squared off‘squared-OFF’ is a double bill of dance theatre created by OFF-base Dance’s Artistic Director Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson. This carefully curated season of dance is a meditation on age-old rites of passage and the transmutation of body, mind & spirit as we transcend from pubescence into adulthood, life into death. Each show is its own journey into identity, mortality and transformation.
‘Madre Muerte’ [‘Mother Death’] (performed by Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson) is an old man’s spiritual goodbye to the before and embrace of the after, and an achingly beautiful eulogy from the ones he leaves behind.
‘Acid Trip’ (performed by Bernadette Lewis) is a psychedelic take on the reality altering experience of transitioning into adulthood.
The two full length solo works, will be presented back to back at Fridays Studio, as a part of the squared-OFF season, 18th of September until the 22nd of September.
MADRE MUERTE
‘Madre Muerte’ (“Mother Death”) is a vehicle to compassionately talk about death and an invitation for audiences to grapple with their mortality in a healthy and beautiful way. Choreographer Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson uses his own spiritual practice as inspiration for the work. His beliefs follow the idea that death is not the opposite of life but rather an integral part of the same journey, “When we are met with mother’s touch we can surrender to it peacefully”.
Death is universal, inevitable, and something that will always exist as long as there is life, but people typically fear death and don’t often talk about it openly.
This work encourages us to grieve what is lost but also celebrate what was. It is a cathartic celebration of life and death and will serve as both comfort and provocation for audiences.
Date & Time:
Wed 18th, Thu 19th and Sun 22nd September. Doors @ 5:30pm, show start @ 6:00pm
Fri 20th and Sat 21st September. Doors @ 6:00pm, show start @ 6:30pm
ACID TRIP
‘Acid Trip’ is a surreal, witty and heartfelt multidisciplinary performance work that explores the disparity between conventional societal expectations and the struggle for reclamation of identity. Playfully subverting the archetypal hero’s journey, ‘Acid Trip’ tumbles down a psychedelic rabbit hole to search for modern meaning and purpose in the quest for self-discovery and truth.
While we move towards embracing more progressive values and lifestyles, why are so many of us grappling with crippling loneliness, anxiety, and isolation?
Can we look to the past to unshackle ourselves of invisible and antiquated taboos?
Date & Time:
Wed 18th, Thu 19th & Sun 22nd September. Doors @ 7:00pm, show start @ 7:30pm
Fri 20th & Sat 21st September. Doors @ 7:30pm, show start at 8:00pm