World Premiere
World Premiere
Byron Perry (Australia)
Phillip Adams BalletLab (Australia)
Double Think
Aviary
A Suite for the Bird
Presented by Arts House and Force
Majeure in association with
Melbourne Festival
Prodigious Australian
choreographer Byron Perry
presents a shifting world of light
and shadow with this playful
experiment in movement.
Making its world premiere at Melbourne
Festival, Byron Perry’s Double Think is a
rhetorical examination of the illusion of
opposition. Through movement-based
conversations, one tall man and one short
woman make imperfect sense as they shed
some dark on a light subject in a complex
world of simple objects. Double Think
utilises performer-operated lighting and
live manipulation of the set to create a
constantly evolving landscape of relativity.
Perry’s previous works have shown a
fascination with deconstructing the nature
of performance, a theme continued with
Double Think. A mischievous exchange
between movement and inertia, light and
dark, this is a marvel of motion from an
award-winning creator.
Double Think is Perry’s first work for
Melbourne Festival, following his
appointment as the Festival’s inaugural
Harold Mitchell Foundation Fellow in 2010.
Director & Choreographer Byron Perry
Performers Kirstie McCracken, Lee Serle
Composer Luke Smiles
Lighting Designer Benjamin Cisterne
Set Design & Construction Bluebottle
Producer Force Majeure
Production Management & Stage
Management Megafun
“Quite simply an outstanding
piece of theatre, due to its
creative vision and compelling
choreography.”
Australian Stag