Tease
December 5 - December 7 1997
Royal Park, Launceston
Directors: Annie Greig and Tony Rooke (Tony's Imaginary Circus)
Choreography: The Company
Musical Director: Sophie Chapman (Accordeoniste)
Rehearsal Director: Wendy McPhee
Lighting/Tech: Damien Fuller
Graphic Design: John Clemons and Gillian Warden
Performers: Eleanor Davies, Catherine Freeman, Tom Greder, Wendy McPhee, Natasha Middleton, Jonathon Rees-Osborne, Tony Rooke and Jay Watson
"Take a bow Tasdance. Your production of TEASE was first class, and a milestone"
Alison Andrews, The Examiner, December 16, 1997
"The trick about circus acts is to make the things look impossible – for us in the audience, but a piece of cake for the performers. TEASE does just that."
Martin Ball, The Australian, December 11, 1997
TEASE was a dynamic collaboration between Tasdance and Tony's Imaginary Circus, a contemporary circus troupe based in Queensland.
This collaboration created a unique opportunity to explore the fusion of two physical theatre forms: dance and circus. It allowed the performers to redefine their physical language and extend the boundaries of both art forms. The production TEASE was highly physical and explored comedy and slap stick, and integrated dance, circus and music.
It created excitement, made you laugh, gasp, wonder and, above all was entertaining. The sheer breathless physicality of TEASE, from precision tightrope walking to bootscootin' cowboys, showed the potential flexibility and endless limitations of such a collaboration.
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