One Beautiful Thing
★★★★★
“. . . it felt as if Circa and their Indian collaborators were in touch with the divine”
Daily Review, Australia
Director: Yaron Lifschitz
Associate director / producer: Ben Knapton
Design coordinator / costume designer: Libby McDonnell
Lighting Designer and technical director: Jason Organ
Stage design: Yaron Lifschitz, Ben Knapton, Libby McDonnell & Jason Organ
Composer: Daryl Wallis
Composer/Performer: Utsav lal
Performers: Rajesh Armale, Nathan Boyle, Nicole Faubert, Scott Glove, Davina Gudhekar, Keaton Hentoff-Killian, Bridie Hooper, Sandeep Kale,
Todd Kilby, Nathan Knowles, Utsav Lal,
Cecilia Martin, Natasha Mhaskar, Daniel O’Brien, Kimberley O’Brien, Brittanie Portelli, Sanket Purab, Gerard Quadras
Presented by Asia TOPA Festival 2017
One Beautiful Thing was commissioned and presented with support from Arts Centre Melbourne, the Sidney Myer Fund and the Playking Foundation. Asia TOPA is a joint initiative of the Sidney Myer Fund and Arts Centre Melbourne and is supported by the Australian and Victorian Governments.
Artists from Circa’s ensemble share a stage with practitioners of Mallakhamb, the awe-inspiring Indian sport somewhere between gymnastics and wrestling that employs pole and rope to produce astonishing physical configurations. Dating back to the 12th century, this unique cultural treasure had almost vanished by the turn of this century, but an exceptionally skilled group of performers have dedicated themselves to mastering the focus and balance required by Mallakhamb.
Created in India and Australia, this collaboration brings two cultures face to face; contrasting and reflecting their differences as they seek to create ‘one beautiful thing’.
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