Adrift comments on how the important connections between the oceans, environment and humans are not being well-managed but allowed to float unanchored, heading for disaster. Adrift is an engaging performance using improvised and choreographed/composed dance, music and visual arts to highlight, inform and raise questions about the complex relationships humans have with the oceans.  

Creative development

Participatory design workshops at festivals was used to gain an understanding about how the Hobart community (including youth and Indigenous) value, use and feel about our oceans.  The second creative development combined vocabulary that explored how the fears, hopes and connections of Nelipot collective with the oceans with vocabulary developed by the Hobart community during the participatory design workshops.

Performances

Adrift is a versatile work that was adapted to be performed in its entirety and as excerpts at a range of festivals and venues. See our full performance history.

Attribution and gratitude

Dancers/choreography: Tullia Chung-Tilley, Sarah Andrewartha, Emma Miley, Emmanuelle Decourty, Pema Choo, HK Vermeulen
Musicians/composition: Andrea Breen, Emily Sheppard
Lighting/videography: Next Creative
Photography: Rowan Tilley, Renee Thurston, Peter Andrewartha, Arwen Dyer
Studio support: Industrie Performing Arts