Balance Pt5 - 2016 Tour - Video Taster

Finally had a chance to sit down and edit together a clip from the 2016 Balance Tour.

Balance - (Regional Victoria Tour 2016) from dave jones on Vimeo.

Just in the process of dusting it all off again to see if it can be used as a educational tool/toy for kids to work through some ideas about renewable energy managing the supply and demand in a small town over the course of a day. Should be a good experiment.

Thanks again to Regional Arts Victoria for including Balances as part of their touring program and the Australian Children's Theatre Foundation for supporting me to make the show in the first place.

On the Case - Legs on the wall

 Stumbled upon this earlier today.

MARK MURPHY & LEGS ON THE WALL - ON THE CASE from Mark Murphy on Vimeo.

This was back in 2006 for the commonwealth games in Melbourne but I didn't even know a video of the full show existed. It's been long enough since I last looked at it that I'm mostly seeing the things that are good about it and not so focused on the stuff that could have been better.


For the time poor amongst you... here's the 2.5 minute version

Balance Pt 4 : on the road

 

 With the van absolutely chocked full to the brim we Jacob and myself headed into the wilds of Regional Victoria.

Here's a time-lapse of the install (a very full 90 min condensed here into 90 seconds).

Balance Bump in from dave jones on Vimeo. Venues varied dramatically across the state, from Performing Art Centers and town halls through to  classrooms, gymnasiums and tin sheds.

And of course the running repairs. Being packed in and out of a slightly too small van on a daily basis is not great for small puppets and flakey wiring apparently.


 

Balance : Pt3

Great set of shots of Balance during its development by the extremely talented Michelle McFarlane.

Balance : Pt2

Just quickly, some grabs from the last rehearsal, before the Frinj festival. Edwin Irvine putting the island through its paces.

 

These are all screen grabs from footage shot by Jacqui Schultz (thanks Jac).

I'm off to Warrnambool for workshop and continuded development of the shop window installation with Glenn Morgan.More Balances photos once I get back (and maybe a sneak preview of the the Warrnambool project)