— What if we rebuild the engine?

What are your politics? What do you value? How can we shift the fantasy to reality? What if this work becomes the world we choose to live in?

This new First Nations-led work leans into dual perspectives of youthful and cultural functionality of femininity in society.

Through dance and storytelling, SAD EYES draws to the surface the complicated intersections of politics, identity and environmental concern to ultimately reframe a conversation on choice and action.

Within an “Australian” context, Amelia Jean O’Leary disassembles the structures around themselves in an effort to shift and destroy colonial narratives.

Choreographer: Amelia Jean O’Leary
Dancers/collaborators: Jiawen Feng, Emily Eather, Keia McGrady, Katherine Lanterna / Hegman, Sam Osborn
Sound Design: Amelia Jean O’Leary
Set Design: Savanna Wegman
Costume Design: Maya Anderson
Lighting Design: Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Stage and Production Manager: Georgina Bright

This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and Dancehouse’s First House Forum with support from the Sidney Myer Fund.