Temporary Hold (2023)

Created with Rhian Hinkley for the Upstairs Studio at Temperance Hall, TEMPORARY HOLD is a three-hour durational performance installation exploring our search for shelter, security and stability within the spaces we inhabit.

As raw materials rest, lean, hold things up and weigh things down, the dancers find themselves caught as if in the middle of an event under construction. Dealing with the weight of the space and waiting out the temporary hold, the work asks whether we can find somewhere that will house and protect us — somewhere that will, even temporarily, provide the shelter we seek.

Credits:
Choreographer: Sandra Parker
Dancers: Jazmyn Carter and Rachel Mackie
Visual Design: created with Rhian Hinkley

Presentation:
Saturday 25 November, 2-5pm, 2023
Duration: 3 hours · Audiences could come and go throughout the performance
Temperance Hall, Upstairs Studio, 199 Napier Street, South Melbourne

Awards:
Victorian Green Room Awards Nomination ‘Best Choreography’, 2024

Background/development:
Created during a City of Melbourne Boyd studio residency

Support:
This project has been created through the support of The Besen Family Foundation, the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development Fund, the City of Melbourne and Creative Spaces.