Luke George with Kristy Ayre, Luke Smiles and Martyn Coutts
Influences
___FLESH FEST__
something new by LIFESIZE and Billy Paul
THIS VIDEO WAS BANNED BY YOUTUBE AND BY FEDERATION SQUARE FOR INCLUSION IN MUSICIRCUS EVEN AT THE NOT SO KIDDY TIMESLOT OF 4AM
______DANCE COPY CONTEST_____
VIDEO RESPONSE CHALLENGE: copy our dance: either do the whole thing or just your favourite part. Video yourself dancing it in your bedroom or lounge room whilst playing our video so you're in time with our music. We will select the best dances for video footage in our live performances in Melbourne.
A dance work by Luke George about --
The new worlds we create for ourselves in seeking personal connection and expression --
Extreme personal disclosure and its mass audience -- Substituting real life with imitation.
Described as a cross-artform orgy of dance, sound, video and light – LIFESIZE is a sharp and raw performance. The movement and visual landscapes are ultra-humanised, with tones of visceral drama and brutal subversions of eroticism and entertainment. The textures and tactics of the work borrow and glean ideas from popular and media culture. The work seeks embodiments of personal experience and truth and situates both dancers and audience within a candid and uncensored performance experience. Two performers explore both real and imagined worlds of 1980’s TV dating shows, texta and scrapbook daydreams, fake porno sets, internet chat rooms and real dolls.
The work is continually remixed to be performed in multiple contexts. So far this has included theatres, studios, nightclubs, strip clubs, curated programs, audio visual jams and online.
LIFESIZE is Luke George with Kristy Ayre, Luke Smiles and Martyn Coutts
Recent shows.. __Outpost at Horse Bizaar 31 Jan 07 __Development showing at Chunky Move 9 Feb 07 __Trough Faggot Party 24 Feb 07 __180 Seconds in Heaven or Hell 24 March 07 __We Like Short Shorts, Dancehouse 18-22 July 07
"All of these guys are killer" (Outpost boys)
"Lifesize call upon audience interaction as a continuous feedback loop which informs their work" (Trough Faggot boys)
"i don't know how to review your work" (Hilary Crampton - reviewer, The Age)
"...Visually loud, it was a finale that, like it or loathe it, shook up the audience" (Stephanie Glickman - Herald Sun)
"I love these guys" (audience member 2)
"…Bordering on the pornographic… Luke George’s LIFESIZE intrigues, titillates and leaves one wondering whether one should be watching; he craftily sucks us all in." (Hilary Crampton - The Age) >>THANKS HILARY - YOU DID IT!!
The creation of LIFESIZE has been made possible through the Russell Page Fellowship for Contemporary Dance (2007) and is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body (2008). LIFESIZE is Maximized by Chunky Move (2007-08).
