The 5th Door

Available for Touring

Choreography Maggi Sietsma

The 5th Door offers a feast of movement, music and text! Choreographed by Maggi Sietsma, The 5th Door is a new take on the classic tale of Bluebeard.

This gripping work focuses on Bluebeard’s young wife Judith as she learns the dark secrets of her husband’s past. Newly married, she discovers her new home is inhabited by the ghosts of Bluebeard’s former wives.

This high-octane physical dance theatre work is brilliant, full of haunting tensions and strikingly vivid visuals.

"The dancers are exceptionally versatile as they navigate their way between moments of deep trauma and heightened joy, between flinching with pain and melting with desire, their technical mastery and maturity as artists evident throughout the sophisticated crafting of the work." Shaaron Boughen, The Australian.

"The 5th Door delivers technically impressive dance with a forceful message."  Cameron Pegg, Scene Magazine.

"Strongly executed movement provides the cake, but it’s the theatre that is the icing…. The performances, separately and as an ensemble, are uniformly excellent." Olivia Stewart, The Courier Mail.

Choreographer's Notes

"The 5th Door begins with Judith, newly married, waking from a night dream which loudly shouts inner warnings to the naive young woman. A modern young woman with an appetite for new experiences and desires, Judith is swept up in the first rush of pleasure and excitement and does not initially, listen to her deep intuitive misgivings.

When the first door opens she finds herself in her new home which is inhabited by the ghosts of her husband’s former wives. As the work progresses she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, and the deceit and lies of romance and the social subordination she encounters become abhorrent to her. With her innocent girlish dreams lying dead at her feet, Judith is slowly drawn by a spool of inevitability towards the pale light of her consciousness."   
MAGGI SIETSMA


Originally presented as part of ENERGEX Brisbane Festival 2004.

CHOREOGRAPHER: Maggi Sietsma
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN: Greg Clarke
DRAMA CONSULTANT: Veronica Neave
LIGHTING DESIGN: Abel Valls
Assisted by Thomas Lindenau
VIDEO EDITING: Stuart Mannion

Technical Specifications

Personnel touring:
7 dancers, 1 Artistic Director, 1 Tour Manager, 1 Stage Manager and 2 technical staff. Total of 12persons

Performance duration:
70 minutes, no interval

Freight details:
1900kg/ 14 cubic metres - 6 crates

Stage Size:
Minimum 11m wide by 10m deep, 3m wing either side of stage, Min grid height 5.5m to stage, 1 black tab, 5 sets of legs

Lighting:
110 instruments (Usually 42 profiles, 20 par cans, 46 Fresnels or PC's - can adapt to venue stock)
100 by 2kw dimmers, memory board  (Board can be toured by the company DMX 512 and 220-240 volts requires). 10 booms or lighting towers. I haze machine(can be toured by the company if 220 - 240 volts available).  

Sound:
Stereo front of house, minimum 2 fold back speakers, 1 minidisk player (Player can be toured by the Company) 3 foot microphones toured by company.

Dressing Rooms
2 by 4 dancers, 1 by production (3 pers), 1 by management (2 pers)


For touring inquiries contact:
Abel Valls - General Manager
admin@expressions.org.au
+ 61 7 3257 4222


Current performances of The 5th Door

Australian Tour 14 August - 23 September 2006   ...Read More


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