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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Plenty Serious Talk Talk
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'When you’re an artist from the world’s oldest living culture, expectations crowd your work. With gleeful humour and sharp observation, plenty serious TALK TALK clears a personal path through this tangled territory. Whether she’s stomping Country in thongs on concrete or using rugby league to explore the thorny politics of kinship protocols, choreographer Vicki Van Hout tackles hard issues of art, culture and community with fast-paced wit and arresting honesty.

plenty serious TALK TALK puts front-and-centre the parts of Indigenous art-making that usually remain behind the scenes. From the consultative process to intricate community obligations, Vicki skilfully lays bare the complexities of negotiating culture across disciplines, genres and eras.

Taking dance theatre and weaving in threads of stand-up, visual art, multimedia and performance, this production has dazzled and charmed audiences since its 2018 premiere. Throughout, Vicki’s droll narration is punctuated by the signature style of idiosyncratic Indigenous movement that has elevated her to one of the most respected tiers of Australian dance-making today.'

Source: Yirramboi Festival

Production Details

  • Performed at the Arts House during the Yirramboi festival. 

    Date 9-12 May, 2019.

    Director/Performer: Vicki Van Hout

    Dramaturg: Martin del Amo

    Videographer: Marian Abboud and Dominic O’Donnell

    Performers (featured in film): Cloé Fournier and Glen Thomas

    Sound Designer: Phil Downing

    Producer: Fenn Gordon for Tandem

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