Red

"I have never seen anything like this. Nobody has."
The Courier Mail

Time is running out.

RED is an uncompromising duet set inside a large transparent inflatable dome - a modern parable of two bodies moving within a world that can no longer sustain them.

As air slowly disappears, their plight becomes an allegory for a rapidly contracting world.

RED exposes a stark metaphor for our age: a world at its limits, where ecological crises are bound together and bodies must adapt to survive within failing systems.

Epic, poetic and intimate, RED illuminates the challenge of preserving our humanity in a world under pressure.

Credits

CREATIVE CREDITS

Concept, Direction and Choreography Amber Haines and Kyle Page

Composition/Sound Design Alisdair Macindoe, featuring Music by Ellen Arkbro and Vocals by Sara Black

Lighting Design Niklas Pajanti

Costume Design Harriet Oxley

Inflatable Set Design Consultant David Cross

Dramaturgy Gideon Obarzanek

Performers/Choreographers Sabine Crompton-Ward and Michael Smith

Previous Performers/Choreographers Marlo Benjamin, Sara Black, Nelson Earl, James O’Hara, Georgia Rudd, Michael Smith

Acknowledgements

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by RISING, Brisbane Festival, Darwin Festival, Ten Days on the Island, and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

Dancenorth Australia is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, and by Townsville City Council. Dancenorth is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.