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Presented by VCA Dance and Design and Production Students

Fountain

  • Dance
  • Performance
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Fountain

Fountain

  • $15

VCA Dance students pivot, step and face off. A Fame-and-Fonda-inspired performance, embodying the high-stakes mania of an audition.

Perspiration, inspiration and the drive to live forever (or, at the very least, catch a break). Choreographed by Phillip Adams, Fountain sends an exceptional group of dance and production students through the psycho-physical gauntlet of an audition. Absurdity mounts as the dancers channel the frenzied energy of a Jane Fonda aerobics class and the razzle-dazzle audacity of Fame and A Chorus Line. Retro synth-pop propels them across the stage. An eerie score of prepared piano, theremin, and bells cast a pall over the reach towards glamour and glory. Psychological and emotional limits are pushed. How far are they prepared to go?

Artistic Team

Director & Choreographer

Phillip Adams

Composer

Jordan Gilmour

Dramaturg

Cam Appleby

Set Designer

Nethmi Oshadi Gunasekera

Costume Designer

Isobel McCauley

Lighting Designer

Andrew Thompson

Sound Designer

Jett Manzie

Vision Designer

Amy Todd

Assistant Vision Designer

Lochlan Maher

Stage Manager

Yolanda Box

Assistant Stage Manager

Lucy Christiansen

Technical Manager

Jackson Passlow

Head Electrician / Lighting Programmer

August Johnson

Deputy Electrician / Lighting Operator

Iris Donaldson

Sound Technician

Kirsten Drake

Workshop Head of Department

Georgia Formosa

Workshop Head of Department (Props)

Natalie Wing Hei Lau

Workshop Assistants

Grace Hicks, Eli Ismail, Melody Keys, Grace Lucas, Georgia Maynier, Anneka van der Velde, Toby Vasilić and Zac Waddington

Senior Costumier

Lindsay Gerhardt

Costume Manager

Sarah Haines

Costume Assistants

Megan Black and Astrid Brenchley

Dancers

Rikia Bell, Leyla Boz, Mia Canton, Sarah Ceraso, Flynn Dakis, Grace Galimberti Espinoza, Natalie Hardy, Jesper Harrison, Belinda Hunt, Indi Mcqueen, Bronte Paruit, Kitana Price, Toni Stathopoulos, Ava Sugden, Cassidy Thomson, Natalie Trainor, Angelique Van Kempen, Isabel Walsh and Keely Wood-Hill

Supporters

VCA - University of Melbourne

Image Credits

3 Deep