Sea Inside
Wed, 12 June 2013, 02:16 pmGordon the Optom2 posts in thread
Sea Inside
Wed, 12 June 2013, 02:16 pm‘Sea Inside’ transports you to a dream nature world. Produced presented by Russya Connor a WAAPA lecturer, Russya is also a drama therapist with a special interest in mental health. Russya is the director of the all female Euthalia (a third century Virgin Martyr) Ensemble. They presented Penthesilea – a Queen of the Amazons - as part of the 2012 Fremantle Festival.
This novel production can be experienced at the Blue Room Studio Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge. Performances are nightly at 8.30 until Saturday 29th June.
The audience guided through a red lit tunnel, lined with sea shells, into a large black room. There is a dim blue glow of light. Hanging from the ceiling in the centre, is an illuminated, aerial performer’s double silk. We are invited to sit on one of the many ‘pebbles’ scattered on the floor, around the perimeter. These pebbles are cloth covered, firm foam, which prove to be quite comfortable for the 40-minute performance.
The lights dim and the tunnel door opens. A girl (Russya Connor), dressed in a white shift enters. One of the long walls, 6 metres by 3, is filled with the projection of a leafless tree silhouette. As the girl looks at the wall, the corporeal picture is wiped and a new forest outline appears. She moves slowly, gracefully creeping her way along the wall, through the trees, taking on the shape of the branches, blending in with nature itself.
The girl swings elegantly on the hanging white silks, when suddenly a storm erupts. The mist blows in and she is at the mercy of the elements. We see her floundering on the silks, then on AV, swimming with turtles and whales. A voice can be heard relating poetry. The young woman quotes a few passages, sometimes in German, followed by the English translation.
Will nature win? Or will the world’s fauna and flora live happily as one?
You can relax in the garden at home, or go down to the beach where even with your eyes closed you will experience a different kind of freedom. This is the kind of feeling Russya, an actor, dancer and choreographer is achieving in this energy filled dream.
The performer has a hair band of gold stars and an Inca like necklace. This magnificent, heavy gold adornment consists of several splendid seahorses, all in gold. The jewellery is the amazing work of designer Tomototo (Cyndy Ellis).
Russya started dancing at the age of six and was trained in several genres before her studies at ‘The Centre for Eastern Dance’ in Germany. She has since belly danced her way around the world. Not surprisingly, Russya is now a PhD student at WAAPA.
The well conceived AV design was by Russya Connor, with interesting, well edited films produced by Erez Beatus, Alan Bird and Stefan Otto. The lighting design by Tegan Evans cleverly incorporated the effects of water ripples and drifting sands.
The hypnotic score was created by Ali Schmidl; you could feel the water movement and the outdoor expanses in every bar. Russya’s enchanting poetry was based on the writings of R. M. Rilke, some was pre-recorded, however, the verse that was spoken live was a little lost in the large room. Russya has to be congratulated on being able to speak at all after the energetic performance.
The mist effect was a couple of ‘squirts’ from the smoke machine, however the audience were seated on the floor, and the air didn’t dissipate very quickly. The visual range went down to inches at times. When the water sequence was being projected, sadly the film quality was lost, again due to the residual fog.
Russya has developed a very effective and clever combination of words, sound and vision around the theme of our existence in nature. Good luck with your PhD Russya.
‘Sea Inside’ transports you to a dream nature world. Produced presented by Russya Connor a WAAPA lecturer, Russya is also a drama therapist with a special interest in mental health. Russya is the director of the all female Euthalia (a third century Virgin Martyr) Ensemble. They presented Penthesilea – a Queen of the Amazons - as part of the 2012 Fremantle Festival.
This novel production can be experienced at the Blue Room Studio Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge. Performances are nightly at 8.30 until Saturday 29th June.
The audience guided through a red lit tunnel, lined with sea shells, into a large black room. There is a dim blue glow of light. Hanging from the ceiling in the centre, is an illuminated, aerial performer’s double silk. We are invited to sit on one of the many ‘pebbles’ scattered on the floor, around the perimeter. These pebbles are cloth covered, firm foam, which prove to be quite comfortable for the 40-minute performance.
The lights dim and the tunnel door opens. A girl (Russya Connor), dressed in a white shift enters. One of the long walls, 6 metres by 3, is filled with the projection of a leafless tree silhouette. As the girl looks at the wall, the corporeal picture is wiped and a new forest outline appears. She moves slowly, gracefully creeping her way along the wall, through the trees, taking on the shape of the branches, blending in with nature itself.
The girl swings elegantly on the hanging white silks, when suddenly a storm erupts. The mist blows in and she is at the mercy of the elements. We see her floundering on the silks, then on AV, swimming with turtles and whales. A voice can be heard relating poetry. The young woman quotes a few passages, sometimes in German, followed by the English translation.
Will nature win? Or will the world’s fauna and flora live happily as one?
You can relax in the garden at home, or go down to the beach where even with your eyes closed you will experience a different kind of freedom. This is the kind of feeling Russya, an actor, dancer and choreographer is achieving in this energy filled dream.
The performer has a hair band of gold stars and an Inca like necklace. This magnificent, heavy gold adornment consists of several splendid seahorses, all in gold. The jewellery is the amazing work of designer Tomototo (Cyndy Ellis).
Russya started dancing at the age of six and was trained in several genres before her studies at ‘The Centre for Eastern Dance’ in Germany. She has since belly danced her way around the world. Not surprisingly, Russya is now a PhD student at WAAPA.
The well conceived AV design was by Russya Connor, with interesting, well edited films produced by Erez Beatus, Alan Bird and Stefan Otto. The lighting design by Tegan Evans cleverly incorporated the effects of water ripples and drifting sands.
The hypnotic score was created by Ali Schmidl; you could feel the water movement and the outdoor expanses in every bar. Russya’s enchanting poetry was based on the writings of R. M. Rilke, some was pre-recorded, however, the verse that was spoken live was a little lost in the large room. Russya has to be congratulated on being able to speak at all after the energetic performance.
The mist effect was a couple of ‘squirts’ from the smoke machine, however the audience were seated on the floor, and the air didn’t dissipate very quickly. The visual range went down to inches at times. When the water sequence was being projected, sadly the film quality was lost, again due to the residual fog.
Russya has developed a very effective and clever combination of words, sound and vision around the theme of our existence in nature. Good luck with your PhD Russya.
Thank you!