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  • A scene from the contemporary dance work Red by Australian company Dancenorth, featuring two people from the back, with their heads close together and their arms reaching upward into a dark void.
  • A scene from the contemporary dance work Red by Australian company Dancenorth, with two dancers sitting on a dark stage with legs interlocked.
  • A scene from the contemporary dance work Red by Australian company Dancenorth, with a dancer standing inside a large, transparent, inflatable dome on a dark stage.
  • A scene from the contemporary dance work Red by Australian company Dancenorth, with two dancers standing wrapped in clear plastic  on a dark stage.
3 – 7 Jun

Red

  • Theatre
  • Dance

Red is an uncompromising duet set inside a large transparent inflatable dome - a modern parable of two bodies moving within a world that can no longer sustain them.

As air slowly disappears, their plight becomes an allegory for a rapidly contracting world.

Red by Dancenorth Australia exposes a stark metaphor for our age: a world at its limits, where ecological crises are bound together and bodies must adapt to survive within failing systems.

Epic, poetic and intimate, Red illuminates the challenge of preserving our humanity in a world under pressure.

Red is part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale, curated and hosted by RISING.

Hours

Date Times
Wed 3 Jun
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Thu 4 Jun
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Fri 5 Jun
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Sat 6 Jun
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Sun 7 Jun
  • 5pm - 6pm 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Location

Southbank Theatre
140 Southbank Blvd
3006

Open in maps location for Southbank Theatre

Price and bookings

From $25 to $59

Book online for Red

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9662 4242
  • email address: ticketing@rising.melbourne
  • Visit website for Red
Facebook page for Red Instagram page for Red

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