The Solos by Weave Movement Theatre
Photos: Paul Dunn
ABOUT
Developed in collaboration with a team of established industry leaders, six members of the Weave Movement Theatre ensemble perform their first-ever stand-alone dance explorations for 2024 Melbourne Fringe Festival audiences. 27 years in the making, “The Solos” offers Melbourne art lovers a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable artists behind one of Naarm’s most cherished performance groups in their premiere solo performances.
Building from their acclaimed 2023 production “Sense of Place”, these powerful solo works stem from the individual stories spotlit during that season. Performers Anthony Riddell, David Baker, Emma Norton, Uncle Greg, Janice Florence and Trevor Dunn will come together in exciting partnerships with highly respected artists David Woods, Leesa Nash, Michelle Heaven, Milly Cooper, Peter Fraser, Dale Gorfinkel, Zya Kane, and TAN Kang Wei to hone their craft as soloists, and bring six unique works to the stage.
“These are original pieces from people whose stories are universal, and stem from diverse minds, bodies, and experiences”, explains Weave Movement Theatre Artistic Director Janice Florence. “They do not focus on disability but instead spotlight the passions, quirks, memory, and heart of this group of solo artists with wild imagination, a sense of the absurd, and poetry of the ordinary.”
Launching in 1997, Weave Movement Theatre are a bold, diverse dance/theatre company made up of disabled and non-disabled performing artists. Committed to providing high level training opportunities and powerful performances, they aim to challenge conventions and subvert audiences’ expectations, paving the way for inclusive practices to become the norm. Making the stage an area for dynamic and exploratory practice - a space to challenge power and celebrate movement.
CREATORS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Janice Florence
CO-CREATORS & PERFORMERS
Anthony Riddell
David Baker
Emma Norton
Janice Florence
Trevor Dunn
Uncle Greg
MENTORS & ARTISTIC DIRECTIONS
David Woods
Leesa Nash
Michelle Heaven
Milly Cooper & Na’im Fine Fine
Peter Fraser & Dale Gorfinkel
Zya Kane & TAN Kang Wei
CREATIVE TEAM
Media design & logistics: TAN Kang Wei
Lighting design: Emma Lockhart-Wilson (development) & Kris Chainey (Premiere)
PRODUCTION TEAM
Sound edit & operation Na’im Fine Fine
Stage Manager Swann Biguet
Disability & Production support Tania Perez
Production Manager Taka Takiguchi (滝口貴)
MARKETING
Publicist: Sassy Red PR (Eleanor Howlett)
Photographer Paul Dunn
Video documentation and edit TAN Kang Wei
Web & Graphic Design Taka Takiguchi
SPECIAL THANKS
Cobie Orger (Media design for development)
Leanne Bird
Swann Biguet and Rebecca Jensen for supporting mentors
CREDITS
Photos Documentation
Paul Dunn
Video Documentation
TAN Kang Wei
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiere
Wed 2 - Sat 5 October 2024
Dancehouse
Carlton North, Australia
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Creative Victoria
Dancehouse
Auspicious Arts Projects