Past Event
TROLLEYS
Part dance. Part ballet. Part outdoor spectacle. Trolleys is a new ballet for five supermarket trolleys. Five shopping trolleys randomly appear in a public space. Two meet and fall in love. One grapples to find a friend. Three others revolt and ignite a dance of anarchy.
Trolleys spin, glide and slide in this highly physical, humorous outdoor performance where high-octane contemporary dance, acrobatics and street dance merge with the extraordinary world of trolleys. Score composed by Nick Wales.
Trolleys was produced by C-12 Dance Theatre and Shaun Parker & Company.
HOVER
Roving and dancing on hoverboards, five exceptional dance and physical theatre artists will pay homage to boy bands throughout history, creating some edgy and entertaining dance routines!
The fun and high-energy choreography is inspired by the circus and street dance forms such as breakdance, tutting, popping and krumping, and integrated with visually compelling hoverboards. This show is set to a variety of music genres, including pop hits, classical music and stunning original scores by composer Nick Wales. This remarkable ensemble of professional dancers will also improvise dance moves responding to the surroundings and specific spectators.
This masterfully crafted, outdoor dance show will turn heads and get the crowd going!
CREATIVE TEAM
Director/ Choreographer: Shaun Parker
Music by Nick Wales
Performers: Olivia Hadley, Sam Beazley, Libby Montilla, Joel Fenton, and Romain Hassanin
Shaun Parker & Company acknowledge and respect the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we live, work and tour.
Shaun Parker & Company is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Shaun Parker & Company’s 2021 Trolleys on the Road program and is supported by the Australian Government through the RISE Fund. The development and touring of TROLLEYS is also supported by the City of Sydney and NSW government through CBD Activation Grant, the Inner West Council through EDGE GreenWay Residency and EDGE Sydenham Program, Mildura City Council through COVID19 Event Recovery Grant and Dexus Place Sydney.
And a huge thank you from Shaun to all of the artists and associated team members who supported and participated in creative developments which contributed to the creation of HOVER.
Shaun Parker & Company would like to thank our generous donors who provide vital support including Global Partners the Denise and Michael Kellen Foundation, Major Donors Penny Hunstead and the late Richard Hunstead, and many other generous people who regularly contribute in many ways. We are deeply thankful.
Reviews
‘TROLLEYS - A Brilliant Performance... Spellbound!’
Egomedia Australia
‘The five dancers chose the era of mass consumption to tame its main attribute: the supermarket trolley! Two males challenge each other, the herd closes its ranks around a lone trolley, and the dancers spin and hurl the trolleys in a percussive urban dance!
TROLLEYS makes you want to go on other races around the radius of Circonova, and to get refreshed by energy and daring!’
Quimper, France 2018 - Thierry Charpentier
‘While people are drawn into this narrative, it is the athleticism in the way the dances use their everyday prop that is spellbinding, not unlike other forms of street performance such as breakdancing to urban skaters’
Arts Hub
