Get ready for a dance-off…
Hold Me Closer Tony Danza is bold, brash, non-conforming, and like a pop song you can’t get out of your head, deeply seductive. It is immersive dance-theatre that asks the audience to pick a side, show their true colours, and get ready for a dance-off as if their lives depend on it.
Rollickingly funny and deeply skilled dance technicians The Farm perform this one-hour ride, a Victorian premiere, commissioned by Monash University.
With an intensely satirical edge, Hold Me Closer Tony Danza confronts our modern world through the subversion of pop sensibilities. In a world driven by information overload, it asks how we can still connect with each other when we feel so far apart. A commonly misheard song lyric contains a deeper proposition about how we form meaning and a provocation that perhaps our understanding of the world is intrinsically flawed.
At The Farm work is made in a collaborative process where everyone brings their expertise without being confined to it. All animals are equal.
Created by: Kate Harman, Michael Smith, Gavin Webber and Anna Whitaker
Direction: Gavin Webber
Lighting Design: Govin Ruben
Composer and Sound Designer: Anna Whitaker
Visual Design: Merinda Davies
Commissioned by Monash University, Carriageworks, Dancehouse and the Keir Foundation for the 2020 Keir Choreographic Award.
Monash University Performing Arts Centres, 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton VIC 3800, Clayton, 3800, View Map