Mattresses rise up, form walls and wrestle with insomniacs of the night. Counting sheep, meditation, chamomile tea…can’t sleep! Desperation rises as six different characters struggle to ease first date nerves, madness and stress to get some shut eye.
Winner of the Canberra Critics Award (2004)
“[You] now have the good fortune to witness the energy, innovation, passion and unique talent that McCarthy and her performers channel into their live performances” – BMA Magazine
Mattresses rise up, form walls and wrestle with insomniacs of the night. Counting sheep, meditation, chamomile tea…can’t sleep! Desperation rises as six different characters struggle to ease first date nerves, madness and stress to get some shut eye.
Winner of the Canberra Critics Award (2004)
“[You] now have the good fortune to witness the energy, innovation, passion and unique talent that McCarthy and her performers channel into their live performances” – BMA Magazine.
For school bookings contact Mary Wolfa
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or call 9226 2322 School prices (10 or more, 1 teacher complimentary): $16
Check with the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre for ticket prices.
Post Performance Workshops (in-school) 26 Mar – 5 Apr
One-hour workshops that deconstruct the action on stage. Students will learn phrase material and interpret the themes of the performance through their own choreographic development. Push your students to think independently and creatively engage with the show on a deeper level.
Cost: $200 for a maximum of 30 students.
Fragile
Directed by Cadi McCarthy
Year groups: Year 3-9
Life can be pretty tough…
...unable to keep up with schoolwork, being bullied, parents fighting all the time, siblings picking on you. Thumb wrestling with an imaginary friend is way more fun! A young girl escapes into a world of her imagination with nothing but games and a whole pile of adventure. Incorporating puppetry, animation and visual design by Roly Skender, Fragile shows how to cope with feelings and relationships to find a positive way to move forward.
For school bookings contact Mary Wolfa
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or call 9226 2322 . School prices (10 or more, 1 teacher complimentary): $10 (Primary)
Current Productions
Shortbursts
Recommended Ages: 8+
Three ten minute dance works choreographed by Marko Panzic can be performed at your school, festival or event in conjunction with a workshop program. These short burst pieces are highly accessible, fast paced, explosive, loud and exciting.
Marko Panzic has a direct link to youth culture through his collaboration between Hip Hop styles and Contemporary dance and his exposure to popular culture through his appearances as both a contestant and now choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance, Australia.
Young People will be instantly drawn into the energy and dynamism of the works, which will keep them on their toes and eager to learn. The workshop program will provide students with the opportunity to learn some of Marko's funky moves and place them into their own choreography.
Bookings
Buzz Dance Theatre: 9226 2322 or email
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Short Bursts has been performed at the Joondalup Festival, Perth College and the Australian Dance Awards in Melbourne
Peter is having trouble finding his place in the world. He decides he needs a break from his large and very noisy family. So Peter leaves home to go on an adventure. He sends home postcards telling about his travels and experiences along the way.
Peter finds himself in a number of precarious, sticky, uncomfortable and silly situations where he has to use his wit, stealth and will power to overcome them. Postcards Home is a coming of age story, where Peter realizes that home is not so bad after all and targets the experiences, fears and joys of leaving the home environment and venturing into the wide world for the first time.
Workshops
The creative workshop is directly linked to the performance. Children will have the chance to experience dance in fun games, dance and creative play culminating in an informal presentation at the end of each workshop.
Where: King Street Arts Centre, Studio 3, 2nd Floor When: Tuesday 18th - Saturday January 22nd Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th Times: Tuesday – Friday: 10am performance + 11.15am workshop Saturday: 10am performance + 11.15am workshop 2pm performance + 3.15pm workshop
Where: Mandurah Performing Arts Centre January 27th – 28th Box Office: 9550 3900 or book online: www.manpac.com.au Times: 11am & 2pm NB: Check with the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre for ticket prices.
School Performances: Postcards Home is also available to tour as an incursion to your school, pre-school or vacation care in conjunction with a workshop program with Buzz Dance Theatre's professional dancer teams Incursion performance requires a wooden sprung floor e.g gymnasium
A new work built specifically for the Buzz dancers, Ghostlight takes a long, hard look at passion, pain and wishful thinking. Sensuous and fierce, Ghostlight weaves together five dynamic sections that bounce off the individual dancers and their relationships within the group. Weare uses the unique qualities of the Buzz dancers to form their roles within the work, asking them to tap into something tender, sly, stubborn, hard-edged, and vulnerable; tools we all use in our constant search for contact and connection.
NYC-based choreographer Kate Weare creates intensely physical interludes between dancers that allow each artist's individuality to shine through, fuelling raucous and tender investigations of partnership, identity and autonomy. The New Yorker recently described Weare's work as "passionate and precise, headlong and unpredictable."
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Plan B –by renowned Perth choreographer Danielle Micich
When your life’s plan goes terribly wrong…….what do you do next?
A man places his pre-fabricated life plan in front of him, only to find that it is going terribly off course. As things take a turn for the worse he attempts to take wrestle back control. He realises that life is like a lottery, and taking a chance just might pay off.
Plan B is a humorous, witty and insightful work that looks at a man’s desperate attempt to make his life perfect. Incorporating Micich’s distinct style, dance theatre and quirky physical movement this work is sure to thrill.
Saturday February 12th there will be a Post Performance Artist Talk. We welcome you to stay after the show and chat with the dancers!
Times:
Tuesday - Thursday
11am & 1pm
Friday
11am & 7:30pm
Saturday
7:30pm
Tickets:
Adults
$25
Adult Groups(8+)
$22
Concession
$18
Schools (10 or more, 1 teacher complimentary)
$16
School Bookings
Contact: Mary Wolfla, Education Manager
Buzz Dance Theatre – 08 9226 2322 or email
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Mandurah Performing Arts Centre:
Tuesday March 22nd – Wednesday March 23rd
Box Office:
9550 3900 or book online: www.manpac.com.au
NB: Check with the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre for ticket prices.
Post Performance Workshops in your school – March 24th – 1st April
One hour workshops that deconstruct the action on stage. Students will learn phrase material and interpret the themes of the performance through their own choreographic development. Push your students to think independently and creatively engage with the show on a deeper level.
