers)
Samakshi Sidhu & Georgia Rudd (touring performers)
Anna Whitaker (sound design)
Jen Hector (lighting & spatial design)
Pierce Eldridge (dramaturgy & concept development)
Elliat Rich (costume design)
Lizzie Verstappen (costume manufacturer)
Alongside Toni Lord(choreographic intern), Léuli Eshrāghi (initial dramaturgy & concept development), Ivan Trigo Miras (photography & videography), Erica McCalman (producing support), Luci Young, Alyse Canton (secondments). -
2025 NATIONAL TOUR with Artback NT
23 May | 11am + 7pm
Araluen Arts Centre, NT
30 - 31 May
Bulmba-Ja Arts Centre, QLD
7 - 8 June
Jetty Theatre, Coffs Harbour NSW
13 - 14 June
Darwin Entertainment Centre, NTINDance @ Sydney Dance Company
22 - 24 August, 2024
Nelson Studio Theatre, SydneyThe Unconformity Festival
19 - 21 October 2023
Queenstown, lutruwitaPremiere Season
3 - 5 August 2023
Araluen Arts Centre, Mparntwe -
SUB is created in partnership with Tasdance and supported by the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT, the Australian Government through RISE and Creative Australia, the Regional Arts Fund, Darwin Festival through the Spotlight Creative Development Fund and the Araluen Arts Centre.
The development of SUB has been supported through residencies with Red Hot Arts Central Australia, The Makers Program at Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance (QLD) and The Unconformity (TAS).
The realisation of the 2025 tour has been developed in partnership with Artback NT who is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and proudly supported by the Northern Territory Government, Arts NT.
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