An Ambivalent Woman of 37 – the encore performance!
Fresh from her popular and critical hit at the Sydney Fringe Festival, Emma Sandall returns to confront the vexatious question “should I have a child?”…. in a performance that serves up an emotional and intellectual gut punch… along with a dose of black humour.
Inspired by Sheila Heti’s book “Motherhood “director and performer Emma Sandall has collaborated with composer Elena Kats-Chernin AO and pianist Yanghee Kim to create a highly original collision of animation, music and movement to explode and examine the quandary she faced at the end of her child-bearing years. Drawing inspiration from Monty Python and the golden era of silent film, this vaudevillian show takes the audience on a sometimes absurdist, often comic, and always deeply compassionate ride. Along the way, it challenges the idea of female fulfilment and sacrifice – and who gets to define it.
‘CHILDLESS CAT LADY’ SINGS AND DANCES HER WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT!
Emma Sandall stars in An Ambivalent Woman of 37 – Sydney Fringe 10-14 Sept
Just as US presidential candidate Kamala Harris faces down misogynistic abuse from her rivals (“Childless Cat Lady”), multi award-winning Australian dancer and choreographer EMMA SANDALL brings her timely new cabaret show – on this very theme – to Sydney Fringe.An Ambivalent Woman of 37, based on Sheila Heti’s bestselling book Motherhood is a kaleidoscopic, multimedia journey into the heart of a woman’s struggle to make that mother of all decisions: whether or not to have a child.With dance, video, dialogue and original music by Elena Kats-Chernin, Emma takes her audience on a sometimes absurdist, often darkly comic and always deeply compassionate ride.
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Join us for these two special performances at the Drill Hall in Rushcutters Bay as creative team continues to develop the work after its successful season Sydney Fringe… en route to its first international tour to Nashville. Ticket price includes a pre-show drink and you’re invited join a post-performance conversation!
Emma Sandall is a multi-award-winning, internationally acclaimed dancer. She has performed with companies including Bejart Ballet Lausanne, The Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet and West Australian Ballet.
Her choreography has been awarded a medal at the Rome International Choreography Competition and a finalist position at the Stuttgart Solo Dans Theater Festival. Her work Fleck Flecker with Ludwig received the Most Outstanding New Work Award at the West Australian Dance Awards in 2013.
Critical Path is Australia’s leading centre for choreographic enquiry, research and development.Its mission is to nurture and support independent Australian choreographers to push the boundaries of existing contemporary practice. Critical Path supports choreographers to explore new ways of working, develop new collaborations and engage in debate and critical appreciation of dance.
An Ambivalent Woman of 37
Created and Performed by Emma Sandall With Yanghee Kim, original music by Elena Kats-Chernin
Friday 1 and Saturday 2 November 7pm
Playing Time 90 mins (no interval)
The Drill Hall, 1C New Beach Rd, Darling Point
Tickets: $44 | Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/an-ambivalent-woman-of-37
