VIGIL is dance, theatre and film. A fearless epic work.
Description:
VIGIL
A HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE.
ANOTHER VIGIL FOR A DEAD WOMAN.
ANOTHER DEATH IN CUSTODY.
PROTEST.
IS THERE NO PLACE THAT IS SAFE?
NO TEMPLE THAT IS SACRED?
WHAT LIVES MATTER?
IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY FEAR HAUNTS OUR NATION. COURAGE IS ITS CONTENDER.
VIGIL is currently in development.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director/Concept Irine Vela
Writers Sahra Davoudi, Samah Sabawi, Patricia Cornelius, Bryan Andy and Kush Kuichiang
Choreographer/Dance Artist Tara Jade Samaya
Writer Mentors Christos Tsiolkas and Samah Sabawi
Dance Film Artists (Berlin and Scotland) Pippa Samaya, Tara Jade Samaya and Ivy-Victoria Otradovec
Dance Film Artists (Berlin) Renae Shadler, Stella Horta and Jonathan Reiter
Photographers and Videographers Pippa Samaya, Miguel Rios and Meredith O’Shea
Creative Development Artists Ajak Kwai, Vahideh Eisaei, Mary Sitarenos, Damian Seddon, Israel Aloni, Kuishiang Kuiy, Maryanne Lynch, Adrienne Chisholm, Gina Gascoigne, Nicki Benza, Jennifer Large, Michaela Tancheff and Georgia Rudd
Developed with support from the Australian Government through the Australia Council and its arts funding and advisory body, the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, Besen Family Foundation, Inner North Community Foundation and Merri-bek City Council.