Winner BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Green Room awards 2022

DATES:

Saturday 29 Feb 2020, 9pm: Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Sunday 1 March 2020, 9pm: Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Monday 2 March 2020, 9pm: Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne AUSTRALIA

13 May 2020, 7pm: Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis FRANCE
14 May 2020, 7pm: Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis FRANCE

16 May 2020: New Baltic Dance Festival, Vilnius LITHUANIA
17 May 2020: New Baltic Dance Festival, Vilnius LITHUANIA

PROJECT F is a kinaesthetic engagement with feminism, felt via a particular focus on female figures from 12th century until now. It uses the parallel stories and music from historic and modern day trailblazing women – Hildegard von Bingen (b. 1102) and Princess Nokia (b.1992) – as provocations to explore notions of feminist utopia, in choreographic terms. PROJECT F is created with an all-female team (choreographer, performers, composer, designers, producer, dramaturg etc.) to illuminate outstanding achievements by Melbournian women. We are diverse in age and background, yet all with feminist concerns and a strong aspiration to present positive and powerful female role models for broad audiences. At the heart of this investigation is the shared experience of the human body from a celebratory female perspective and through women’s bodies.

Abbotsford Convent is a precinct with a diverse history and association with women. From 1863 to 1975, thousands of girls and women in need were placed in care at the Convent, with many labouring in the onsite Magdalen Laundries where the premiere will take place. The synergies between PROJECT F’s investigation and the Convent precinct provides a layered and textual context for experiencing this presentation.

PROJECT F – Video excerpts

PROJECT F Creative team:

Concept and Direction: Prue Lang
Choreography: Prue Lang in collaboration with the performers
Performers: Jana Castillo, Amber McCartney, Lauren Langlois, Niharika Senapati
Composer: Chiara Costanza
Creative Adviser: Dr. Philipa Rothfield
Lighting Designer: Jenny Hector
Costume Designer: Karine Larché-Ndour
Producer: Alison Halit

Photos: Amelia Ducker

PROJECT F is a supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne, City of Yarra, Abbotsford Convent, Dancehouse, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc / WXYZ Studios and the Victorian College of the Arts.