Alone Together
By Clare Dyson & collaborators
This immersive dance and sound installation looks at how we connect and disconnect in wider society.
It works between the cracks of dance, lighting design, sound and audience experience, focusing on themes of aloneness and loneliness. The performance places the audience into moments of ‘aloneness’ to physically experience the work, questioning how we connect with each other and whether being alone is the same and being lonely. This experiential approach encourages the audience to embody the meaning of the work rather than just witnessing it from a distance.
Created with a series of interviews from the general public, Alone Together sparks deep connections and visceral response for individual audience members:
“I fell in love with the space. Kept wanting to close my eyes to focus on the flood of voices, but also didn’t want to miss anything… loved the plastic, the performer, the anticipation. It was amazing!”
“I engaged on a physical level, the sound, people, space as well as the sharing of the common human emotion of feeling alone/lonely. Definitely much more immersive. A wonderful experience!”
Creative team
Choreographer / Director / Interviews – Clare Dyson | Performer – Gerard Van Dyck | Lighting design – Mark Dyson | Design – Bruce McKinven | Dramaturg – Kath Kelly | Psychologist – Erin O’Connor | Sound – Mike Willmett |Original performer & writer – Brian Lucas | Photography & film – Mike Wilmett & Kate O’Sullivan.
BACKGROUND
Clare has created collaborative dance, theatre and site specific performances in Australia, Europe and America. She has created site-specific performances and events, large and small scale installation projects, one-off event commissions, film and gallery works and work for theatres. Her film works have been screened nationally and internationally and she has been the Artist-In-Resident at prestigious venues in the US, Berlin, Paris, Canberra and Brisbane.
Visit Clare’s website for more about her practice, and to read writing about Alone Together.
PREMIERE SEASON
Alone Together premiered in Brisbane in April 2018.
