VALUE FOR MONEY
We all come from a common place - land, dust, molecule. The human journey separates us from other animals by our drive to find our individual worth. What makes us a valuable and unique addition to this place? How do we value human life? Is it the calculable economic value or the intangible emotional and physical value of a person we should be considering?
In addition, this human desire to discover our individual and collective value contradicts a human need to control - to have dominion over other humans, animals and land; to project collective value onto objects, deities, other individuals: the polarity of power and vulnerability inherent within us all.
Premiered in July 2021, Value For Money interrogates how relationships, community, proximity and change our perception of a life’s worth.
To view the program from the premiere of the work, which also includes a resource on unpacking process and commissioned writings, please click here.
For more info and touring specifications, please contact GUTS.
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Concept and choreography: Sara Black and Jasmin Sheppard
Original collaborating performers: Waangenga Blanco, Gabriel Comerford, Madeleine Krenek, Ashley McLellan and Frankie Snowdon
Touring performers: Frankie Snowdon, Chandler Connell, Samakshi Sidhu, Gabriel Comerford, Madeleine Krenek
Sound design and composition: Tom Snowdon
Lighting design: Chris Mercer
Touring lighting technician: Thomas Roach
Tour Manager: Ash Musk
Dramaturge: Jonny Rowden
Research Assistant: Tessa Snowdon
Production Manager: Amanda Harris
Costume Design and consultation: Elizabeth Verstappen and Andrew Treloar
Produced by: GUTS Dance // Central Australia
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Value For Money premiered in 2021 at the Araluen Arts Centre in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) before touring to the Darwin Festival (2021). Value For Money recently embarked on a national tour to Adelaide, Sydney and Townsville, in partnership with Artback NT.
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Value For Money was made possible with assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, the Regional Arts Fund, The Northern Territory Government through Arts NT, Artback NT and through individual donations via Creative Partnerships Australia’s BOOST initiative. It has also been supported locally by the Araluen Arts Centre and Studio B school of dance.