Love Me

Production still for "On". L-R: Kirstie McCracken, Byron Perry. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Love Me

By Lucy Guerin

06 September 2005 – 11 September 2005 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, Lucy Guerin Inc, Melbourne International Arts Festival,

Theatre Dance Co-Production

A woman dances under the oblivious gaze of a projected partner. Body fragments twist and jerk in pockets of light as the metropolis riffs a tune of hurry and haste. Two bodies engage in a duet of icy detachment to the boiling point of human emotion. Love Me is a program of three works which explore relationships in projected environments.

Reservoir of Giving I and II addresses the space between people and how we attempt to reconcile that distance through language. Set within a stylised domestic environment, the dancers seem lifted straight from a designer lifestyle magazine but present a less than perfect view of contemporary life.

On is a duet which occurs in isolated windows of light and projection. The two dancers perform detailed miniatures of closeness and separation, which reinforce the vast darkness that waits outside their tiny bright world.

Melt describes a rise in temperature, from freezing to boiling, with each degree explored temperamentally and physically. It is a highly focused duet for two women whose detailed movements are intensified by the mercurial medium of motion graphics.

Production still for "On". L-R: Byron Perry, Kirstie McCracken. Photographer: Jeff Busby.
Production still for "On". L-R: Byron Perry, Kirstie McKracken. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Melt". Kirstie McKracken, Stephanie Lake. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Melt". Kirstie McKracken, Stephanie Lake. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Melt". Kirstie McKracken, Stephanie Lake. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Reservoir of Giving I". L-R: Kirstie McKracken, Kyle Kremerskothen. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Reservoir of Giving I". L-R: Kirstie McKracken, Kyle Kremerskothen. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Reservoir of Giving II". L-R: Kirstie McKracken, Kyle Kremerskothen. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Reservoir of Giving II". L-R: Kirstie McKracken, Kyle Kremerskothen. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "On". L-R: Byron Perry, Kirstie McCracken. Photographer: Jeff Busby.

Production still for "On". L-R: Byron Perry, Kirstie McKracken. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Melt". Kirstie McKracken, Stephanie Lake. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Melt". Kirstie McKracken, Stephanie Lake. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Melt". Kirstie McKracken, Stephanie Lake. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Reservoir of Giving I". L-R: Kirstie McKracken, Kyle Kremerskothen. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Reservoir of Giving I". L-R: Kirstie McKracken, Kyle Kremerskothen. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Reservoir of Giving II". L-R: Kirstie McKracken, Kyle Kremerskothen. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Reservoir of Giving II". L-R: Kirstie McKracken, Kyle Kremerskothen. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Cast

Stephanie Lake

Stephanie Lake

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Kyle Kremerskothen

Kyle Kremerskothen

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Kirstie McCracken

Kirstie McCracken

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Byron Perry

Byron Perry

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Creatives

Darrin Verhagen

Darrin Verhagen

Sound Designer

Lucy Guerin

Lucy Guerin

Choreographer

Paul Healy

Paul Healy

Sound Designer

Keith Tucker

Keith Tucker

Lighting Designer

David Rosetzky

David Rosetzky

Visual Artist

Franc Tetaz

Franc Tetaz

Sound Designer

Sarah Greentree

Sarah Greentree

Producer, Co-Producer

Michaela French

Michaela French

Visual Artist, Visual Artist