The Loop 2003
At Chunky Move, three separate spaces housed three new works created by leading Melbourne choreographers, Chunky Move's Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek and independent choreographers Rebecca Hilton and Stephanie Lake. Three’s a Crowd was unique, intimate and revealing, both in terms of the works, and how they were experienced; sometimes seated, sometimes standing, audience members were only inches away from the performers.
The central conceit of Stephanie Lake's The Loop was an unceasing sideways motion, as of a conveyor belt, upon which unfolded a sequence that alternated between light-hearted comedy, physically virtuosity and emotionally heightened melodrama.
Creative Team
Choreography Stephanie Lake
Composition Cy Gorman
Lighting Design Niklas Pajanti
Original Performers Kristina Chan, Luke George, Byron Perry, Brooke Stamp
Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek
Executive Producer Vivia Hickman
Premiere Date
19 June 2003 (Melbourne)
Choreographer's Notes
Stephanie Lake
The Loop follows the fortunes of four characters whose only way to travel is left to right, around and around, looping across a straight and narrow patch of a tree-lined ‘street’. Pinned like museum artefacts, the performers move exclusively along a huge wall with the action unfolding left to right like typewritten letters forming words. The ‘street’ is of no time or place. Anthropological study meets with contemporary symbols – a cavewoman may have a can of coke - in this street as we know it. It’s about progression, moving on and predetermination. Stretching from the lone bells of a Gypsy wanderer to the cacophony of a city corner, The Loop unravels slowly and methodically like a folk song or a mantra. The Loop is like a living mural.
“With Three's a Crowd... Chunky Move gets the mix exactly right. The Company's home is divided into three performance spaces and groups of punters ushered from one to another... the three works are a compelling and complementary mix of experimental, theatrical and narrative dance" The Financial Review.
