Dance

'My Sight Their Sight' - Dance Excursion

On Thursday 15 February, the Year 11 and 12 General Dance Class attended the 2018 Fringe Festival in Northbridge. The Fringe Festival is an event that showcases a variety of shows from different genres of performing arts, ranging from music to dancing and cabaret to comedy and acting.

Russell Square on James Street is brought to life as the 'Pleasure Gardens' with different events occurring throughout the night including live musical performances, a silent disco (that we very much enjoyed), concerts, and many food trucks. We were lucky enough to attend one of the physical theatre and circus performances called 'My Sight, Their Sight'. This piece was performed by Blindful, a company based in Melbourne and involved three performers; Abbie, Ryan, and Romain. Throughout the performance they challenge themselves by removing their sense of sight by blindfolding themselves, while performing a range of contemporary and acrobatic movements, tricks and balances. The performance incorporated props like a skateboard and bricks to manipulate sounds as an alternative to having their sight removed. 

During the performance Ryan, one of the dancers, was blindfolded while he performed an aerial acrobatics stunt on a single rope suspended from the ceiling. Watching it made us uneasy and frightened, it gave a surreal understanding of what life would be without sight. The performance was very enjoyable and built on our understanding of the use of biomechanics and our senses in dance. 

Sacha Carver and Madison Heron (Year 12 students)