What does it feel like to be the top of the food chain? Consent by Tyrone Robinson invites audiences to consider the value of a life and our capacity for empathy when confronted with our own power.
An experiment in human compassion. Involves artist nudity.
Consent is part of a three artist program. View all of Program C here. View entire Proximity Festival 2017 program here.
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Proximity Festival 2017 is twelve days of micro-performances, intimate walking tours, caffeine-fuelled discussions and workshops in the heart of Perth’s newest inner city precinct Cathedral Square.
TYRONE ROBINSON (WA)
Tyrone Robinson is a Perth-based artist who’s practice is grounded in contemporary dance, voguing and gesture. His most recent practice explores religion over time and culture. Tyrone has worked with Sue Peacock, Claudia Alessi, Dean Walsh, Matthew Morris, Rachel Ogle, Alice Lee Holland, Aimee Smith, Kyle Abraham and Kate Weare. For the past three years he has been teaching at the K2 dance studios, teaching many different styles of dance to people ranging in ages of 9 – 40. He began nurturing a connection to the east coast working with Lucy Guerin and recently created ‘KS Project’ a dance/art installation commissioned City of Perth for the opening the new Kings Square, in the Perth CBD.
IMAGE: Tyrone Robinson 2017 by PAVLOVA
The community of Ausdance WA acknowledges the Traditional Owners of all Lands and Countries on this continent. We pay particular respect to Elders, Cultural and Community Leaders, and emerging leaders. With this understanding of the country’s First Peoples, we are grateful for our place in learning and serving dance, Arts and Culture in Western Australia.
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