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Event

Going to Black

Venue

Beckett Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC

Umbrella Event

Old Friends and Wild Things

First Date

25 January 1994

Opening Date

25 January 1994

Last Date

29 January 1994

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

"A varied and satisfying program of small-scale works by three former members of Danceworks...Going to Black Bryan Smith takes classical steps and gestures and expresses crude masculinity with them...his dancing gets more and more desperate as his inability-disability increases."

Description Source

Reviewer's Opinion

Primary Genre

Dance

Secondary Genre

Contemporary

Subjects

Ageing

Organisations

Rebecca Hilton, Bryan Smith and Trevor Patrick., Presenting Company, Choir Master/Mistress
Rebecca Hilton, Bryan Smith and Trevor Patrick., Production Company, Choir Master/Mistress

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Bryan Smith	Choreographer
Bryan Smith	Dancer
Rebecca Hilton	Director
Trevor Patrick	Director
Bryan Smith	Director
Paul Hampton	Lighting Designer
Bryan Smith	Lighting Designer

Resources

Review: Catherine Lambert, The Sunday Herald Sun, 23 January 1994
Review: Chris Boyd, Melbourne Times, 12 January 1994
Review: Fiona Scott-Norman, Inpress, 19 January 1994
Review: Patricia Laughlin, The Age, 17 January 1994
Review: Robin Grove, The Australian, 19 January 1994

Further Information

The program also includes Achy Breaky Heart...Paris 1991, and X (the Story of a Body).

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record	January, 1994

Event Identifier

20706

Dataset

AusStage