Cloud Split

Cloud Split

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    Tracks Dance Studio, Harbour View Plaza, Darwin

    16 -18 August 2024

    Cloud Split

    A spontaneous duet 

    Exploring connection and tenderness, framed by imagery of the moody skies of the Top End, Cloud Split investigated the sublime unknowns of improvised performance, seeking to physicalise unpredictable natural phenomena. 

    Devised by Jess Devereux in conversation with Britt Guy. Performed by SJ Spillett and Kelly Beneforti, with a lush experimental soundtrack by James Mangohig and environmental moving images of the NT by Duane Preston. A long-form project with an incremental development approach, developed across a 10 month time span. At the centre was an intimate performance in the Tracks Studio for Darwin Festival 2024, with a backdrop of mirrors and projection providing special effect. A love letter to the clouds. 

    With a Welcome to Country by Cyan Sue Lee, specially recorded for the project by James Mangohig
     

    Cloud Split Programme

     

    Audience Responses

    "A stunning and tender offering of stories to be drawn into, colour tonality and range of energetic textures… intention and attention, sensory connection, converging of elements, skies shifting and merging and embodied conversations." Jenelle Saunders

    "I feel excited when I think of the process, the trust and the responsiveness to ideas and the spontaneous choreographic experiences and piecings together of all of the elements. Beautiful, big, round, ether-filled, floating, soaring love." Bryn Wackett

    “Cloud split was absolutely stunning! It was so emotive... the transitions between each of the sections was so smooth and the whole piece was  powerful—it really took me on a journey...it was so overwhelmingly what I needed to see.” Venaska Cheliah

     

    Cloud Split was shortlisted for Performance of the Year, 2024 NT Performing Arts Awards,  Dancer Kelly Beneforti won Best Performer, and Duane Preston won Best Behind The Scenes Production.

    Company Partners

    Tracks Inc is proudly sponsored by the Northern Territory Government.

    Cloud Split was made possible by the generous support of the Tracks Donnor Circle. If you wish to become a Tracks Donor - go here

    Project Partner

    Tracks Donors Circle

    Tracks 2024

    Artistic Director: David McMicken
    Company Director: Sean Pardy
    Associate Artistic Director: Jess Devereux
    Production Manager: Duane Preston
    Dance Animateurs: Kelly Beneforti & SJ Spillett
    Creative Producer: Britt Guy
    Administrator: Debbie Micairan & Jocelyn Tribe
    Bookkeeper: It Figures
    Auditors: AMW Audit

    Committee Members: Chairperson: Max Dewa Stretton/David Taylor. Treasurer: Glenn Bernardin. Ordinary Members: Andrea Wicking, David Taylor, Max Stretton, Lachlan Peattie, Rachael Wallis, Anna Lindsay, Venaska Cheliah, Sarah Rennie. Ex-Officio: David McMicken, Sean Pardy

    What's On

    Creative Team

    Welcome to Country: Cyan Sue Lee
    Concept / Artistic Direction: Jessica Devereux
    Music Director: James Mangohig
    Performers / Collaborators: Kelly Beneforti and SJ Spillett
    Conversation / Dramaturgy: Britt Guy
    Video / Lighting Designer: Duane Preston
    Costume Designer: Irena Graesslin
    Understudy: David McMicken
     

    Front Of House

    Box Office: Jocelyn Tribe
    Head Usher: Sally Crawford
    Ushers: Sheila Rose, Sue Mornmane, Michael Stanley, Peter Stretton, Darryl Butler, Bridget Riggs, Lesley Merrett, Kathy Ryan, Gabbie Ennor, Sean Pardy

    Cloud Split (L-R) Audience, SJ Spillett, Kelly Beneforti. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) Kelly Beneforti, SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split. SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split. SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) Kelly Beneforti, SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split. Kelly Beneforti. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) SJ Spillett, Kelly Beneforti. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) Kelly Beneforti, SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) SJ Spillett, Kelly Beneforti. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) SJ Spillett, Kelly Beneforti. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) Kelly Beneforti, SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) Kelly Beneforti, SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) Kelly Beneforti, SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) SJ Spillett, Kelly Beneforti. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) SJ Spillett, Kelly Beneforti. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split. SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split (L-R) Kelly Beneforti, SJ Spillett. Photo Duane Preston
    Cloud Split. Kelly Beneforti. Photo Duane Preston

    DATE AND TIME

    7pm - Fri 16 August 2024
    3pm - Sat 17 August 2024
    7pm - Sat 17 August 2024
    3pm - Sun 18 August 2024
    7pm - Sun 18 August 2024

    PRICE

    General Admission $30
    Concession $25

    Location

    Tracks Dance Studio
    Ground Floor Harbour View Plaza, 8 McMinn Street, Darwin City

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