https://phaedrabrown.com.au phaedrabrown Wed, 20 May 2026 09:29:22 +0000 https://phaedrabrown.com.au en https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Overview Wed, 10 Nov 2021 03:07:03 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Overview <img width="1280" height="855" width_o="1280" height_o="855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb87bb9bda2458a128441ff3a8741d43d8f8e5170061d65363ff61f38051da5b/DSC_0556.jpeg" data-mid="248521305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb87bb9bda2458a128441ff3a8741d43d8f8e5170061d65363ff61f38051da5b/DSC_0556.jpeg" /> ABOUT Phaedra Brown is an independent dancer, choreographer, and producer. Her current practice draws on a collage of elements from movement, choreography, writing, and curation. Read more <img width="3456" height="2592" width_o="3456" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/402266bbe9f7e42531c97ed914ef98359cbafe4190e2bdf6f32880fb17a70915/52AAAC9D-0A5B-4838-87AE-83C9E1628D10_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="248525797" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/402266bbe9f7e42531c97ed914ef98359cbafe4190e2bdf6f32880fb17a70915/52AAAC9D-0A5B-4838-87AE-83C9E1628D10_1_201_a.jpeg" /> FLOP Falling flopping loving flailing trying again trying really really hard relentless persistent commitment compounding hope dreaming the effort doing the effort flaws the floor figuring out. Read more 2026 <img width="1535" height="1151" width_o="1535" height_o="1151" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ee49852a78f12d12178a66ef9061d79ff0b21210168dd7b3bc6dd37f6c4c14b/C59CCBC0-594A-4763-B201-00518FFD96FD_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="248522101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ee49852a78f12d12178a66ef9061d79ff0b21210168dd7b3bc6dd37f6c4c14b/C59CCBC0-594A-4763-B201-00518FFD96FD_1_201_a.jpeg" /> HOW TO WATCH PEOPLE IN CAFES It’s not about coffee, it’s how we get to know the regulars. A short work made as part of MOVE FM, presented by Future Makers for the Sydney Fringe Dance Hub. Read more Watch an excerpt 2024 <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ef17e2468c57bb3d74e67e88261542a13ec37deaf3e5c0a7171b1c73a3bd65c/1F5569B3-FB5C-41C5-B108-1C4485B5093E_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="196330543" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ef17e2468c57bb3d74e67e88261542a13ec37deaf3e5c0a7171b1c73a3bd65c/1F5569B3-FB5C-41C5-B108-1C4485B5093E_1_105_c.jpeg" /> REMNANTS RE-MADE The‘Remnants Re-made’project looks at the relationship between speaking, writing, and dancing and the accumulation and decay of communication through these modes. Read more 2023 <img width="1236" height="882" width_o="1236" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8349fcbfdcbaeef153ad5dbe4204d58f2b171b554b9e26d8f35f5a10a180751c/Waiting-Game--Phaedra-Brown--image--Sandra-Therese.png" data-mid="125262031" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8349fcbfdcbaeef153ad5dbe4204d58f2b171b554b9e26d8f35f5a10a180751c/Waiting-Game--Phaedra-Brown--image--Sandra-Therese.png" /> WAITING GAME Contemporary dance duet 'Waiting Game' speaks to the joy, humour and tragedy in our cyclical lives. A dance against dissolusionment... Read more Watch an excerpt 2022 <img width="1430" height="828" width_o="1430" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cc3d112909ae017e30ff0c5f2f76725daed7dee96fb9441a942b8816a13dac5/image3.jpeg" data-mid="124415011" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cc3d112909ae017e30ff0c5f2f76725daed7dee96fb9441a942b8816a13dac5/image3.jpeg" /> A SMALL SPECTACLE Small Spectacle is my solo show, created and performed in a small inner-city share house...Read more Watch here 2020, 2021 <img width="1469" height="828" width_o="1469" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ceac060d6bcd9ed290e95658024182e8ca734f66fe069838923dcabb76d3d56/image0.jpeg" data-mid="124415088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ceac060d6bcd9ed290e95658024182e8ca734f66fe069838923dcabb76d3d56/image0.jpeg" /> MAKING A SPECTACLE The culmination of my honours research, a companion paper to the work ‘A Small Spectacle’...Read more &nbsp;2020 <img width="2880" height="1620" width_o="2880" height_o="1620" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7f4e026d378593b4904c3c4a4d8172f629be31b7c574d0e10d912ef0ede92ae/Screen-Shot-2021-11-13-at-5.27.31-pm.png" data-mid="124415252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7f4e026d378593b4904c3c4a4d8172f629be31b7c574d0e10d912ef0ede92ae/Screen-Shot-2021-11-13-at-5.27.31-pm.png" /> SUBSTANCE &amp; SUSTENANCEThe thing you crave but can’t reach. The texture you can’t feel. The food you can’t eat. The joke you’re not let in on. The dance you don’t know. Read more Watch here 2019 <img width="1086" height="723" width_o="1086" height_o="723" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69b0f58d719a7f50b41809fd67f2b977543cfc0b14cc2df4ab40ee191474130e/75E1D845-1C0B-4C71-822D-50D4E0A2BB35_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="124415052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69b0f58d719a7f50b41809fd67f2b977543cfc0b14cc2df4ab40ee191474130e/75E1D845-1C0B-4C71-822D-50D4E0A2BB35_1_105_c.jpeg" /> ANIMINIMALIS Peer in on fantastical beasts as they go about their business. You’re watching them and they’re watching you... Read more Watch here 2018 https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Whats-on Wed, 10 Nov 2021 03:07:02 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Whats-on &lt;- Home 2022 ‼️ Stay tuned... https://phaedrabrown.com.au/About Fri, 12 Nov 2021 05:55:08 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/About &lt;- Home 01 ABOUT NAME: &nbsp; Phaedra BrownAGE:&nbsp; &nbsp; 29 LOVES:&nbsp; Cats, choccy, long &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; walks on the beach ME DANCING RECENTLYFULL CV HERE Phaedra Brown is an independent dancer, choreographer, and producer based on Gadigal Land. Her practice utilises movement, choreography and text, often drawing on mediums external to dance. Her interest lies in performers as people, and the body’s ability to tell stories about shared human experiences and relationships. Phaedra has choreographed and performed in the works ‘FLOP’ (side.step program, Balmain Town Hall, 2025), ‘How to Watch People in Cafes’ (Sydney Fringe Dance Hub, 2024), ’Waiting Game’ (supported by March Dance and Melbourne Fringe Festivals, 2022) and ‘A Small Spectacle’, (live-streamed for Melbourne Fringe 2020 and March Dance 2021). She has also undertaken residencies supported by Critical Path, Dance Makers Collective, Lucy Guerin Inc., Readymade Works, AusDance NSW and March Dance Festival. Recently Phaedra has taken part in the 2026 Experimental Choreographic Lab, supported by Performance Space and Critical Path, and in 2025 she produced and performed in Bianca Yeung’s ‘BiPolar Express’ for Sydney Fringe. Other performance highlights include Rhiannon Newton’s ‘Caresss’ and Ella Watson-Heath’s ‘catandmouse’ (Future Makers ‘Echoes’ season, 2024), Stephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’ (2018, 2019),&nbsp;Thalia Livingstone’s ‘Dark Points’ (2019), and the National Gallery of Victoria’s reconstruction of ‘Demon Machine’ (2017). She holds a BFA Dance (Hons.) from the VCA, and a Graduate Diploma in Cultural Leadership from UNSW. <img width="4066" height="2700" width_o="4066" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f73aec340a98ba2fab4484c8d619e697d30b5b934e235ca9d7f6ea80a9348705/E71C3E5F-B145-4427-BFEB-58460E067BB8.JPG" data-mid="124483397" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f73aec340a98ba2fab4484c8d619e697d30b5b934e235ca9d7f6ea80a9348705/E71C3E5F-B145-4427-BFEB-58460E067BB8.JPG" /> <img width="1087" height="722" width_o="1087" height_o="722" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/582acda4b724ed6e826784bc8c2e8319d21167a561003a1c902e19be4ae76fb4/6BD00D41-EA26-414B-8196-80CBD462F13B_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="124330651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/582acda4b724ed6e826784bc8c2e8319d21167a561003a1c902e19be4ae76fb4/6BD00D41-EA26-414B-8196-80CBD462F13B_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6b30922d31e92ee1deb8dc3bee8a0b9ddcd364f9db35702490089d2a9026c46/A32C5E82-12DB-4D92-8CDF-22A8A84512E2.JPG" data-mid="124483398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6b30922d31e92ee1deb8dc3bee8a0b9ddcd364f9db35702490089d2a9026c46/A32C5E82-12DB-4D92-8CDF-22A8A84512E2.JPG" /> Phaedra Brown in performance of ‘Dark Points’ by Die Angle, photos by Benjamin Bravo https://phaedrabrown.com.au/FLOP Wed, 20 May 2026 09:29:22 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/FLOP &lt;- Home FLOP 2026 <img width="4024" height="6048" width_o="4024" height_o="6048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6b70d1f8aa81f5d4b15195f8e50b39ffba3eb524bafbef20b525cda09d33b7e/161_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0124.jpeg" data-mid="248525305" border="0" data-scale="34" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6b70d1f8aa81f5d4b15195f8e50b39ffba3eb524bafbef20b525cda09d33b7e/161_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0124.jpeg" /> <img width="6048" height="4024" width_o="6048" height_o="4024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9ffdbcde99dc4b0fe8bf91ca39252bf2a594d83c23eb7c76fc63f29bd8b9e00/148_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0113.jpeg" data-mid="248525314" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9ffdbcde99dc4b0fe8bf91ca39252bf2a594d83c23eb7c76fc63f29bd8b9e00/148_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0113.jpeg" /> <img width="6048" height="4024" width_o="6048" height_o="4024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/343a556d42d953c9da8fded848f314969b340fa8b16df60101c1b1233fa340e2/138_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0095.jpeg" data-mid="248525321" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/343a556d42d953c9da8fded848f314969b340fa8b16df60101c1b1233fa340e2/138_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0095.jpeg" /> <img width="6048" height="4024" width_o="6048" height_o="4024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50ea4c07929d83a3fa45837429f94ff3d748f7c394f61cd4ca14ed20091e4863/139_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0098.jpeg" data-mid="248525326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50ea4c07929d83a3fa45837429f94ff3d748f7c394f61cd4ca14ed20091e4863/139_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0098.jpeg" /> <img width="5851" height="3893" width_o="5851" height_o="3893" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3b878b5bb4052ce9b00803f269fab04fa97c5bc1ef1597d8375c705c3a78ae9/129_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0069.jpeg" data-mid="248525335" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3b878b5bb4052ce9b00803f269fab04fa97c5bc1ef1597d8375c705c3a78ae9/129_PSpaceCriticalPathChoreographicLab_DSC0069.jpeg" /> FLOP work in progress showing, Experimental Choreographic Lab, Drill Hall, photos by Lucy Parakhina. ‼️ WATCH AN EXCERPT OF THE WORK IN DEVELOPMENT&nbsp;HERE Falling flopping loving flailing trying again trying really really hard relentless persistent commitment compounding hope dreaming the effort doing the effort flaws the floor figuring out. FLOP is a project made to express the physical and psychological labour of trying really, really hard. A love letter to the flop era, it celebrates the joy, devastation and compassion that comes with human effort and failure. ︎ This project was part of the 2025&nbsp;side.step residency program, and the 2026 Experimental Choreographic Lab, supported by Performance Space and Critical Path https://phaedrabrown.com.au/How-to-Watch-People-in-Cafes Wed, 20 May 2026 09:01:53 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/How-to-Watch-People-in-Cafes &lt;- Home How To Watch People in Cafes 2024 <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b46bc26089f235b1ac409b2684811b8e18a11e2afbdeb8472545c06cec39b546/C59CCBC0-594A-4763-B201-00518FFD96FD_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="248523373" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b46bc26089f235b1ac409b2684811b8e18a11e2afbdeb8472545c06cec39b546/C59CCBC0-594A-4763-B201-00518FFD96FD_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c20fcb1d83cd27d809c42a3b99d05f68d663b5cd80b9c60c16e1df1f435207f7/3231AAF2-8FAE-4923-A84F-B22CEAE001E0_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="248523369" border="0" data-scale="53" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/c20fcb1d83cd27d809c42a3b99d05f68d663b5cd80b9c60c16e1df1f435207f7/3231AAF2-8FAE-4923-A84F-B22CEAE001E0_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9acf5717c79cd733b7e49d935aead22b0050f6329834d284cb76be0888a9217/7B90406A-BE4F-4418-AFAE-5DA166C19A18_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="248523374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9acf5717c79cd733b7e49d935aead22b0050f6329834d284cb76be0888a9217/7B90406A-BE4F-4418-AFAE-5DA166C19A18_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8c67e7c2d80700f5a6b61c8388641d9c9ebaf20cc6bacce6235abc918c47161/A98FBC05-8F5E-4A78-B53F-7FEE3210B2DD_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="248523375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/b8c67e7c2d80700f5a6b61c8388641d9c9ebaf20cc6bacce6235abc918c47161/A98FBC05-8F5E-4A78-B53F-7FEE3210B2DD_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85e4c01f297f0985d7563d5d75f170c6f856475ab0f0362fe76d1412e7ddf279/F81E4650-4186-4920-86E7-4431904C026D_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="248523370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85e4c01f297f0985d7563d5d75f170c6f856475ab0f0362fe76d1412e7ddf279/F81E4650-4186-4920-86E7-4431904C026D_1_105_c.jpeg" /> Photos by Bianca Yeung. ‼️ WATCH AN EXCERPT&nbsp;HERE‼️ WATCH THE FULL PIECE HERE It’s not coffee, it’s the ritual. It’s not about coffee, it’s how we get to know the regulars. Tension, common ground, questions of each other. Craving patterns and a place to go. It’s the space between us as we wait in line. A short work presented as part of MOVE FM, also featuring works by Mairi Armour, Jaslyn Boughton and Ashleigh Veitch. Cast: Phaedra Brown: Choreographer &amp; performer Jannah Allen: Performer Mairi Armour: Performer Dani Ross: Performer Sarah Francis: Cast member throughout development ︎ This work was created as part of Dance Makers Collective’s ‘Future Makers’ emerging artist program. It was presented as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival Dance Hub.&nbsp; https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Remnants-Re-made Thu, 09 Nov 2023 04:58:47 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Remnants-Re-made &lt;- Home Remnants Re-made 2023 <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ef17e2468c57bb3d74e67e88261542a13ec37deaf3e5c0a7171b1c73a3bd65c/1F5569B3-FB5C-41C5-B108-1C4485B5093E_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="196331244" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ef17e2468c57bb3d74e67e88261542a13ec37deaf3e5c0a7171b1c73a3bd65c/1F5569B3-FB5C-41C5-B108-1C4485B5093E_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4da0ebc0a62937c121270adc679a98211be18431f1ad6013e6cc87e4fd761eb3/EEC191BC-1263-4765-BA16-D5E334BFB356_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="196331335" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4da0ebc0a62937c121270adc679a98211be18431f1ad6013e6cc87e4fd761eb3/EEC191BC-1263-4765-BA16-D5E334BFB356_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aae98303e8d6700d158b512587bb0c244e573f6c1b7930faf10d59a40ee7f15b/C1813E4B-FB77-4E52-9267-E972928C6E15_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="196331248" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aae98303e8d6700d158b512587bb0c244e573f6c1b7930faf10d59a40ee7f15b/C1813E4B-FB77-4E52-9267-E972928C6E15_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7887d595f51e464de4a3fe37fa1b004c9c9f962893a0a02655c68962a4314d5/2A0962AD-7B76-4F77-9E01-B6A16BF3392C_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="196331249" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7887d595f51e464de4a3fe37fa1b004c9c9f962893a0a02655c68962a4314d5/2A0962AD-7B76-4F77-9E01-B6A16BF3392C_1_105_c.jpeg" /> Excerpts from showing of Remnants Re-made as part of ‘Out of Bounds’. Photos by Jeff Busby. ‼️ WATCH AN EXCERPT FROM OUR READYMADE WORKS RESIDENCY HERE‼️ WATCH AN EXCERPT FROM OUR LUCY GUERIN INC. RESIDENCY [COMING SOON]‼️ READ MORE ABOUT THE LEGENDARY SARAH SAXON&nbsp;HERE ‘Remnants Re-Made’ is a collaboration between myself and dancer, choreographer, writer and artist Sarah Saxon. The project looks at the vast amount of text and media accumulated by humans and relationship it has to the body; how does the body respond to and participate in this process? Through the accumulation, distillation and decay of movement, text, physical materials, and spoken word, this work explores how our past and present experiences with media transfer into the body, and how the body can, in turn, generate media. The work uses a basis of choregraphic tools drawn from the relationship between speaking, writing, and dancing and the communication between these modes, as well as Memory and notation of past movement material, and remnants of remembered writing and speech. ︎ This work has been supported through residency periods by Readymade Works, March Dance Festival, Ausdance NSW and Lucy Guerin Inc.&nbsp;︎Exerpts of material have been performed at Dance Makers Collective’s ‘One Night for Dance’ (March 2023) and Lucy Guerin Inc &amp; Temperance Hall’s ‘Out of Bounds’ (August 2023). https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Waiting-Game Sat, 13 Nov 2021 06:34:08 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Waiting-Game &lt;- Home Waiting Game 2022 <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3062341c16d4e9bbe6572fc73ac99d04c649050c281a19ae53878e2a241b40e1/CF2CEE73-5045-405A-90B4-E5DAF33F860F_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="160189311" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3062341c16d4e9bbe6572fc73ac99d04c649050c281a19ae53878e2a241b40e1/CF2CEE73-5045-405A-90B4-E5DAF33F860F_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d6d8ef3ba8e0c8e5533e05d18107394a0ece3006895c3aefd988493578aa066/8FBC85EB-C39C-47FC-8724-D3CACBAB2DCD_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="160189315" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d6d8ef3ba8e0c8e5533e05d18107394a0ece3006895c3aefd988493578aa066/8FBC85EB-C39C-47FC-8724-D3CACBAB2DCD_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="724" height="1086" width_o="724" height_o="1086" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9390edc369d242ca33b1144d7bd00bae093c6d1d46f49d260a103108c0a7e683/BD3C0D89-ABE9-4742-BE12-CA7B44FA8E6B_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="160189573" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/724/i/9390edc369d242ca33b1144d7bd00bae093c6d1d46f49d260a103108c0a7e683/BD3C0D89-ABE9-4742-BE12-CA7B44FA8E6B_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25e3cc8ec53064e27213d0a0b0b51c151bf5e3760421e94ce017634ddc26f470/D846954B-FAB2-410F-A16D-82CBA18EA358_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="160189313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25e3cc8ec53064e27213d0a0b0b51c151bf5e3760421e94ce017634ddc26f470/D846954B-FAB2-410F-A16D-82CBA18EA358_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="724" height="1086" width_o="724" height_o="1086" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f037dfa59499a0797fb64e222203f0cb9d6dbe3facefa5ca52abf0d28089f928/E397C380-2793-4B18-BFCC-025188178A2A_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="160189320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/724/i/f037dfa59499a0797fb64e222203f0cb9d6dbe3facefa5ca52abf0d28089f928/E397C380-2793-4B18-BFCC-025188178A2A_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02720a42cdb3067a46a320214b55d1ffdfe09f557547b372c4d84699bad4290b/3CA0CD96-827F-4B51-82C5-FAF7298D34A9_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="160189328" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02720a42cdb3067a46a320214b55d1ffdfe09f557547b372c4d84699bad4290b/3CA0CD96-827F-4B51-82C5-FAF7298D34A9_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1086" height="724" width_o="1086" height_o="724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/909e91990af90e807f5933c3557e07e33146fd851fa56830aa94a690d9bd786b/73B02411-7019-4309-BD14-C07BCD1BB411_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="160189334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/909e91990af90e807f5933c3557e07e33146fd851fa56830aa94a690d9bd786b/73B02411-7019-4309-BD14-C07BCD1BB411_1_105_c.jpeg" /> Phaedra Brown and Sarah Saxon, Melbourne season of Waiting Game Photos by Lachlan Wolters ‼️ READ PREVIEW ARTICLE HERE ‼️ WATCH AN EXCERPT FROM THE SYDNEY SEASON&nbsp;HERE ‼️ WATCH AN EXCERPT FROM THE MELBOURNE SEASON HERE‼️ READ MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS HERE <img width="1236" height="882" width_o="1236" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9d0326489071b584e8d415616d3afc5124925dc7986c04e26f253cb7f13f497/6C291677-BC7D-4188-8F82-73460E1769DF_1_102_o.jpeg" data-mid="132592145" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9d0326489071b584e8d415616d3afc5124925dc7986c04e26f253cb7f13f497/6C291677-BC7D-4188-8F82-73460E1769DF_1_102_o.jpeg" /> Resilience and gentle hope – that which is cultivated everyday through small acts of humanity. Waiting Game speaks to the joy, humour and tragedy within the minutiae of everyday life. It is simultaneously relentless and expectant; desolate yet dependent upon camaraderie and togetherness. The work embraces the need for connection in a world that seems so illogical. It reflects experiences of anticipation, repetition and monotony that might transform ultimately into disillusionment. However, by reimagining these feelings, now familiar from long periods of isolation, Waiting Game aims to shift into spaciousness, clarity, and conversation. Join us as we dance away our disillusionment, and the joy of movement becomes a tool for resistance. Waiting Game was created in collaboration with original cast member Tamara Bouman, who is now acting as artistic consultant. The work’s most recent Melbourne season was performed by Sarah Saxon alongside Phaedra Brown.&nbsp; The work features music &amp; soundscape by composer Oscar Sweeney and lighting design by Lacklan Wolters “Absolutely love the connection between the dancers and the enchanting soundscape.” – March Dance Festival “Emerging dancer-choreographer Brown is no longer waiting in lockdown or elsewhere. She is here, and we can’t wait to be there with her, too.” – Kate Maguire-Rosier, Dance Informa ︎&nbsp;This work was presented as part of March Dance Festival 2022, supported by March Dance Festival and the City of Sydney. ︎ It was also presented as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival supported by Maribyrnong City Council. https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Waiting-Game-artists Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:25:41 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Waiting-Game-artists &lt;- Back &nbsp;WAITING GAME ARTISTS 2022 <img width="782" height="1106" width_o="782" height_o="1106" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70a93161a5c73c4324a13a5d2069a82d59035929d5f26b33e1d8013ec302aee2/Screen-Shot-2021-11-16-at-9.05.26-pm.png" data-mid="132591724" border="0" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/782/i/70a93161a5c73c4324a13a5d2069a82d59035929d5f26b33e1d8013ec302aee2/Screen-Shot-2021-11-16-at-9.05.26-pm.png" />Phaedra Brown︎ Sandra Theresa <img width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/418845d09770ceb431cf9a39002612ff9d69c4d948f54a13604498add753ee83/D41FEFC7-071A-4815-8DD8-E7BF035E833E.jpeg" data-mid="151790638" border="0" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/418845d09770ceb431cf9a39002612ff9d69c4d948f54a13604498add753ee83/D41FEFC7-071A-4815-8DD8-E7BF035E833E.jpeg" /> Sarah Saxon ︎ Hamish McIntosh <img width="554" height="692" width_o="554" height_o="692" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a5d13414aeaef56834e260a15ef094195b7fdd9d333b185c4bf98d060e1974d/DD58DAD5-995A-4D07-B851-B2B5A2608A32_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="132531662" border="0" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/554/i/4a5d13414aeaef56834e260a15ef094195b7fdd9d333b185c4bf98d060e1974d/DD58DAD5-995A-4D07-B851-B2B5A2608A32_1_201_a.jpeg" /> Oscar Sweeney︎Jessica Higgins <img width="1064" height="1532" width_o="1064" height_o="1532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d9d9806e0afaa0001a8df12bb9dde3771b4e2b886e58902ddf1a17bb2c9b953/DFD96D47-4F48-497F-A211-AA2BF337B372.png" data-mid="151790994" border="0" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d9d9806e0afaa0001a8df12bb9dde3771b4e2b886e58902ddf1a17bb2c9b953/DFD96D47-4F48-497F-A211-AA2BF337B372.png" /> Lachlan Wolters︎ Anna Cordingley <img width="793" height="991" width_o="793" height_o="991" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40bd246385f6acde9d1ba7babb569bd1c96dd065403f507628c360a74dd35a4d/1E13ED00-7B9D-4D41-9B0C-6340CBC463B0_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="132531671" border="0" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/793/i/40bd246385f6acde9d1ba7babb569bd1c96dd065403f507628c360a74dd35a4d/1E13ED00-7B9D-4D41-9B0C-6340CBC463B0_1_105_c.jpeg" /> Tamara Bouman ︎ Hamish McIntosh Phaedra Brown: Choreographer/ Dancer Phaedra Brown is a Greek/Australian independent dancer, choreographer and producer from Sydney. She works with improvisation, site-specific dance, film and digital technology. Her practice draws on a collage of elements from choreography, curating and public art. Phaedra is undertaking a Masters in Curating and Cultural Leadership at UNSW, and has completed a BFA (Dance) with Honours from the VCA and a Certificate IV in dance from Ev &amp; Bow Dance Training Centre. While at the VCA she received the prestigious Dr Phillip Law Travel award (2019). Phaedra’s performance highlights include Interchange Dance Project’s ‘Train Escape’ (2021,2022), Andrew Fraser and Victoria Punturere’s ‘Everything is Everything’ (2019), Stephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’ (2018, 2019), Thalia Livingstone’s ‘Dark Points’ (2019), the National Gallery of Victoria’s ‘Triennial Extra’ Programme (2018) and the National Gallery of Victoria’s reconstruction of ‘Demon Machine’ (2017). Phaedra’s choreographic work ‘Waiting Game’ premiered to a sold-out season as part of March Dance Festival 2022 and is due to be presented as part of Melbourne Fringe in October 2022, supported by Maribyrnong City Council. Her work ‘A Small Spectacle’, appeared via livestream at the 2020 Melbourne Fringe Festival and the 2021 March Dance Festival in Sydney. Her 2018 work ‘Animinimalis’ was performed at Melbourne Fringe Festival before being re-worked to appear at the Guild Theatre Fringe Festival Hub in 2019 and leading to an AusDance NSW DAIR residency in 2019. In 2019 she co-produced VCA student choreography season, ‘Student Works’ alongside Sarah Saxon, and in 2022 produced The House That Dan Built’s ‘Whispers and Roars’ Festival. Sarah Saxon: Dancer Sarah Saxon is a dancer, choreographer and dance-filmmaker based in Naarm/ Melbourne. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne in 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) and completed her BFA (Honours) in 2021. She has created a site-conditioned dance practice, HikeDance, inspired by her research into the reciprocity between nature and people. She has released an online gallery to present five screen dances, Inhabitance I-V, produced from this research. Saxon presented has created a number of choreographic works including the Inhabitance I-V series,Inhabitance VI (Out of Bounds, Lucy Guerin Inc. &amp; Temperance Hall, 2022), Tomatoes &amp; Oranges (2020), and Reflective State(2019). In 2020 she co-produced Student Works 2020 and Grad Festat the Victorian College of the Arts. She has seconded with the Liz Roche Company (Ireland) for Yes and Yes (2022) and with Prue Lang (Melbourne) Project F (2019-2020). As a performer she has worked with Linda Sastradipradja (Melbourne Soereng - 2021, Sight Unseen - 2020), Anouk van Dijk (Surge - 2020), Prue Lang (MTAFU - 2019), Caroline Ellis(Social Bodies - 2019), Alexandra Dobson (Calving Face - 2019), Brianna Kell (The Wave Beneath Us - 2019) and Rebecca Jensen (Blue Illusion - 2018).&nbsp; She has completed a One Body One Career Countertechnique intensive with Anouk van Dijk (Amsterdam, 2022) and attended workshops at Centre National de la Danse in Paris in 2022 (Matija Ferlin) and 2019 (Johanne Saunier) and at the Dublin Dance Festival with Jonathan Burrows and Jessica Traynor (2022). She is a recipient of the Dr Philip Law Travel Scholarship (2020), the Grace Marion Wilson Trust Scholarship (2020) and the Melbourne Global Scholars Award (2019). Oscar Sweeney: Composer Oscar is a music composer of film and media, with a background in both digital and acoustic writing. Completing his Bachelor of Music: Composition from the Sydney Conservatorium in 2019, Oscar’s current practice is spent between writing popular music, chamber works and most prominently film and media scoring. During his studies, Oscar was under the tutelage of composers Michael Smetanin and Paul Stanhope, and his composition for brass quartet, Bragi’s Lament, was performed as part of a festival at the Verona Conservatorio in 2017. Oscar has composed for many short film and animation projects working with various directors and producers, across all genres and styles. He has collaborated on projects from directors at The University of Sydney, UNSW, UTS and AFTRS. In 2018, Oscar worked with director Guy Mansfield, on his short film ‘Swan Song’. He has also worked on theatre productions, notably as composer and musical director of the 2018 Sydney University Commerce Revue. In mid 2020, Oscar worked in collaboration with Moorambilla Voices on their Module series, creating accompanying music for Courtney Scheu’s yoga series and indigenous artist Frank Wright’s painting series. Oscar is also a vocalist and chorist. His performance highlights include singing with the State Music Choir for His Majesty King Harold V of Norway in 2015, as a vocal soloist at the Carols on Norton alongside the Leichhardt Espresso Chorus in 2016, and performing in the Sydney Philharmonia with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis at their film scores concert at the Sydney Opera House in 2019. Lachlan Wolters: Lighting Designer From an early age, Lachlan has been building, jumping and throwing light on any ‘Stage’ he stumbled upon. Now Lachlan is an independent lighting and 3D designer based in Melbourne. Lachlan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts form the Victorian College of the Arts, specialising in Production design and Management. Prior to his studies he assisted, worked for and performed in many various community and local performing arts groups; including the Young Australian Broadway Chorus, and many others across Canberra and Melbourne. Since then, Lachlan has lit and designed projected visuals for a variety of dance and contemporary theatre productions. These include lighting design for ‘Seeing Red’ (2019) by Ashleigh Dougan, presented at Melbourne Fringe Festival and&nbsp; ‘My Fretty Friend’(2020) by Babble Productions; and vision design for ‘Earthquakes in London’ (2020) directed by Sarah Goodes. Tamara Bouman: Artistic Consultant/ original cast member Tamara Bouman has been performing as a professional dance artist since 2018. She has Birrpai/Yolngu and European roots and is passionate about cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Past performances include Stephanie Lake’s Colossus (2018, 2019, 2020), Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen’s What Am I Supposed To Do? (WAISTD) (2019),Dream Cellscapes with Alice Weber (2021) Rebecca Jensen’s Sinkhole X (2022), Alisdair Macindoe’s A.I.D pop-up performance (2022) and Ngioka Bunda- Heath’s Bridge (2022). Tamara has been also fortunate enough to work with artists Cloé Fournier, Phaedra Brown, Matt Cornell, Wendy Yu, Emily Flannery, and Daniel Riley on a wide range of creative developments. She was a member of the 2021 Leg Up Program with Legs on the Wall. She is a current member of Sydney Dance Company. Tamara choreographic work includes her 2021 work What Do I Do Today, a solo commissioned by Dance Maker’s Collective for their ‘Home Bodies’ series. https://phaedrabrown.com.au/A-Small-Spectacle Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:12:56 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/A-Small-Spectacle &lt;- Home &nbsp;A SMALL SPECTACLE 2020,2021 <img width="2492" height="1417" width_o="2492" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b13ec7ab48bff806575ff05d6d5ec848f9b8cea24018bf6d9d2ed5425fb01ad/A-Small-Spectacle----Phaedra-Brown.JPG" data-mid="124483822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b13ec7ab48bff806575ff05d6d5ec848f9b8cea24018bf6d9d2ed5425fb01ad/A-Small-Spectacle----Phaedra-Brown.JPG" /> <img width="1469" height="828" width_o="1469" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8750030556740b0910d61e46821f38cbdc012a176f374aac9777102fe7651030/image0.jpeg" data-mid="124483814" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8750030556740b0910d61e46821f38cbdc012a176f374aac9777102fe7651030/image0.jpeg" /> <img width="1430" height="828" width_o="1430" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8a2eadd92fb418067adaee839380b07939eed7115490ce06063f88fac8c7d8b/image3.jpeg" data-mid="124483823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8a2eadd92fb418067adaee839380b07939eed7115490ce06063f88fac8c7d8b/image3.jpeg" /> Phaedra Brown in performance of ‘A Small Spectacle’ ‼️ WATCH HERE <img width="2198" height="1362" width_o="2198" height_o="1362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8215f226e1a39a6ebddfda2c2e5c8376a8fa5dec7780e80e37c8602fe6bdce63/Screen-Shot-2022-11-26-at-4.02.47-pm.png" data-mid="160189985" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8215f226e1a39a6ebddfda2c2e5c8376a8fa5dec7780e80e37c8602fe6bdce63/Screen-Shot-2022-11-26-at-4.02.47-pm.png" /> A Small Spectacle is a solo show, created and performed by Phaedra Brown in a small inner-city share house.An eclectic mix of dance, architecture, costume and sound, the work attempts to convey the idea that a spectacle is as much created in its re-telling and re-imagining than in the event itself. A Small Spectace re-purposes text and sculpture and appropriates video-call and social media formats. The costumes have been repurposed from what was already in the house, and the house itself has been repurposed as stage and set.This work also explores the self-spectacularisation that comes with shaping oneself within a frame. Particularly in reference to the hyper-curation of self, seen in social media, the screen becomes the tight frame through which some things are accentuated while others are hidden. The frame of the house also plays a role in curating the way the body is perceived; the architecture and its connotations as a domestic space can constrict movement but also offer up a space to be reclaimed.Finally, A Small Spectacle is an ode to the common experience of lockdown and mundane days in isolation. The willingness of humans to imagine, create and share, even while facing collective upheaval, has been, and continues to be, spectacular. This show was presented as a live streamed, digital show at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2020 and March Dance Festival 2021. "Concentrated, intimate and revealing.” – Lynne Lancaster, Dance Informa Choreographed and performed by Phaedra Brown On trumpet &amp; tech help: Aidan Bondfield On guitar &amp; speedy composition: Gabriel Sinclair Voiceover: Paul Brown (my dad) https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Making-A-Spectacle Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:13:26 +0000 phaedrabrown https://phaedrabrown.com.au/Making-A-Spectacle &lt;- Home MAKING A SPECTACLE 2020 <img width="1469" height="828" width_o="1469" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c5813f38ea6bdce5f5a180a28ec147bc129b3bad40b0ae583b4ce3ac6471cb9/image0.jpeg" data-mid="124484048" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c5813f38ea6bdce5f5a180a28ec147bc129b3bad40b0ae583b4ce3ac6471cb9/image0.jpeg" /> <img width="1437" height="804" width_o="1437" height_o="804" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7897fc00bd5e8cb0c57318f1d78a68b26625ed04eb95a377f9d13a0f9a6546d3/Screen-Shot-2020-06-12-at-11.40.47-am.jpg" data-mid="124484088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7897fc00bd5e8cb0c57318f1d78a68b26625ed04eb95a377f9d13a0f9a6546d3/Screen-Shot-2020-06-12-at-11.40.47-am.jpg" /> <img width="853" height="640" width_o="853" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f57a3c6e62f4ec2a4526e1d81bb2efb961316cfd2bc40f124a23ed8c626afe5/Screen-Shot-2020-06-12-at-11.46.23-am.jpg" data-mid="124484089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/853/i/2f57a3c6e62f4ec2a4526e1d81bb2efb961316cfd2bc40f124a23ed8c626afe5/Screen-Shot-2020-06-12-at-11.46.23-am.jpg" /> Phaedra Brown in rehearsal for ‘A Small Spectacle’ ‼️&nbsp;READ HERE The culmination of my honours research, a companion paper to the work ‘A Small Spectacle’.&nbsp; The paper discusses the way the project as a whole was informed by the notion of being spectacular. I accumulate definitions of spectacle, informed by history and by the creation of A Small Spectacle. I also discuss the way spectacle is perceived and curated by the viewer, the performer, and in the broader digital world.