Disagreeable Object

MICHELLE HEAVEN

2009 Aus­tralian Dance Award Nom­i­nee for Out­stand­ing Achieve­ment in Inde­pen­dent Dance
2009 Green Room Nom­i­nee for Con­cept and Real­i­sa­tion of an Inde­pen­dent Dance Work

“Bizarre, macabre, hilar­i­ous”.
Hilary Cramp­ton, The Age

Dis­agree­able Object is a bou­tique per­for­mance that allows audi­ences to immerse them­selves within a dark, curi­ous lit­tle world. Replete with images that evoke the beauty and height­ened emo­tions of silent films, this bizarre and beau­ti­ful work sees Heaven in an unfor­get­table ‘pea de deux’ with Brian Lucas. The performer’s oppos­ing phys­i­cal­i­ties cre­ate a ten­sion that is both har­mo­nious and dis­agree­able all at once.

Below stairs is a world of dif­fer­ing speed

Morn­ing . Noon . Night

She eats .… .… . . blackout

Peas

He craves .… .… . peas

A tall short tale where taste may equal …

Black­out

 

Dis­agree­able Object is an anti-romantic, comic tale of obses­sion and mal­ice. The work fea­tures a beau­ti­ful, orig­i­nal sound score by renowned composer/musician Bill McDon­ald, and stun­ning design by Ben Cob­ham (Blue­bot­tle). 

Chore­o­g­ra­pher & Per­former: Michelle Heaven
Col­lab­o­ra­tor & Per­former: Brian Lucas
Col­lab­o­ra­tor & Design: Blue­bot­tle, Ben Cob­ham
Com­poser: Bill McDon­ald
Pro­duc­tion and Oper­a­tion: Blue­bot­tle, Frog Peck and James Rus­sell
Cos­tume Design: Louise McCarthy

“This strange and macabre piece of dance the­atre is metic­u­lously crafted, engag­ingly per­formed and as deli­cious as the object of the two per­form­ers’ mani­a­cal obses­sion: the seem­ingly innocu­ous green pea”.
Jor­dan Beth Vin­cent, The Age

Pre­vi­ous Per­for­mance Dates:

2011

DANCE MASSIVE (VIC)

CASTLEMAINE FESTIVAL (VIC)

2009

CHUNKY MOVE (VIC)

2008

ARTS HOUSE (VIC)