NOW & NOT YET (2018)

Within each person is a drive for something more, something better, something organised, something higher – Utopia. Each society strives towards the majority’s sense of this place, and in a similar way so too does each individual. But is a complete utopia ever achievable? Or is it already present in some way through the working towards it? Is the state of utopia already evident in the small victories and the small interactions, despite not being fully realised? Can it be present ‘now,’ but still ‘not yet’ in its full expression? And is there something greater that can get us there?

 

Duration: 20 mins

Choreographer: Hadassah Wallis

Performers: Audrey Desmond, Caroline Ellis, Hendrik Lesmana, Hayley Roe, Jason Pearce, Gabriel Sinclair, Wendy Yu

Composer: Tilly Webb

Costume Design: Leah Mazzone-Brown

Lighting Design: Noah Huxtable

Sound Design: Emmanuel Cundasamy

Stage Management: Cointha Walkeden

 

Now & Not Yet premiered at the Victorian College of the Arts in June 2018 for the Dance On performance season.