Ticket Giveaway for Value for Money by GUTS Dance

[caption id="attachment_42455" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Value For Money Guts Dance Photo credits Jonny Rowden[/caption] Value for Money by GUTS Dance Presented by FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres We are giving away TWO DOUBLES to the opening night of Value for Money by GUTS Dance (Central Australia) on Thursday 4 May at 8pm at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta - Lennox Theatre (Performance contains nudity - schools matinee performance will be clothed) Concept & Choreography: Sara Black and Jasmin Sheppard Dancer/Producer Frankie Snowdon Dancers: Tara Robertson , Chandler Connell , Samakshi Sidhu & Gabriel Comerford Sound design and composition: Tom Snowdon Lighting design: Chris Mercer With Australia’s current uncertain economy, it’s rising costs and elevated inflation, Value For Money is a timely named contemporary dance work by GUTS Dance from Mparntwe (Alice Springs) Central Australia, in their first FORM Dance Projects Dance Bites season at Riverside Theatres. For GUTS Dance it's the rift between the calculable economic value of life and the intangible emotional and physical value of a person that the work investigates, as shaped by each culture and context. It looks at how relationships, community, proximity and place change our perception of a life’s worth. Sara Black and Jasmin Sheppard are the choreographers and concept creators. Sara, who works in Australia and overseas, choreographed Double Beat, which was premiered by FORM in the 2022 May Dance Bites season. Jasmin Sheppard is a contemporary dancer, choreographer and director who studied at NAISDA and is a former Bangarra Dance Senior dancer, a Tagalaka Aboriginal woman with Irish, Chinese and Hungarian ancestry. ”Value For Money began its journey many years ago…the concept came as I was travelling through the Middle East during the Arab Spring uprisings. The way I was treated or valued travelling throughout these places in relation to local or neighbouring people was stark... It sparked a fascination on how we choose to place our value, what makes us feel safe around others and what information we use to come to these conclusions? After two developments of Value For Money it was clear to me that the themes we were exploring were bigger than I could direct as a white woman” Sara Black says. “The conversation on human value spoke deeply to me, and as a First Nations woman with mixed heritage I felt I could bring a different lens with which to view the creative process” says Sheppard, “There’s so much depth that can be explored conceptually, and the many rich discussions have led to a multi-layered work, which I believe can speak to audiences from a vast array of diverse human experiences.” “Value For Money is all instinct, muscle, pulse, balance, and pure, transformative performance magic. If ever you have the opportunity to experience this performance, do it.” Geoffrey Williams , Stage Whispers TO WIN TIX: ‘Write to us at win@dancelife.com.au and tell us why you would love to see this show and who you would take with you!’ Entries close Monday, April 24. Value for Money Parramatta - Riverside Theatres From May 4 - 6 Bookings: https://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/value-for-money/

Ticket Giveaway for Value for Money by GUTS Dance

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