Creative Works
The following dance works range in length and genre from short inter-disciplinary pieces to longer contemporary dance pieces involving performers of diverse ages: synopses to follow.
Eyre We Go
Length: 25 mins
Sound: Julie Valenzuela, Di Parker, Lucinda Coleman
Costume: Kate Townsend
Choreography: Lucinda Coleman
Camera: David Coleman, Di Parker
Film edited: Judy Joyce
There is water in the desert! There is hope! 'Eyre We Go' is a story of journey; of hope.. Film of an older woman, dancing on the surface of Lake Eyre in flood, is projected in site-specific locations around Australia.. Then other dancers begin to respond to the soundscape and narrative of this story of water in a dry, old continent.. By joining her in the dance of hope.
Spring
Length: 20min
Sound: original music by Virginia Lakeman- ‘Bounce, Opposites, Grace’
Costume: Kate Townsend
Choreography: Lucinda Coleman
Four women of four consecutive generations delight in danced dialogue to the sounds of a string quartet.
The Greeting
Length: 20min
Singer/songwriter: original composition by Julie Valenzuela
Costume: Kate Townsend
Choreography: Lucinda Coleman in collaboration with the dancers and singer
Set in a contemporary Australian urbanscape, this piece explores the moment of greeting between two women of different generations; each inexplicably gifted with the impossible.
