Rituals of Similarity
A contemporary dance duet by Brittany and Natasha Kohler for Dance Plant Collective, unravelling the intricate layers of twinhood.
Role
Set Design
Year
2023
Co-Presented By:
Dance Plant Collective and Q Theatre
Venue
Q Loft
Creative Team
Choreographers and Performers - Brittany Kohler and Natasha Kohler
Producer - Julie Zhu
Costume Designer - Zoë McNicholas
Lighting Designer & Op - Paul Bennett
Sound Designer - Lucien Johnson
This was a very special collaboration. Being a twin myself, there was an instant understanding which made for a seamless design process.
At the start of the project, Brit and Tash presented me with a beautiful mood board of inflated spaces and soft moldable forms, all in a striking colour scheme of pinks and oranges. We wanted to transport the audience into the world of the womb.
The drape of the sheer curtains echoes the shape of ultrasound scans and cocoons the dancers in a womb-like arena that feels altogether otherworldly yet familiar, enveloping yet expansive, homely yet sacred.
Photographs by Amanda Billing
“Though minimal, where designer Talia Pua excels is in textures. Tapere Nui’s black box has become a white cocoon, a blank canvas for the liminal spaces the performers move through. The sheer white drapes work beautifully to catch the performer’s shadows, while also bringing to mind a vaguely recalled term from high school biology - the amniotic sac.”
