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Date: 25 October 2003
Armstrong draws upon her own history as a dancer in Rara Avis. The bird references being linked to many years spent in tu-tu's and pointe shoes trying to be that ultimate sexless gravity-defying swan that is the icon of the ballet world. In Rara Avis though, Armstrong comes crashing down to earth and finds herself, with her history, in a driverless car on a long, flat, straight road. The car becomes a metaphor for the person - a private universe in a larger world. Will the swan survive the road trip? What is ahead and what is behind? Kay Armstrong will perform Rara Avis in Tokyo as part of the Little Asia Dance Exchange Network 2003 and Ancient Future - Australian Arts Festival Japan 2003. Armstrong is an up-and-coming performer already garnering excellent reviews. According to Australia's Real Time magazine "Excerpts from a new work by Kay Armstrong were distributed across the night and offered further evidence of a singular talent with a sharp dance theatre sensibility." Kay Armstrong's participation in the Little Asia Dance Exchange Network 2003 has been assisted by the Australia Council for the Arts.
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Ticket informationAdults, Y3800 (advance Y3500)
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She might seem like just an ordinary woman with a passion for cars... But in Rara Avis cutting edge dancer Kay Armstrong hi-jacks that icon of Australian machismo - the motor vehicle - and takes it and us on a very personal road trip. Through movement, imagery and spoken text Armstrong explores the issues of identity and belonging. She weaves through this new solo work a thread of a dream and the notion of what is real and what is imagined. Smattered with pathos and a keen sense of the absurd, Rara Avis is a rare bird indeed.
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