Jane Montgomery Griffiths wrote an article introducing her adaptation and its context prior to the opening night of Antigone, directed by Adena Jacobs at the Malthouse Theatre. Perhaps too optimistically, she states that: “Creon’s 5th century misogyny has a very different meaning in the 21st century.” Whilst this may be true, it is apparent that […]
Eliza Dyball
The impossibility of describing Trisha Brown’s ‘Scallops’ (1973) without moving the body
Five bodies stand in a large room. Standing on blue-grey-speckled linoleum, toe, ball, heels, skin stretched not too tight, weighted. The toe that rests next to the big toe is longer than the latter. Equal pressure in, up, out and down Arms hang The smallest toe on the right foot is cuddled under its neighbour. […]
A conversation with Kalinda Vary
The handstand! Can we talk about that? We both had a very different approach to that To the hand stand? Yep I credit you with getting me to do one You were strategic about it I wasn’t I was just trying to do it all at once and failing because of that Usual practice Ha! […]