Finding Centre

02/09/2015

Another review......

Theertha Muraldihar reviews Finding Centre at Gasworks Theatre in Melbourne

26/08/2015

Dance Australia Review by SUSAN BENDALL

Trisha Dunn: Finding Centre -
Gasworks Art Park, 14 August -

Finding Centre is a work that uses multiple approaches to explore a concept. Trisha Dunn's self-devised and performed solo allows plenty of opportunities to engage with her investigation of what it means to find, lose and recover a sense of centre as it traverses notions of physical, emotional and psychological balance. The beginning section of the work is dramatic, still and suspenseful. We see the dancer apparently suspended, lying horizontally on a bed of nothingness. Light creeps in to reveal a cavernous drop beneath her. A combination of gentle yet strong holds, reminiscent of yoga poses, suggest a testing of the relationship between space, body, sureness and peril as she straddles the void. Performing her solo, Dunn invoked a strong yet fluid physicality and arms tended to be soft in contrast with a sure anchoring of the lower torso.

From this beautiful and slightly mysterious opening section the work enters and re-enters notions of balance in a series of contrasting micro narratives. Projection is a prominent player in the work and manifests in varied stylistic forms. Two solid light box screens are used effectively. In some sections they show coherent but transient snippets and in others the filmic dance is glitchy, fragmented or pixelated - struggling to hold on to its own integrity before falling away. I assumed that the contrasting digital styles were deliberate though some might read this as an inconsistency.

Light is also used to create shadows and silhouettes and in one section an onscreen time-lapse of Dunn dancing at the water's edge at a beach is contrasted by the enormous silhouette of the real, present Dunn toying with the tiny, twitchy fast-motion version of herself. Dancer-only episodes explore attempts at gaining physical and psychological balance. In one she fights gravity and other resisting forces to negotiate a chair and in another she uses audience participation melded with a kind of bi-polar exploration of extreme emotion.

Finding Centre is an absorbing work in many ways and is expertly executed both choreographically and in its design. My only quibble is that there is far too much material in its multiple representations and a sense that Dunn is unwilling to let go of anything.

21/08/2015

I cannot thank you all enough for the incredible support I have felt from friends, family and strangers in the lead up to performing 'Finding Centre' in Melbourne. I had two shows which were entirely different from each other both externally and internally but both provided an incredible experience. Enormous love to those of you that travelled, some for many hours by car, plane and train to support myself and my work I am eternally grateful. And to those I've never met who came to see. This project would never have occurred without my amazing team, Carol Wellman Kelly and Darren Willmott and the visual brilliance of Narf Zort and Adam Synott's work. I adore you all. Without the support of Gasworks, Tasdance and Tasmania Performs this tour could not have happened and I am indebted to them. Lastly, my awesome husband and family who watched the kids and picked up the slack for me to do this, you are simply wonderful. Finally, here is a review from opening night, it was an inspiring ride, I enjoyed it immensely!
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05/08/2015

Melbourne Peeps it would be a great help to know where to get a good remedial massage close to the city and any good yoga/ pilates either central, St Kilda or Port Melbourne?? Many thanks in advance for any suggestions x

02/08/2015

Yesterday I performed 'Finding Centre' for a small audience to get the show ready for Melbourne. It also happened to be on the same day, around the same time, that my mother passed away one year ago. Nothing could have been more apt imagining her beaming pride filling the room. In some way every performance from here will be for her....... RIP Mum xx

02/08/2015

Last week of rehearsals before we hit Melbs!

28/07/2015

Sneak Peek.........

28/07/2015

Trying to find my centre at In Balance pilates studio:)

26/07/2015

26/07/2015

The amazing Carol has landed ready to whip me in to shape. And yes, it's cold bbrbrrrrrrr!

17/06/2015

It's getting closeauuuughghgghh

Gasworks Theatre TICKETS Tickets from $20 to $40 ?There aren?t enough words to describe Trisha Dunn?s choreography and performance in Finding Centre.

17/06/2015

Two weeks in the studio and still on the chair :/ a break now before the next rehearsal chunk and MELBOURNE!!!!!