- VENUE
What They Said
As the dancers navigate, persist and exert themselves in an attempt to understand each other, nonpatterns become familiar patterns and a logic is revealed. Potential narratives slip and perceptions morph as the dancers trade words for saturated physical states.
When the words erode and go missing, what do the bodies become? A new moving landscape is formed without extraneous junk. Nature with its own drama, more than a collection of words and pictures, a glorious dance.
What They Said premiered in October 2022 as part of Tempo: Te Rerenga o Tere.
In this cross-Tasman collaboration, Melbourne based choreographer Jo Lloyd and her longtime collaborators Duane Morrison (Music) and Andrew Treloar (Costumes) created '...an exuberant romp of a work, performed by a sterling group of dancers...who parade, preen and pose in an environment where almost anything seems possible.' - DANZ
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2022 PREMIERE SEASON
Auckland
Rangatira, Q Theatre
Friday 7 October at 7:30pm
Saturday 8 October at 7:30pm
"Jo Lloyd uses subtle humour to create her exposition on the impact that words can have on people"
REVIEWS
"wonderfully surreal"
Jenny Steveneon, DANZ
"[Jo Lloyd shows] bravery, supreme confidence, nuanced eyes and ears and a mind that pulls everything together and keeps it on track…She certainly enthrals."
NZ Arts Review
“a gift to the artform itself...eclecticism, at its finest”
Theatreview
CREATIVE TEAM
Choreographer
Jo Lloyd
Music
Duane Morrison
Costumes
Andrew Treloar
