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Dignity of Risk

Choreographer

A co-production between ATYP and Shopfront Arts Co-op
We grow up with boundaries. They determine how we should behave, where we can go, what we can do on our own. You could say the process of ‘growing up’ up is testing those boundaries, pushing them, finding out when they break or when you will. But not everyone gets that chance. Some people are thought to be too fragile, too vulnerable or just not ready. Which is fine until you realise… actually, it isn’t. That’s the point of growing up!
This explosive new work fuses movement and dance with the personal stories of young adults. Shopfront’s Harness Ensemble joins forces with actors from ATYP to interrogate the worlds we find ourselves in. Merging performers with and without disability, we hold a mirror to our preconceptions of what is appropriate, what is possible and what can be expected. There’s a dignity in the freedom to make mistakes. That’s where we learn the important stuff.

Made by and with Shopfront Arts Co-op Harness Ensemble and ATYP Young People

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2017, Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP)

CREATIVE TEAM
Created by:

Shopfront Harness Ensemble and ATYP young people, & Artistic Teams
Director: Natalie Rose

Devisers and Performers: Mathew Coslovi, Alex Craig, Teneile English, Caspar Hardaker, Riana Shakirra Head-Toussaint, Steve Konstantopoulos, Wendi Lanham, Brianna Lowe, Sharleen Ndlovu, Jake Pafumi and Dinda Timperon
Dramaturge: Jennifer Medway
Choreographer: Margot Politis
Sound & Audio Visual Design: James Brown
Lighting Design: Fausto Brusamolino
Set, Props, Costume Design: Melanie Liertz
Stage Manager: Sorie Bangura

Original Concept: Margot Politis

Full credits & info at ATYP

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