(Mark Tatham (back)
& Daniel Geddes)
The Theatre – St Anne’s College in Hilton and Liquid Fusion
in collaboration with Matchbox Theatre Collective will present BURN on February 2.
Choreographed and directed by Bailey Snyman, Burn features Daniel Geddes and Mark
Tatham. The dance piece won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts
Festival, 2016.
Man vs Man… Man vs Earth… Man vs Fire…
Humanity is the Earth’s most intimate friend. BURN explores the tense relationship
between Earth and Man, and how the two hold each other ransom. There is no fate
but what we make for ourselves. This epic tale is about man’s discovery of the
world he inhabits and the consequences of his unprecedented failure to preserve
this relationship. Two men navigate the creation myth, the art of war and the
desolation of post-apocalyptic destruction.
“We will wake up one day and the world will be on fire,”
says the creative team. “Fire exists as a duality of life and death; it
nurtures and threatens. Inspired in part by Fire
on the Mountain by Arthur Golding, fire represents a tool that separates
humankind from the animals, and represents both savagery and hope. BURN walks the tenuous line between the
past, present and future of our collective history with fire. It results in an
explosive conclusion that comments on the visible effects of our inability to
preserve our precious resources.”
A full-length duet, strong, powerful and explosive, BURN is a fierce dance work that tests
the limits of the human body.
BURN has one
performance in The Theatre – St Anne’s College in Hilton on February 2 at 19h30.
Tickets R70 (R50 concessions). Booking on 033 343 6100 or twoodgate@stannes.co.za
See BURN Trailers at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TjXoKlk5gY
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