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Chunky Move’s “Mortal Engine” [au Melbourne]

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Chunky Move’s Mortal Engine :: March 4-8, 2009, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia.

Somewhere between waking and sleeping, between thought and feeling, lies a body that we possess but cannot control – Chunky Move’s startling new work begins here. Mortal Engine is a dance-video-laser performance using movement-responsive technology to portray an ever-shifting, shimmering world in which the limits of the human body are an illusion. Mortal Engine accelerates us into a reality of permanent change where crackling light and staining shadows represent the most perfect and the most sinister of souls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1WALmBqUw

Following the resounding success of Glow for the 2007 Melbourne International Arts Festival, Mortal Engine continues Gideon Obarzanek and Frieder Weiss’ interactive fusion of live performance and digital technology.

Chunky Move’s Mortal Engine Credits:

Cast: Kristy Ayre, Sara Black, Amber Haines, Antony Hamilton, Marnie Palomares, Lee Serle, James Shannon, Adam Synnott, Charmene Yap.

Direction and Choreography: Gideon Obarzanek
Interactive System Design: Frieder Weiss
Laser and Sound Artist: Robin Fox
Composer: Ben Frost
Costume Designer: Paula Levis
Lighting Designer: Damien Cooper
Set Design: Richard Dinnen & Gideon Obarzanek

After its sell-out premiere for the Sydney Festival, Mortal Engine enjoyed standing ovations at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival. In this co-presentation with Chunky Move, Malthouse Theatre brings this highly anticipated production home to Melbourne.


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