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GUTS Dance x Ashleigh Musk Presents - SUB | 11am

Dance

GUTS Dance x Ashleigh Musk Presents - SUB | 11am

Traversing fractured earth.

Escaping a surface world littered with crises, we burrow into soil and stone to seek shelter within layers of debris, tunnelling and surrendering to its contradictions.

Deepening towards the tectonic pulse of the earth, time shifts and defies what we know about living in relationship with the underground. Digging closer to the polyrhythms of the core, SUB is a a contemporary dance performance that entangles natural symphonies with industrialised extraction processes, cracking through our resistance to hope.

A soft defiance is portrayed through the endurance of SUB’s inhabitants as they come into confluence with precious materials below the surface.

In this place that both attracts and scares us - this wet, restless and difficult place - we engage with the terror and volatility of the living natural world.

SUB was created through residences in regional spaces around the country, and is deeply affected by the landscapes of its creation. From the Yeperenye of Mparntwe to the wet caves of the West Coast of lutruwita, to the oceans of the Kombumerri and Yugambeh language regions - SUB somehow envelopes all these contradicting landscapes into its own sensorial universe.

There will be a Q & A after the show 

“…electrified in movement, sirens blaring and feedback from a dragged microphone emulating crushing rock, the audience’s seating platform vibrating with each beat.” - Festival Review: The Unconformity, Queenstown by Lucy Hawthorne, Oct 2023

SUB Trailer 

CREDITS

Concept & choreography: Ashleigh Musk, in collaboration with the entire team.
Performers: Madeleine Krenek, Frankie Snowdon, Jenni Large and Ashleigh Musk.
Sound Design and Performance: Anna Whitaker
Lighting & Spatial Design: Jen Hector
Dramaturgy & Concept Development: Pierce Eldridge & Léuli Eshrāghi
Costume Design: Elliat Rich
Costume Manufacturer: Lizzie Verstappen
Choreographic Intern: Toni Lord

Dates 

23 May 2025

Times 

11am

Duration
65 minutes + Q&A

Prices 

ADULT $35

CONCESSION / STUDENT $25

ARALUEN THEATRE MEMBER $30

FIRST NATIONS/UNWAGED* $10

Genre 

Dance

Location 

Extra information 

Ticketing Policy

Online ticketing is available up until one hour prior to the performance.  
For ticket purchases after this time, please visit the Araluen Box Office or call us on (08) 8951 1122.

Accessibility

wheelchair  CC

Rating

8 + years

Booking Fee

For this event, a one-off service fee of $2.50 per transaction applies on all purchases online. All ticket prices include GST.

Production Warnings

SUB contains extremely loud noises, including a potentially distressing siren sound during one specific section. The performance contains some sexual references and haze effects.
Audiences are provided with earplugs

Production Acknowledgements

SUB is created in partnership with Tasdance and supported by the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT, the Australian Government through RISE and Creative Australia, the Regional Arts Fund, Darwin Festival through the Spotlight Creative Development Fund and the Araluen Arts Centre. The development of SUB has been supported through residencies with Red Hot Arts Central Australia, The Makers Program at Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance (QLD) and The Unconformity (TAS). Produced by GUTS Dance / Central Australia.