Fell
Performance and Installation
December 2023
Naarm / Melbourne
Commissioned by Lucy Guerin Inc
Co-presented by The Substation for PIECES 2023
Choreographer and performer: Luke George
Dramaturg: Daniel Kok
Lighting Designer: Katie Sfetkidis
Rigger: Rockie Stone
Photography: Gregory Lorenzutti
In Fell, Luke George retraces his roots in Tasmania / lutruwita, recalling in particular the impacts of the logging industry. In seeking a state of balance between himself and a log that is equal in weight to his body, George attempts to suspend the narrative of a human will to power so that other memories, including those of nature might also become sensible.
“Choreographer Luke George’s short new work entitled Fell contains only a single image, but it’s so well composed, so resonant and so absorbing that you almost feel it could be sustained indefinitely without losing any of its power.
And there he hangs without moving. It’s a beautifully orchestrated scene, tranquil but implying great drama and violence, evoking the fascination that still images of bodies falling through space have always commanded, from Bruegel to Yves Klein to Richard Drew.
Then there is the log – the felled tree – which keeps the dancer suspended, even as he appears to be falling away from it. His reliance on the weight of the wood, and his constant connection to it, invite multiple interpretations.” -- Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age
Supporters
Fell was commissioned by Commissioned by Lucy Guerin Inc Co-presented by The Substation for PIECES 2023 , with support from The Unconformity Artist in Residence Program, Performance Space, Sydney University Discipline of Theatre, and Performance Studies' Experimental Performance Residency at the Rex Cramphorn Theatre. Thank you to The Substation, Circus Oz, Ash Snare and Nick Roux.