![Anti-Gravity](/media/nkvfwpie/anti-gravity-803-hero.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=400&height=250&rnd=132790872684630000)
![Common Ground](/media/z3fbc1wv/17-hero.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=768&height=432&rnd=132792031619900000)
Production still for "Common Ground". L-R: Tara Jade Samaya, Richard Cilli. Photographer: Pippa Samaya
Common Ground
13 March 2019 – 17 March 2019 Merlyn Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Chunky Move Dance Company,
Dance Remount Collaboration
A ritualistic battleground for two dance greats, Common Ground is a choreographic game of chess.
Ingrained rules are upturned by unexpected moves—intricate gambits, sacrifices and reactive attacks.
Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk evokes the birth of ballet in a modern milieu, as two of Australia’s most sought after dancers go move-for-move, through to the intense endgame. Tara Jade Samaya (ANTI-GRAVITY, Chunky Move) and Richard Cilli (CounterMove, Sydney Dance Company) perform a unique duel that lights the fuse on equality and betrayal.
What is common ground if not a place to collide?
★★★★★
"FAST, PRECISE, MIRACULOUSLY STRONG"
— The Age
Cast
Creatives
![Paul Jackson](/media/iwbfn3l1/jackson-paul.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239155330000)
Lighting Designer
![Jethro Woodward](/media/35nlc51k/woodward-jethro.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763244088400000)
Composer, Sound Designer
![Anouk Van Dijk](/media/kq1n23r4/van-dijk-anouk.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243477470000)
Choreographer
![Marg Horwell](/media/clfhrcdv/horwell-marg.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239019800000)
Set & Costume Designer
![Jerry Remkes](/media/lencsqt1/remkes-jerry.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241877030000)
Dramaturg
Acknowledgements
Malthouse Theatre presents a Chunky Move production as a part of Dance Massive.