Victory Over the Moon 2022
Victory Over the Moon by Nana Biluš Abaffy
Victory Over the Moon is a dance around the visions that arise in moments of crisis, when time seems to move differently – either speeding up or slowing down in unexpected ways.
Three bodies anatomize the dreams and delusions that manifest out of necessity and move into focus, like a jackpot that decisively leaps out of a bank of thousands of other memories.
In this new experimental choreographic work, co-commissioned by Next Wave and Chunky Move, Nana Biluš Abaffy and long-term collaborators Milo Love and Geoffrey Watson create a world of embodied imaginaries you are going to remember.
But whatever you do, don’t press the red button.
About the artist
Nana Biluš Abaffy is an artist with a background in philosophy and a foreground in experimental performance and dance. She is interested in the pursuit of knowledge through embodiment and wants to know what her body is looking for.
Nana Biluš Abaffy, Milo Love and Geoffrey Watson have worked together across different projects for nearly 10 years including 2018 Keir Choreographic Award Finalist Post Reality Vision (**** The Age).
“A vision from beyond chaos – Nana Biluš Abaffy stands out among peers for making movement-based pieces that draw chiefly from experimental theatre.” The Age
Creative Team
Choreography: Nana Biluš Abaffy
Performers: Nana Biluš Abaffy, Milo Love and Geoffrey Watson
Visual Design: Nana Biluš Abaffy
Set Construction: Nana Biluš Abaffy, Milo Love, Geoffrey Watson and Darcey Bella Arnold
Costumes: Nana Biluš Abaffy and Geoffrey Watson
Presented by Chunky Move
Co-commissioned by Next Wave and Chunky Move
World Premiere Season
Chunky Move Studios
Tues 26–30 July 2022
Media
“a promising work that explores the paradoxes of conflict.” – The Saturday Paper
"Abaffy has a talent for the composition of theatrical enigmas that fascinate rather than repel.” – The Age
Listen to Nana Biluš Abaffy and Antony Hamilton interviewed by Richard Watts for SmartArts on 3RRR.
Acknowledgements
Victory Over the Moon is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the Besen Family Foundation and Lucy Guerin Inc.
Thank you to Annabelle Balharry, Lindsay Cox, Aya Hatano and Tim Stone.
Photo by Jeff Busby
Photo supplied by the artists