A high-octane spree of physical virtuosity, Backbone tests the limits of strength: physical, emotional, individual and collective.
In less than a decade, Adelaide’s acrobatic sensations Gravity and Other Myths have rocketed to stellar acclaim with a series of disarmingly accomplished ensemble works. Staged with a deceptively DIY aesthetic and dispensing of trickery and distraction, this is circus that goes straight for the jugular and leaves no viewer unmoved.
Backbone is the culmination of all that’s gone before: a celebration of human connectedness and the meaning of strength, its athletic appeal is run through with a conceptual brilliance that elevates it to a new level.
Sexy but sincere, raw yet utterly disciplined, Backbone is proof you can’t do the impossible without a little sweat.
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HELPMANN AWARD NOMINATIONS
Best New Australian Work
Best Choreography
Best Lighting Design
★★★★★ The acrobatics are eloquent and sensational, full of original twists.
- Director
- Darcy Grant
- Designer
- Geoff Cobham
- Ensemble
- Martin Schreiber
- Lachlan Binns
- Jascha Boyce
- Jacob Randell
- Lewie West
- Lewis Rankin
- Joanne Curry
- Mieke Lizotte
- Lachlan Harper
- Jackson Manson
- Music
- Elliot Zoerner & Shenton Gregory
- Producer
- Craig Harrison
- Creative Associate
- Triton Tunis-Mitchell
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by Adelaide Festival and Sydney Festival, co-produced by Melbourne Festival.
PHOTO | Kate Pardey Photography
