CRY BABY

Cry Baby is a raw and edgy interpretation of Rock and Roll through the ages With a heavy utilisation of 70’s Rock & Roll music played live, the work cultivates an aesthetic backdrop of pastiche content and celebrates eclectic timelessness. Inspired by bona fide music legends such as Janis Joplin, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner and Iggy Pop, the work dissects their character idiosyncrasies to produce an electric, captivating movement study.

Cry Baby strips back the over-inflated ego of humanity and chooses to highlight the ridiculous and irrational aspects of our existence. The work features an all-female Rock & Roll triplet who command and reinvent the space, aiming to always achieve full transparency and authenticity. Supporting the rambunctious energy of the dancers, a three-piece rock band enlivens the choreography, transporting the viewer to an amusement park of egomania. The space is transformed from an ambitious rockshow spectacular to a stripped back Aussie gig with nostalgic lighting states.

Cry Baby analyses the thematic content of celebrity idolisation and paradoxically, the desire for authenticity in society, particularly in youth culture. The work looks closer at our subconscious primitive desires when influenced by popular music. ‘Sex, drugs, Rock & Roll’, ego and self-preservation are presented in this work and how fame can dissect identity into an expendable quality, leaving us vulnerable to public scrutiny.

Choreography

Music

Lighting Design

Set / Costume

Design

Performers

Parkin Projects –Kimberley Parkin

Nathan Menage, Sze Tsang, Thomas Beech

Peter Young

Kimberley Parkin

Rhiana Katz, Celina Hage, Georgia Van Gils

This project has been assisted by the Australian government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Western Australia.