A Belloo, Taikoz, first nations artists, good company arts & rpac collaboration

SAND

 
 

SAND production, June 2024. Image by Cinnamon Smith.

World Premiere Performance

Redland Performing Arts Centre, 21 June 2024

an original new performance work with First Nations storytelling from Terangeree (Minjerribah/Stradbroke Island)

SAND fuses the stunning Japanese Taiko drumming and musicality of Taikoz (SYD) with intricate projection from globally acclaimed Good Company Arts (NZ) and Belloo’s award-winning fluid storytelling.

Renowned for their ability to seamlessly blend global narratives with local wisdom, Belloo have drawn inspiration from Japan and the rich narratives of Quandamooka Country, guided by local Elder Uncle Norman Enoch, to take audiences on an epic poetic journey right to the heart of Straddie.

Incorporating a dynamic ensemble of live and digital performers, SAND is a breathtaking and spectacular production, defying convention and igniting the senses in a celebration of coming home and the inherent beauty of our natural world.

Video by Vanessa van Dalsen, Vivid. www.vividvisualco.com

SAND explores our planet’s shifting sands and oceans and is an ode to the natural world, exploring the elemental forces of nature and celebrating the beauty of impermanence.

Come closer to the sand’s ebb and flow
and you’ll see each grain is different
Belonged once to something proud and separate
now joined together
matter that can be poured from hand to hand
No countries
no borders
no animal mineral vegetable
just sand  

Redland Performing Arts Centre supported the premiere production on Quandamooka land.  

Images by Cinnamon Smith. Redland Performing Arts Centre, June 2024.

With the work’s emphasis on landscape and environment, SAND features sophisticated intercultural elements and uniquely blended art forms, in an original poetic work built with a sensitivity to regional place.

2024 PRODUCTION Credits

Quandamooka Elder, Cultural Consultant & Storyteller | Uncle Norman Enoch
Co-Directors | Caroline Dunphy & Mitch King
Words | Katherine Lyall-Watson
Dramaturg | Wesley Enoch
Composer | Ian Cleworth
Art Projection | Daniel Belton & Good Company Arts
Lighting Designer | David Walters
Costume Designer | Sharka Bosakova
Taikoz Performers | Ian Cleworth, Anton Lock, Kerryn Joyce & Ryuji Hamada
Live Performers | Waangenga Blanco & Hsin-Ju Ely
Video Performer | Kirk Page
Videographer | Shaun Charles
Scenography consultant | Kathryn Kelly & Sandra Gattenhof
Associate Producer & Community Engagement | Emily Coleman
Production Manager | Geoff Squires
Stage Manager | Liam Caneris

Making SAND - cultural awareness training. Video by Vanessa van Dalsen, Vivid. www.vividvisualco.com

SUPPORTERS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This project has been supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative.

SAND was developed with support by Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Redland Performing Arts Centre.