THE PERCEPTION EXPERIMENT
A single grain of salt sits atop a dormant mass. A tentative shuffle begins a migration, gravity-beckoned and persistent. Micro-movements and moments occur over expanses of time, interrupted and intersected by bodies. The trickle becomes a torrent, becomes a cloud, becomes a pattern; capturing breath and heartbeat before sweeping away.
In their first work made in Central Australia, choreographers Frankie Snowdon and Madeleine Krenek invite you to explore time and space through an offering of live dance performance, sound and salt. Through provocative sensorial immersion, The Perception Experiment strives to examine our experience of being in the physical world, blur its edges and offer an alternative view of how we might navigate through it.
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Concept, direction and choreography: Frankie Snowdon and Madeleine Krenek
Original choreographic collaborators/performers: Kelly Beneforti and Tara Samaya
Additional performers: Ashleigh Musk
Sound design: Darcy Davis
Lighting design: Jen Hector
Costume design: Frankie Snowdon & Liz Verstappen
Project Producer: Adam Wheeler
Tour Manager: Anders Pfeiffer
Touring Lighting operation: Thomas Roach
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The Perception Experiment premiered at the Araluen Arts Centre in 2017, and has since played to sold out audiences in Dance Massive 2019 (Melbourne) and Festival Cultural de Mayo (Guadalajara, Mexico) and Darwin Festival (Darwin). In February and March 2020 the work toured to 5 regional centres in 5 different states, in partnership with Artback NT.
For touring information please contact us.
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This project has been supported by The Australia Council for the Arts, The Northern Territory Government through Arts NT, The Regional Arts Fund and the Araluen Arts Centre.
Touring has been supported by The Australia Council for the Arts via Playing Australia, private donations and Creative Partnerships Australia via the MATCHlab initiative and Artback NT.