Production still from previous production of "Structure and Sadness". Photographer: Jeff Busby

Structure and Sadness (2009)

25 November 2009 – 29 November 2009 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, Lucy Guerin Inc,

Theatre Dance Co-Production Remount

"Structure and Sadness" is a physical, visual and emotional response to a devastating accident in recent history. In 1970, a span of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge collapsed during construction. This collapse changed the project from being a symbol of achievement and unity to one of deep sorrow.

Choreographer Lucy Guerin has based her unique movement vocabulary on the engineering principles of compression, suspension, torsion and failure. The result is a complex and arresting dance work, examining the conflicts between the impressionable human body and the unyielding inanimate world.

Winner of the 2008 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a Company, 2007 Helpmann Award for Best Dance Work,and 2006 Green Room Award for Choreography.

"AN EMOTIONAL HIGH ... AN UNEXPECTEDLY BEAUTIFUL DANCE PIECE."

— Sydney Morning Herald