A solo for 401 - created and produced by chunky move in association with tasdance and yellow wheel
SIMULCAST
About
SIMULCAST is a study in simplicity. Young, old, trained and untrained dancers work together to create this murmuration, taking place in Melbourne at Birrarung Marr. Created and produced by Chunky Move in association with Tasdance and Yellow Wheel, SIMULCAST is a solo for celebrated Australian dancer James O’Hara, supported by a local cast of hundreds.
A reflection on the fact that we are all part of something bigger and increasingly removed from a sense of human connectedness SIMULCAST brings us back. It is a contradiction. It is about the single and the multiple, minimalism and spectacle. Visually beautiful and aesthetically satisfying, solo movements trigger mass cannons, ricochets and swarms. Amidst moments of unity and discord we must listen to one another and respond. Watch as one moving body multiplies into hundreds.
SIMULCAST was presented as part of Dance Massive 2019.
Performance Photos by Pippa Samaya
Rehearsal Photos by Adam Wheeler
Credits
Concept & Direction
Alice Lee Holland
Choreography
Alice Lee Holland & James O’Hara, supported by Adam Wheeler and Sofie Burgoyne (Tasdance) & Joshua Lowe and Kyall Shanks (Yellow Wheel)
Soloist
James O’Hara
Rehearsal Leaders
Abigail Benham-Bannon, Eiren Chamley, Dominique Cowden, Hana Dawson, Alexandra Dobson, Kayla Douglas, Simone Etheve, Annaleise Gaffney, Samuel Hammat, Cora Hughes, Christiana King, Tahlia Klugman, Piaera Lauritz, Rachel Mackie, Patrick O’Luanaigh, Rachel Owens, Diane Pereira, Rhys Ryan, Aimee Schollum, Breanna Skewes, Angus Syben, Nicola Travers-Robinson, Piroska Vojlay and Sumarlinah Winoto.
Music
Kelly Ryall