SWALLOW

Creator, Choreographer, Director, Performer Joel Bray / Composer & Sound Design, Performer Marco Cher-Gibard / Lighting Designer Rachel Lee / Executive Producer (JBD) Veronica Bolzon

Nominee – Outstanding Ensemble, Green Room Awards 2024

“Come, sweet creature.

Perch on the small of my back.

Cock your head my way and shoot me an Ancestor’s piercing glance.

You softly warble in my ear:

“Do you Swallow?””

Artist Statement:

‘The Welcome Swallow is my totem. We call her Yirribin in Wiradjuri. No matter where I am, she’ll find me and swoop in to say hello. Once she even found me at a mountaintop shrine in Bali; she circled me seventimes and flew off.

By the time you watch this performance, I will be 44. Apparently you don’t age in a steady progression.

Apparently, there are two spikes of sudden ageing, and the first is at 44 years old. I’ve never really thought about ageing...until now.

I also love dick.’

Image credits: Gregory Lorenzutti

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SWALLOW was first created at Geelong Centre during the 24-25 Associate Artist Program. It premiered in 2024, commissioned by Lucy Guerin Inc. for PIECES 2024.

For more information about this work, please contact Veronica Bolzon (Executive Producer- JBD) at veronica@joelbraydance.com