Part dance. Part ballet. Part outdoor spectacle. Trolleys is a new ballet for five supermarket trolleys. Five shopping trolleys randomly appear in a public space. Two meet and fall in love. One grapples to find a friend. Three others revolt and ignite a dance of anarchy.
Trolleys spin, glide and slide in this highly physical, humorous outdoor performance where high-octane contemporary dance, acrobatics and street dance merge with the extraordinary world of trolleys. Score composed by Nick Wales.
Director/ Choreographer: Shaun Parker Composer: Nick Wales Rehearsal Director: Annie Lunette, Deakin Foster Production Manager: Adam Towndrow
Performers:
Shaun Parker & Company: Romain Hassanin, Libby Montilla, Olivia Hadley, Joel Fenton, Samuel Beazley, Robert Tinning, Thomas Greenfield, Thomas E.S. Kelly, Jessica Hesketh, Lewis Rankin
UK Performers: Shaun Dillon, John Henney, Georgia Leigh Godfrey, Lewis Major, Jamie Morgans, Marc Stevenson, Ria Uttridge, James Williams
Buzz Dance Theatre: Toby Derrick, Scott Ewen, Jordan Hanna, Storm Helmore, Kye Maurer
DURATION
20 minutes
AWARDS
Winner 2012 Argus Angel Award, in recognition of Artistic Excellence at Brighton Festival and Fringe.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Commissioned by Without Walls
Special thanks to the British Council
Photos by Irven Lewis
Press
Set to a pulsating score, it was heart warming and heartbreaking at the same time. This was art accessible for the masses.
★★★★★ 5 Stars The Argus, Brighton UK
TROLLEYS – A Brilliant Performance… Spellbound!
Egomedia Australia
The five dancers chose the era of mass consumption to tame its main attribute: the supermarket trolley! Two males challenge each other, the herd closes its ranks around a lone trolley, and the dancers spin and hurl the trolleys in a percussive urban dance! TROLLEYS makes you want to go on other races around the radius of Circonova, and to get refreshed by energy and daring!
Quimper, France
While people are drawn into this narrative, it is the athleticism in the way the dances use their everyday prop that is spellbinding, not unlike other forms of street performance such as breakdancing to urban skaters.
Arts Hub
PREVIOUS TOURS
Bolzano Dance Festival, Bolzano, Italy
Staatstheater Darmstadt, Germany
Staatstheater Darmstadt, Germany
Deniliquin Town Hall, Deniliquin, New South Wales
Tocumwal Memorial Hall, Tocumwal, New South Wales
Wheeler Place, Newcastle, New South Wales
Wheeler Place, Newcastle, New South Wales
The Esplanade, Cairns Festival, Queensland
The Esplanade, Cairns Festival, Queensland
Edge Greenway Festival, Sydney
Redlands Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Queensland
Redlands Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Queensland
Festival Park, Darwin Festival, Northern Territory
Festival Park, Darwin Festival, Northern Territory
Festival Park, Darwin Festival, Northern Territory
Alexandria, Egypt
Downtown Festival Cairo, Egypt
Theatre de Cornouaille, France
Auckland LIVE - New Zealand Dance Company - Countdown Food Rescue Appeal - Summer in the Square
Media launch - Summer in the Square - Auckland LIVE. New Zealand Dance Company
Belfast International Festival, Northern Ireland - with C12 Dance Theatre
DNweekeND, Doncaster UK - with C12 Dance Theatre
Leicester City Festival UK
Leicester City Festival UK - with C12 Dance Theatre
Liverpool NSW, Liverpool Street Arts Festival
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Blysh Festival, Wales Millenium Centre
Fit Carrer, Vila-Real, Spain
City of Sydney's Art and About Festival, Customs House
City of Sydney's Art and About Festival, Hyde Park
Artois, France
City of Sydney's Art and About Festival, Pitt St Mall
Confluences Nomades, Abbeville, France
Confluences Nomades, Abbeville, France
5.30pm + 7.30pm City of Sydney’s Art & About Festival,Martin Place
Chateau Thierry, France
Confluences Nomades, Chateau Thierry, France
Freedom Festival, Hull
Freedom Festival, Hull
BOING 2014, Canterbury
6pm Georgetown Festival Malaysia Pusat Belia Perbandaran ( Penang Youth Centre)
7:30pm Gurney Plaza Jalan Kelawai
Theater Festival Boulevard, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Theater Festival Boulevard, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Theater op de Markt, Dommelhof
Theater op de Markt, Dommelhof
London, UK, City of London Festival
London, UK, City of London Festival
Derby, UK, Ashbourne Festival
Derby, UK, Ashbourne Festival
2014
Ashbourne Festival UK
City of London Festival UK
Dancing Days, Swansea UK
Dance Village, Bristol Harbour Festival UK
Art & About Opening Night Party – Martin Place
Customs House – Art & About Festival, Sydney
Hyde Park – Art & About Festival, Sydney
Pitt Street Mall, Art & About Festival, Sydney
Georgetown Festival, Penang, Malaysia
Salisbury Festival, UK
Ashbourne Festival, UK
City of London Festival, UK
Dancing Days, Swansea, UK
Dance Village, Bristol Harbour Festival, UK
Freedom Festival, Hull, UK
Theatre Op de Markt, Dommelhof, The Netherlands
Theaterfestival Boulevard, S-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Gulbenkian Festival, Kent, UK
Confluences Normandes, Chateau Thierry, France
Confluences Normandes, Abbeville, France
Lievin, Artois, France
BOING Festival, Canterbury, UK
2013
Awesome Festival, Perth UK & The Netherlands Oldham Festival, Oldham, UK
Fuse Medway Festival, UK
Bradford Festival, Bradford, UK
Imagine Festival, Watford, UK
SO Festival, Skegness, UK
Summer in Southside, Birmingham, UK
Appetite Festival, Stoke on Trent, UK
Summer in the City Festival, St Albans, UK
Peterborough Festival, Peterborough, UK
Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth, UK
Derby Festé, Derby, UK
Kunsten op Straat Festival, Zwollen, Dalsfen, Oldenzaal, Netherlands
2012
UK
Brighton Festival (Winner, Argus Angel Award)
Greenwich & Docklands International Festival
Winchester Hat Fair
St Andrews Inside Out Festival
Stockton International Riverside Festival
Mint Fest, Leeds
