Precious looked at the ways in which all people create and make sense of their personal worlds.

Precious was the first production directed for Restless by Ingrid Voorendt. It was developed in two stages:

A creative development which was shown as a work in progress as part of the Come Out Festival in March 1999. This version was performed at the Cirkidz Church Hall in Brompton, Adelaide and was a deliberately small scale piece which incorporated direct involvement and interaction with the audience.

A larger scale version which was performed at the SA Opera Studio in Netley in October 1999.

Director’s Notes:
Precious is two edged: beautiful, special things, people and experiences we hold close to our hearts, and those that hurt, cut too deeply and cling too tightly. The dancers and I have been on a journey through the two sides of preciousness, and into the most precious places of all – the worlds we carry around inside us, the way we see this world, and life itself. These are places which are hard to talk about with words. We can all talk about living in the moment, but few of us really do. The Restless dancers are absolute legends in this kind of territory! I cannot thank them enough for their honest, creative, powerful and personal contributions and responses to this work, and for the glimpses they have offered me of their own private worlds. It has been an incredible journey for me and a very steep learning curve! This experience has taught me huge amounts, not only about the work we do, but about myself and living. I would also like to thank the team behind Precious, especially Sally Chance for being such a generous and continual source of inspiration and support. – Ingrid Voorendt

Presentations:

• Come Out Festival, Circidz Church Hall in Brompton, 1999
• SA Opera Studio, 1999
• Sydney Paralympic Arts Festival, York Theatre Seymour Centre, Sydney 2000