Amplification

Production still for "Amplification". Rennie McDougall (lying), Timothy Harvey. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Amplification

By Phillip Adams

22 March 2011 – 26 March 2011 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, BalletLab,

Dance Co-Production

Amplification is a portrait of the body in chaos. Using the car accident as a metaphor for mental/physical disassociation, Amplification examines the thresholds of the human body's response to sound, light and physical impact. Developed through research conducted at a hospital emergency ward and the Melbourne morgue, Amplification magnifies the 1.6 seconds 'disassociation' freeze time which occurs at the moment of impact. Skidding, sliding and crashing into a world of body bags, pain, healing, reality and unreality, Amplification deconstructs and reconstructs the site of impact with scientific fascination and a morbid fascination with the body in chaos. Amplification is an exploration of densely layered, highly technical and studied partnering; revealing the possibilities of death, ritual, burial and torture within the form of an installation.

 

"A RAW AND POWERFUL WORK WHICH AT TIMES IS CONFRONTING TO THE POINT OF DISCOMFORT ... AMPLIFICATION IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED OR THE PRUDISH."

— Herald Sun

Production still for "Amplification". Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Amplification". Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Amplification". Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "Amplification". Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Amplification". Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Amplification". Photographer: Jeff Busby

Cast

Brooke Stamp

Brooke Stamp

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Tim  Harvey

Tim Harvey

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Peter Wilson

Performer

Carlee Mellow

Carlee Mellow

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Joanne White

Joanne White

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Rennie McDougall

Rennie McDougall

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Erin Fowler

Performer

Lilian Steiner

Performer

Creatives

Ben Cobham

Ben Cobham

Designer

Emily O'Brien

Emily O'Brien

Production Manager

Lynton Carr

Composer

Phillip Adams

Phillip Adams

Choreographer, Director

Graham Green

Costume Designer

Marita Petherbridge

Marita Petherbridge

Stage Manager

Amelia Bartak

Producer, Co-Producer

Acknowledgements

BalletLab gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Victoria.