Dance & Physical Theatre

Girl's Notes

Traversing the boundaries of contemporary dance and gender to ask – how should women behave?

Dates 11 - 12 Oct
Time 7:00pm, 3:00pm, 8:00pm (40 minutes)
Venues Melbourne Recital Centre - Primrose Potter Salon

$37.00

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A person of Asian descent wearing a nude-beige slip dress sits on the floor with their legs out beside them, resting on their left hand. They have their hair in a long blonde plait, and on their head they are balancing a book. In their right hand they are pouring water from a red tin cup into a white and green kitchen appliance, possibly a coffee machine. They look slyly out of the corner of their eye towards the audience.

Dance & Physical Theatre

Image Credit: Weiwuying National Art and Culture Center 衛武營國家藝術文化中心

Created by: SU Pin-Wen
Presented by: Melbourne Fringe and Melbourne Recital Centre
Performed by: SU Pin-Wen, LIN Mai-Ke, with lighting design by LIN Ping-Hsin

In a boundary-pushing work that is equal parts performance art and contemporary dance, artist SU Pin-Wen and pianist LIN Mai-Ke take inspiration from a 1990s Taiwanese book instructing women on how to behave.

With captivating on stage presence, the duo explore the intentions behind our everyday actions. SU’s work challenges heteronormative notions of gender, feminism and nudity, taking dance into conceptual realms to interrogate notions of gender and the power dynamics of women’s sexuality within relationships.

“少女須知”由藝術家蘇品文和鋼琴家林麥可演出，透過兩本書：作者不詳的《少女須知》與安伯托·艾可《美的歷史》，透過他的女體經歷，反應台灣90年代新女性主義對近代性別政治的影響。

Girl's Notes is a part of Fringe Focus Taiwan, a program that shines a spotlight on the innovative art coming out of one of Asia’s most creatively inspired centres . In 2024, Fringe Focus Taiwan will explore the boundaries of gender and the changing shape of feminism at the intersection of private and public spaces.

Fringe Focus Taiwan is supported by The Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan), and Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Sydney.

About Kua Bo Dance Theatre

SU Pin-Wen (he/him/they) is an artist and Artistic Director of Kua Bo Dance Theatre. His work challenges the heteronormative stereotypes revolving around notions of gender, feminism and nudity.

Duration: 40 minutes
Event Accessibility: Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible, English no barrier
Age suitability: M
Event warnings: Full Frontal Nudity.

Please note: This event has a complete lockout, and latecomers will not be permitted entry. Please ensure you arrive before the listed start time to avoid disappointment.

Melbourne Recital Centre - Primrose Potter Salon
31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, 3006

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Full: $37.00
Concession: $30.00
Group 10+: $31.50
Extra Applause: $55.00
Blak Tix: $10.00

Girl’s Notes plays with our perceptions of gender, ageing and physicality to weave a moving, tense and unsettled treatise on embodiment and the everyday performance of self.

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Date	Time	Venue
Friday, 11 October 2024	7:00pm	Melbourne Recital Centre - Primrose Potter Salon	Past Event
Saturday, 12 October 2024	3:00pm	Melbourne Recital Centre - Primrose Potter Salon	Past Event
Saturday, 12 October 2024 Sold Out	8:00pm	Melbourne Recital Centre - Primrose Potter Salon Sold Out	Past Event