DANCE NATION — Red Stitch Actors' Theatre

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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Dance Nation follows a troupe of pre-teens as they navigate the hyper-sexualised, ultra-competitive world of competition dance. In this world of sequinned leotards and six-foot trophies, the dancers themselves – their needs, their hopes, their fears – matter least.

Dance Nation is a comical and excruciating look at the moment when girls become aware of their own power – and of its limits. Performed by a cast of mature women, the dissonance between a 13-year-old’s dreams and what they will ultimately achieve is stark.

Barron’s writing reminds us of the ferocity of the children we once were.

CAST & CREATIVES

Writer Clare Baron
Director Maude Davey
Set & Costume Design Adrienne Chisolm
Lighting Design Clare Springett
Sound Design Peter Farnan
Choreography Holly Durant
Assistant Director Angelica Clunes
Stage Manager Stephanie Young
Assistant Stage Manager Diane Pereira

Cast
Zoe Boesen
Brett Cousins
Casey Filips
Shayne Francis
Hannah Fredericksen
Natalie Gamsu
Caroline Lee
Tariro Mavondo
Georgina Naidu

DATES & TICKETS
Previews 12 - 15 Mar | Season 16 Mar - 14 Apr

Wed - Sat 8pm
Sun 6.30pm
Sat Matinee 2pm

“Clare Barron’s writing is so manic and assured – Maude Davey’s production so scintillating, so exuberant, so artful – that we delight in the uncertainty and gleefully strap in for the ride.”
– The Australian -

“Dance Nation is fresh, hilarious, and full of the kind of immediately recognisable characters who rarely make the foreground.”
– The Age -

Promotional photo by Robert Blackburn & Work Art Life Studios.

Production photos by Teresa Noble.

We at Red Stitch acknowledge and pay our respects to Australia’s First Peoples and Elders past and present, and offer our gratitude to the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation, on whose unceded lands we work.