WOW

Victorian College of the Arts 2020

WOW is a work that evolved from the particular and challenging circumstances of its making, at the beginning of the Covid pandemic. Working over Zoom, eventually in the studio, then finally in the theatre, we constructed a dance for and with the second-year dancers.

WOW brings these women together in their separateness, hinting at resonances of that time - memories that are confined to their hands and eyes, restricted dimensionality, and a quiet intensity of focus that evokes a sort-of continual processing, or a repeated playing out of singular moments.

Choreography: Alice Dixon and Caroline Meaden in collaboration with the dancers

Sound: Emah Fox

Dancers: Lauren Doyle, Ruby English, Gabrielle Fallon, Sarscha Lewis, Molly McKenzie, Caitlin Mewett, Charlotte Henderson, Emily Keane, Natalie Koch, Sarah Kasoof, Marilyn Hannah, Jessica Nicholls, Amelia O’Leary, Tara Quilligan, Ella Sibel, Janelle Tan

Additional contributions: Gemma Sattler, Olivia Smith, Katherine Whitaker, Brittany Capill

Documentation by NON studio

Photos by Gregory Lorenzutti