fine line and fine line terrain, 2004
Fine Line Terrain
photo Alejandro Rolandi
Fine Line Terrain
Fine Line (2004) and Fine Line Terrain (2004) are both part of Sue Healey’s Niche Series (2002-04).
Fine Line is a nine-minute dance film, which won the Best Dance Film Ausdance (2003), ReelDance Australia New Zealand (2004), and Il Coreografo Elettronico, Napolizdanza, Italy (2004).
Fine Line Terrain is a 60-minute live performance for five dancers, which explores the spaces we inhabit. The performance space becomes dissected with white lines, creating geometric ‘houses’ that connect, entangle and ultimately collapse. Intimate relationships are framed and mapped by lines, highlighting the precariousness of our relationship to the world and to each other. This is dance that explores the subtle intricacies of our relationship to the space around us. Fine Line Terrain was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography and Outstanding Achievement for Performance by a Company, Ausdance 2004. [Text courtesy of the artist.]
Victor Bramich, Lisa Griffiths, Shona Erskine and Nalina Wait, Fine Line Terrain
photo Alejandro Rolandi
Victor Bramich, Lisa Griffiths, Shona Erskine and Nalina Wait, Fine Line Terrain
credits: Fine Line (2003), director of photography Mark Pugh, composer Darrin Verhagen, editor Sam James, designer Sue Healey; Fine Line Terrain (2004), performers Shona Erskine, Lisa Griffiths, Nalina Wait, Nelson Reguera Perez, Victor Bramich, Jacob Lehrer, director of photography Mark Pugh, composer Darrin Verhagen, lighting designer Joseph Mercurio, desig Michael Pearce, Sue Healey
performances: premiere Dancehouse, Melbourne, March 2003; Choreographic Studio, Canberra, November 2003; the Studio, Sydney Opera House, June-July 2004
Victor Bramich, Lisa Griffiths, Shona Erskine and Nalina Wait, Fine Line Terrain
photo Alejandro Rolandi
Victor Bramich, Lisa Griffiths, Shona Erskine and Nalina Wait, Fine Line Terrain
reviews/articles – realtime
the fine lines of creation
erin brannigan, realtime 61, june-july, 2004
dancing the labyrinth
richard james allen, realtime 62, august-september, 2004
reeldance: the dance-cinema hybrid
karen pearlman, realtime 63, october-november, 2004
video
fine line terrain (2004)
other
training wheels
alison barclay, herald sun, march 26, 2003
a season of research into how dance is created and perceived
larry ruffell, canberra times, november 3, 2003
no emotional traction on overworked ground
deborah jones, the australian, july 2, 2004
Fine Line Terrain
photo Alejandro Rolandi
Fine Line Terrain
navigating fine lines
sue healey, thinking in four dimensions: creativity and cognition in contemporary dance, ed. robin grove, catherine stevens and shirley mckechnie, melbourne: melbourne university press, 2005 (e-book version here, courtesy of ADT)
