Plastic Space

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Event Plastic Space
Venue National Theatre, St Kilda, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Festival 1999
First Date 14 October 1999
Opening Date 14 October 1999
Last Date 16 October 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description One of the hottest choreographers of the new generation, Garry Stewart, together with his company THWACK explode on to the dance scene with their powerfully physical performance theatre that challenges existing dance mediums.
A dynamic dance group whose ideology takes them to the cutting edge of contemporary dance, employs movement, design and media technologies to challenge, expand and feed the senses.
Plastic Space, exemplifying THWACK's tradmark physicality, examines our obsession wiith aliens, UFOs and life out there, and turns it on its head using a fusion of breakdance, classical an
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Contemporary
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Garry Stewart Choreographer
Bruce McKinven Costume Designer
David Bonney Dramaturg/e
Damien Cooper Lighting Designer
Marguerite Pepper Producer
Jad McAdam Sound Designer
Tim Gruchy Video Artist
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Melbourne Festival 1999 guide
Event Identifier 100831
Dataset AusStage