MIRAGE
- "What an amazingly beautiful, deeply
reflective and wondrously magical work." - PIP BUINING, ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR CANBERRA YOUTH THEATRE
- "So extraordinary. I was captured by the imagery, enveloped by
the soundscape, deeply affected by the emotion and touched, explained
and finally realised what I was to realise for me.... I thank you so much."
- SYLVIE STERN, RADIO 2XX
- "[...]
an act of bravery, a gift. A deep reflection on human re-creative
capacity. [...] At its heart, this is a work that actually cares for and
about the body, for and about the performer, but also the spectator/audience,
and in a larger sense, the human condition, allowing for the fact that
seeing, listening, witnessing, are themselves alchemical processes. [...]
And that rare experience: what it costs to watch, and think and be in
watching, is rewarded by a message much larger than the performance. [...]
Mirage critically, joyfully perhaps, reflects on the deepest artistic
and neurological recognitions. [...] Mirage bears witness to an evolution
and maturing of (Igneous’) practice, and the transformation of the
idea of “the body” as a singular site and subject." -
ZSUZSANNA SOBOSLAY, REALTIME
"Reflected Presence
in dialogue" (pdf
file - 132KB) by
Jody McNeilly - Research paper, Department of Perfomance Studies,
University of Sydney
- "it
was last november that i soaked up your mirage at the choreographic centre.
i found it rich, stimulating and intense. was prompted to explore old
and assess new pain & body-mind literature. like a well referenced
book, mirage compelled further research and insinuated itself into my
thinking and clinical approach as an osteopath. hope that you all continue
to feed and stimulate with such refined & resolved multimedia experiences."
- Dr Craig Patrick
TRANSCRIBED
FROM THE AUDIENCE COMMENTS BOOK
- The interaction between body, reflection and multiple projections
was fantastic to look at. Who’s moving first, who’s chasing
who?
- I like the marriage between motion, picture, sound and set. It’s
like optical illusion... Lovely choice of precise movement, not too busy...
but lovely for mental stimuli.
- I floated out of the dream world... thank you. Mesmerising!
- I never thought that my eyes would make me see the unseen in such a
way.
- A perceptive glimpse of a seeming afterworld.
- When I used the mirror-box with my left arm it really did feel like
the rigid arm was moving the same. Very clever.
- Moving, confronting, beautiful. Great sounds, organic, synthetic, lush.
Whole family enjoyed very much. |
LIQUID
SKIN
Visually striking. A few days later I still have images in mind. -
EVE CALINGAERT, BELGIAN PLAYWRIGHT
The scientific possibilities to let creative metamorphoses turn into dangerous
manipulations become the creed of a modern kabala. A wordless and artistically
fertile collaboration. Very strong images fit for Documenta. - SÜDWESTPRESSE
BODY
IN QUESTION
A stylish work that seamlessly integrates movement, spoken and written
text, animation and an extraordinarily live-looking puppet. Director
Fuks has collaborated with Cunningham to craft a multi-layered and intensely
personal work – THE ADVERTISER, Adelaide
A moving alliance of dance, video, vibrant musical score, a triumph
of creative expression and dance over all our human frailties - SUNDAY
HERALD SUN, Melbourne
Reinventing the choreographic space, Cunningham throws himself into
startling body-to-body tussles with his puppet to find new artistic strings.
A flag-ship show of the festival. - TELERAMA, Paris top
THANATONAUTS,
Navigators of Death
a stunning example of the best of contemporary performance. It clearly
demonstrates Igneous’ ability to collaborate with a wide diversity
of creative forms and artists, and to successfully create a performative
language that is a unique synthesis of these forms and artists. -
REALTIME MAGAZINE, National, Australia
Meditative, human and, at times, humorous (...) it deserves a wide
audience. - THE COURIER-MAIL, Brisbane
OTHER WORKS
“Cheating Death” a novel fusion in multimedia and dance,
overwhelming in all its aspects, packed with agile movements from the
two forms (contemporary dance and Kalaripayattu) keeping the audience
riveted to their seats - THE HINDU, Chennai
“The Hands Project” - tremendously innovative in its use
of different media and imaginative multi-dimensional space - Jennifer
Lindsay, Lecturer Performance Studies, Univeristy of Sydney
“Thanatonauts” (live performance, 2001) impressed me by
its depth and integrity of research, in both content and the mediums of
performance. Two apparently disparate styles (post modern dance and South
Indian martial arts) are integrated into a seamless and contemporary kinetic
language. - Cheryl Stock, Head of Dance, Queensland University
of Technology |
