SHOW BRINGS WORLD HOME
A GROUP of performers will take to the digital stage tomorrow as part of an online event exploring world events.
It will be the first professional gig for Townsville choreographer Suzie Searight who recently returned to the region after studying dance in Brisbane.
GASP is a collaborative project presented by Ulysses Dancers, a not-for-profit group that aims to develop performing arts in North Queensland.
Ulysses director Jane Pirani said the digital performance reflected on recent events, the fragility of nature and the human spirit and was inspired by the
2019 floods, the bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The idea was that we do something, not just in response to COVID, but to the world in general,” she said.
The project has been in the pipeline for three months and brings together about 30 local performers as well as industry professionals who have been unable to work in recent months.
Ms Searight has been dancing since she was eight.
She said returning to the region to work alongside her former teacher, Ms Pirani, was an exciting step in her career.
The show, which will be streamed online, is presented in four parts.
Alongside Ms Searight and Ms Pirani, Dane Reid and Cassie Steen choreographed an act.
Townsville-raised musician Isabelle Reynaud as well as lighting designer Jamie Schmidt also collaborated on the project.
Watch the show on: Ulysses Dancers
Facebook tomorrow at 7.30pm.