SAD EYES
Performed at DANCEHOUSE in the Sylvia Staehil Theatre 27th-29th March 2025.
— What if we rebuild the engine?
What are your politics? What do you value? How can we shift the fantasy to reality? What if this work becomes the world we choose to live in?
This new First Nations-led work leans into dual perspectives of youthful and cultural functionality of femininity in society. Through dance and storytelling, SAD EYES draws to the surface the complicated intersections of politics, identity and environmental concern to ultimately reframe a conversation on choice and action.
Within an “Australian” context, Amelia Jean O’Leary disassembles the structures around themselves in an effort to shift and destroy colonial narratives.
CAST AND CREW
Choreographer: Amelia Jean O’Leary
Dancers/collaborators: Jiawen Feng, Keia McGrady, Katherine Lanterna / Hegman, Sam Osborn
Sound Design: Amelia Jean O’Leary
Set Design: Savanna Wegman
Costume Design: Maya Anderson
Lighting Design: Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Stage and Production Manager: Georgina Bright
This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and Dancehouse’s First House Forum with support from the Sidney Myer Fund.
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