Amplifcation

Premiered 
9th September 1999
 
Choreography: Phillip Adams
Composer/Turntablist: Lynton Carr
Set and Lighting design: Bluebottle
Costumes: Graham Green
Artistic Associate/Producer:
Linda Sastradipradja
Dancers: Joanne White, Carlee Mellow, Brooke Stamp, Ryan Lowe, Tim Harvey
Graphic Design: 3 Deep Design

Synopsis
Using the car accident as a metaphor for mental/physical disassociation, Amplification examines the thresholds of the human body’s response to sound, light and physical impact. Developed through research conducted at a hospital emergency ward and the Melbourne morgue, Amplification magnifies the 1.6 seconds ‘disassociation’ freeze time which occurs at the moment of impact.
 
Skidding, sliding and crashing into a world of body bags, pain, healing, reality and unreality, Amplification deconstructs and reconstructs the site of impact with scientific fascination and a morbid fascination with the body in chaos.
 
Amplification is an exploration of densely layered, highly technical and studied partnering; revealing the possibilities of death, ritual, burial and torture within the form of an installation.
 
Amplification is provocative, controversial and confronting. Set in a stark minimalist environment that features live turntable composition by DJ Lynton Carr and set design by awarding winning Australian design team Bluebottle.

Performance Schedule
10 year anniversary performance

Australian Dance Awards 2009
June 7th 2009
Victorian Arts Centre, State Theatre 8pm

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