Starry Eyed

Starry Eyed was a dance theatre work about life pathways, direction, choice and ambition. The dancers questioned where they have come from, where they are going and what they are doing right now.

Starry Eyed pressed ‘pause’ on the living-cycle and explored how the future is made up of the past and how the decisions we make today affect the futures we wish to create.

“Starry Eyed was not so much about what the dreams actually are but more about why we have them and how we include them in our life planning and decision making. Starry Eyed was about what makes us ambitious about reaching our goals and what we need to do to get where we want to go. The dancers discovered that perhaps success is not a destination rather a process through which we discover ourselves.”

– Rivka Worth

Direction Rivka Worth
Set & Costume Design Gaelle Mellis
Lighting Design Geoff Cobham
Music Composed and performed by Heather Frahn
Production Management David Gadsden
Photographer David Wilson

Dancers
James Bull
Gemma Coley
Clare Coulter
Lisa Engelaar
Rachel High
Alice Kearvell
Sulmaz Khazeie
Finegan Kruckemeyer
Annie Lindner
Anna Maclean
Andrew Nixon
Ana Retallick

Reviews:

“Restless Company’s new show Starry Eyed is an exciting and affecting leap into the mysterious territory that shapes our hopes and desires……. Combining the talents of artists with and without disabilities, Restless holds its place as one of the state’s most inspiring performance companies.”  – Louise Nunn, The Advertiser

“The 17 dancers perform with a kind of dreamy intensity that is extraordinary to watch. The choreography highlights the unique expressiveness of each dancer. It combines individual freedom of movement with brief scenarios about the ways that people Intervene in each other’s lives.” –Kerryn Goldsworthy,  Eastern Courier


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