How Humans Can Fly
A$2,160
of $2,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 8th Sep 2015 at 11:29PM.
How Humans Can Fly is the latest show by Backyard Theatre. We've been selected to produce our show at Dancehouse in the Melbourne Fringe Festival this year.
This show, co written and devised by dance artist Suze Smith and video designer Michael Carmody, delves into the rich terrain of mind, memory, dream and consciousness. Drawing on the poetics and embodied sensibility of the somatic practice Body-Mind Centering®, How Humans Can Fly combines story, movement, video and song to tell a tall tale of the human psyche.
How Humans Can Fly is a story about reaching out.
How do we go beyond what we know to a way of being that we don’t yet know?
Our goal is to make a really good show. Taking this work to Dancehouse is a step up for us. Having begun the show in the La Mama Explorations Season last year, being a part of the Melbourne Fringe at Dancehouse involves a re translation of the piece into a much bigger space. It is a bigger financial outlay than we've ever had before. And we hope to gain more exposure in the dance, theatre, hybrid performance field in Melbourne.
Why we need your support ____________
We need your support because we can't do it on our own. As independent theatre makers, its up to us to generate our own opportunities to develop original work and show it to our audiences. In order to grow as artists and creative practitioners, this means taking risks, both financially and creatively. This is Backyard Theatre's first Fringe Festival show, and is a leap into the unknown. We would really appreciate any support you could offer us!
What we've done all ready ___________
Michael and I have been joined by set designer Dayna Morrissey to check out the theatre at Dancehouse, and scope out our set up. We've re visited the script and story, looking for places to enhance and tighten the story. Right now we are knee deep in creative development and dreaming time. We're lucky enough to be in the performance venue to rehearse and develop the show, specifically for that site.
Show Dates and Details ___________
How Humans Can Fly
part of the double bill Dear Fred, How Can I Fly in the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival
Dates:
Wed - Sat
23 - 26 Sep
Time:
6.30pm
Venue:
Sylvia Staehli Theatre
Dancehouse
150 Princes St, North Carlton
Tickets:
$25 full | $20 conc | $15 Dancehouse member
Project Team
Suze Smith is a dance artist, contemporary theatre maker, lighting designer and movement researcher. Suze graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2007 with a Post Graduate Diploma in Performance Creation. Suze’s theatre making practice is informed by her 7 years of somatic study in Body-Mind Centering® with BMC practitioner Alice Cummins. She has written, devised and directed theatre with young people through the Arts Victoria Artist in Residency program at Coburg Senior High School, and with Westside Circus, Platform Youth Theatre and Third Way Theatre. How Humans Can Fly is Suze’s fourth production she has produced, devised and directed with her company Backyard Theatre. www.suzesmith.wordpress.com
Michael Carmody (www.vimeo/carmody) has designed video for numerous productions including BARE WITNESS (Mari Lourey/Nadja Kostich), I CALL MY BROTHERS (MTC), THE WAITING ROOM (MTC), and CHAPTERS FROM THE PANDEMIC (Angus Cerini) for which he received a Green Room nomination. His short films include DEBUTANTES which screened at MIFF 2005 and CARPARK which was a finalist at the 2000 National Student Film and Video Festival. In 2013 and 2014 he was filmmaker and video artist on the public art installations SPINNING YARNS and THE LOCKER ROOM, both for the City of Knox. He was also a collaborating artist with Nadja Kostich on the Monash University - Bachelor of Performing Arts: Third Year Production RAID. In 2015 his collaboration with Elissa Goodrich DUSK TO DAWN: DEVOLVING screened at the 18th Traverse Video Festival in Toulouse, France and his short film DROWNING WORLD screened as part of the Nature in the Dark II project.
Michael Carmody (www.vimeo/carmody) has designed video for numerous productions including BARE WITNESS (Mari Lourey/Nadja Kostich), I CALL MY BROTHERS (MTC), THE WAITING ROOM (MTC), and CHAPTERS FROM THE PANDEMIC (Angus Cerini) for which he received a Green Room nomination. His short films include DEBUTANTES which screened at MIFF 2005 and CARPARK which was a finalist at the 2000 National Student Film and Video Festival. In 2013 and 2014 he was filmmaker and video artist on the public art installations SPINNING YARNS and THE LOCKER ROOM, both for the City of Knox. He was also a collaborating artist with Nadja Kostich on the Monash University - Bachelor of Performing Arts: Third Year Production RAID. In 2015 his collaboration with Elissa Goodrich DUSK TO DAWN: DEVOLVING screened at the 18th Traverse Video Festival in Toulouse, France and his short film DROWNING WORLD screened as part of the Nature in the Dark II project.
How The Funds Will Be Used
The funds raised are going towards the cost of hiring the venue at Dancehouse.
Venue Hire - $1875
Anything extra raised is a bonus, and will go towards the other costs involved in getting this show up.
Studio hire for rehearsal - 30 hours at $300
Photo and Video Documentation - $200
Costume - $100
Equipment hire - $100
Venue Hire - $1875
Anything extra raised is a bonus, and will go towards the other costs involved in getting this show up.
Studio hire for rehearsal - 30 hours at $300
Photo and Video Documentation - $200
Costume - $100
Equipment hire - $100
Thanks To You!
I'll give you a hearty thank you hug when I see you, and a shout out on Facebook! Thanks so much for your support!
2 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Tix to the show!
I'll give you a hearty thank you hug when I see you, a shout out on Facebook! and a ticket to see the show on any of the 4 performance nights from 23 - 26 Sep. Thanks so much for your support!
2 chosen / 8 available
Est. delivery is Oct 15
Postcard with Inside Info
I'll give you a hearty thank you hug, a shout out on Facebook, and I'll send you a postcard with a dinky picture relevant to the show, writing a personal message to you about how everything is progressing. Offering you inside information into my making and creating journey. You choose if you want it sent to you during * creative development * show rehearsals * production week * during the performance season * post performance
3 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Postcard + Philosophy
I'll give you a hearty thank you hug, a shout out on Facebook, send you a postcard with the inside info and some philosophical writing from the creative underpinnings of the show, to provoke your thoughts and stimulate your imaginations. You choose when you'd like it sent to you, during * creative development * show rehearsals * production week * performance season * post performance
6 chosen
Est. delivery is Sep 15
Shiatsu Goodness
I'll give you a hearty thank you hug, a shout out on Facebook, and a one hour shiatsu treatment from qualified Shiatsu practitioner Liam O'Grady. How good is that?! *Melbourne folks only
3 chosen / 1 available
Est. delivery is Sep 15
I'll cook you dinner!
I'll give you a hearty thank you hug, a shout out on Facebook, and a dinner, at your place or mine! Good food, good company, and good conversation, all in the support of making good art. I frequently travel to Adelaide and Sydney, so happy to cook you dinner on an interstate trip! as well as in Melbourne.
1 chosen / 4 available
Est. delivery is Nov 15