Adelaide’s Restless Dance Theatre, a company for dancers with a disability, will join forces with three other similar companies for its latest production.
The Restless Youth Ensemble dancers will combine with No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability, Tutti Inc and Company@ to stage Howling Like a Wolf – a thought provoking, filmic dance theatre work “exploring human expression and communication”.
The inspiration for the show came from cast member Eleni Androutsis (a performer from Company@, which works with people with Autism Spectrum Disorder). During a rehearsal she was asked to express an emotion on her face, like a statue. Presented with the word “love”, Eleni struck a pose of a wolf howling at the moon.
Restless Dance Theatre has run workshop programs and created remarkable dance theatre by young people with and without a disability for over 21 years. In 2010 and 2011 the company won a host of national and international awards including gongs at the Australian Dance Awards and the Brooklyn International Film Festival for their film Necessary Games.
'Howling like a Wolf' will be performed at Queens Theatre from August 17 to 25.