Art Smitten: Reviews - 2016

Threadbare   Featuring: Fipe Preuss, Elnaz Sheshgelani and Phillipa Russell Choreographer: Kathleen Gonzales Producer: Natasha Jynel Threadbare is a three-part multidisciplinary show that celebrates the diversity of Australian identity through dance, poetry and visual art. The show is presented in languages including English, Spanish, Tongan, Arabic and Auslan. Threadbare invites audiences to shift their perspectives and open their eyes with ideas that challenge convention in modern Australian society. It brings together artists from diverse backgrounds to explore the commonalities of human experience.   Each artist brings a personal reflection and identity to the show. In Threadbare, there is poetry featuring Dr Quinn Eades exploring feminist, queer and trans series of the body. His poem The Urge to Speak encourages gender queer people to find a voice. What does it mean to be in contemporary Australia? How do our languages, culture, heritage and traditions connect us? As a society, the most diffic