https://jennilarge.com Jenni Large Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:51:50 +0000 https://jennilarge.com en https://jennilarge.com/Homepage Fri, 04 Dec 2020 03:56:09 +0000 Jenni Large https://jennilarge.com/Homepage I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the unceded, stolen lands of so-called Australia - the lands where I am grateful to live, play and work. I pay my respects to all First Nations people and recognise Elders past and present. View Choreographic Work&nbsp;︎︎︎ https://jennilarge.com/Wet-Hard-Long Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:11:23 +0000 Jenni Large https://jennilarge.com/Wet-Hard-Long <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77ecbccba365984656c1f76a949fc890f0a7a0e86ba4294ba39733d784340520/GRPhoto_WetHardLong-DressRun_HIRES-29.jpg" data-mid="215247414" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77ecbccba365984656c1f76a949fc890f0a7a0e86ba4294ba39733d784340520/GRPhoto_WetHardLong-DressRun_HIRES-29.jpg" /> Director, Choreographer &amp; Performer: Jenni Large Collaborating performer: Amber McCartney Sound designer: Anna Whitaker Lighting designer: Adelaide Harney Sculptural fabricator: Jemima Lucas Costume Design: Michelle Boyde Dramaturgy: Ashleigh Musk Research Assistant/Curator: P. Eldridge Understudy: Nikki Tarling Secondee: Cassandra Tattersall Supported by Dancehouse, Chloe Munro Fellowship through The Australian Cultural Fund and Creative Australia.&nbsp; Initial Development was commissioned by the 2022 Keir Choreographic Award through Phillip Keir and Creative Australia, supported by Dancehouse and Carriage Works. WET HARD LONG trailer:&nbsp;https://vimeo.com/1001897980 PREMIERE SEASON, Dancehouse 4-13 July, Naarm/Melbourne following season at The Arts Centre Melbourne for The Australian Ballet’s DanceX upcoming season at Sydney Dance Company’s InDance April 30 - May 2 TICKETS ON SALE SOON! — Bending innuendo and oozing feminine resilience a-top 8 inch heels. Wet Hard Long exhibits the enduring femme body under scrutiny of a patriarchal society. Edging the audience towards the promise of relief, two dancers undertake exacting physical feats. Their bodies contend with obstacles, objects and elements – each, more impossible than the last. Extended from Jenni Large’s 2022 KCA audience prize-winning work (Wet Hard), Wet Hard Long is an epic display of grit, glamour, and glistening jaw-clenching stamina. A slippery endurance piece demanding perseverance from performers and viewers in a tribute to the strenuous expectations which femme bodies continue to overcome. Subverting narratives around sex and power, performing perfection, and avoiding failure, Wet Hard Long provokes questions about identity, desire, ownership, consent and the holy and arduous qualities of the feminine. “In over a decade of reviewing, this is the best dance performance I have ever seen.” — ★★★★★ Jessi Ryan, ArtsHub “a darkly ironic work filled with extraordinary strength, stamina and technical skill… Wet Hard Long is a seriously impressive show… creepy and glamorous and exciting” — ★★★★ Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age Article in ‘To Be’ Magazine -&nbsp; https://tobemagazine.com.au/jenni-large-on-choreographing-femme-with-wet-hard-long/ Performance Review by Elyse Goldfinch -&nbsp; https://www.performancereview.online/reviews/wet-hard-long-2024-jenni-large&nbsp; &nbsp; Read P. eldridge’s commissioned response to Wet Hard Long here P. Eldridge (she/her) is a writer, literary editor, dramaturg, founder of the radical trans anarchist zine SISSY ANARCHY, managing editor of Worms, and co-founder of The Compost Library, working between London and so- called Australia. ~ The initial work, ‘Wet Hard’ was the winner of the 2022 Keir Choreographic People’s Choice Award. (Premiere season June 23 - July 2 2022, Dancehouse Naarm &amp; Carriage Works Gadigal Land) Written Interview by Chelsea Hopper Film Interview Reviews of Wet Hard for KCA: “Large and fellow performer Amber McCartney executed a series of ultra-difficult physical feats in a bid to upend societal expectations. With exceptionally strong performances, this slick affair... its composition and pacing delivered sharp imagery and a quietly powerful punch.” - Rhys Ryan, Dance Australia “Large and Amber McCartney slowly stalk forwards on the floor, they’ve transformed from two-legged to four, and later, a hybrid eight, with immense core strength. In doing so, they truly “disrupt the limits and expectations placed upon female bodies.” Fit the mould, the female body, the world over, is a contested terrain. What do we do now to bring about structural transformation? We act. We redraw the map.” - Gracia Haby, Fjord Review “I envisaged slowly spilling quicksilver, emphasised through slow crawls and upended pedalling motions to sharp culinary implements wielded by either butchers (or maniacs) when precariously balancing in mirrored jack knifed positions, to the broken shards of looking glasses offering the illusion of a thousand tiny refracted facets, and lastly as circuits firing along an information freeway into the ether... the power of simply standing in the shoes as the lights died made me... just stare at those platforms in amazement that anything could so gracefully be achieved.” - Vicky Van-Hout, Form Dance Projects - blogger in residence Image credits: Gianna Rizzo <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f777ab261fb2a6883d4481e2b5326859c8d8692d6e089bdd4c0f128016260b2/GRPhoto_WetHardLong-DressRun_HIRES-35.jpg" data-mid="215247420" border="0" 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width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3344540235971f215301fb0152e2706edc6aa1209c8ccaf892b80a17fda772a8/Faraway-Artwork-Photography0635.jpg" data-mid="243954410" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3344540235971f215301fb0152e2706edc6aa1209c8ccaf892b80a17fda772a8/Faraway-Artwork-Photography0635.jpg" /> Concept &amp; Direction: Jenni Large Choreography: Jenni Large, Brianna Kell and ADT Company Artists;&nbsp;Joshua Doctor, Yilin Kong, Zachary Lopez, Karra Nam, Patrick O'Luanaigh and Zoe WozniakSound Design: Anna Whitaker Set and Costume Design: Meg Wilson Lighting Design: Alex Berlage Production Management: Lateral Flux - Lachlan Turner &amp; Oscar Lewis Stage Manager: Nam Nguyen Rigging Consultant: Aaron Herczeg Production, Technical &amp; Venue support: Reece Vidler, Ellen Demaagd and Benjamin Johnston Costume Makers: Chelsea Farquhar, Emma Shakes and Laz Snoswell ADT Artistic Director: Daniel Riley Executive Director: Nick Hays Artistic Associate: Brianna Kell Executive Producer: Viviana Sacchero Learning Manager: Adrianne Semmens Associate Producer &amp; Company Manager: Andrew Searle Marketing and Communications Manager: Anthony Nocera Faraway | Australian Dance Theatre &nbsp;trailer:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1uP9OpyhvE&amp;t=1s PREMIERE SEASON Adelaide Festival, The Odeon Feb 25-March 1 Kaurna/Adelaide&nbsp; In this sinuous new work, the darkness of our&nbsp;collective dreams unfurls around the audience&nbsp;as they enter a nostalgic delusion that is grim,&nbsp;glam, scintillating and sensual. Creatures slither from a billowing terrain tempting us as they tear apart our need for escapism, story and solace. Faraway is a menacing reverie about the shadows we must&nbsp;all evade. A floral and fetishistic exorcism for&nbsp;the darkness that lurks around us. In Faraway, the remarkable artists of Australian Dance Theatre will guide you through a fantastical journey of the familiar - a nostalgic delusion that takes you to a far-off place that’s closer than you think. Artwork photography by Jonathan VDK. Styling by Ava Viscariello. Florals Supplied by Studio Botanic featuring company dancers Yilin Kong, Zachary Lopez, Karra Nam, Patrick O’Luanaigh and Zoe Wozniak. <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab954cc92bd4fa674465bc79093ce636372f93337f2a709fb0777a9b8760e6e6/3.-Faraway-Artwork-Photography1475.jpg" data-mid="243954409" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab954cc92bd4fa674465bc79093ce636372f93337f2a709fb0777a9b8760e6e6/3.-Faraway-Artwork-Photography1475.jpg" /><img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d541acfd83046a1d8baa328eed05b5240b19df74da97a69a7fa893789d98e73/Faraway-Artwork-Photography0498.jpg" data-mid="243954450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d541acfd83046a1d8baa328eed05b5240b19df74da97a69a7fa893789d98e73/Faraway-Artwork-Photography0498.jpg" /><img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39de715abca1d7d5ec3c109b840d3ac042736d670e8095a925ff0399992340f9/Faraway-Artwork-Photography1245.jpg" data-mid="243954451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39de715abca1d7d5ec3c109b840d3ac042736d670e8095a925ff0399992340f9/Faraway-Artwork-Photography1245.jpg" /><img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a841baf8fd8a0b880ed60e5e2d02aead7e816ceef53d2e5a7632876c5857d73/Faraway-Artwork-Photography0214.jpg" data-mid="243954448" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a841baf8fd8a0b880ed60e5e2d02aead7e816ceef53d2e5a7632876c5857d73/Faraway-Artwork-Photography0214.jpg" /> https://jennilarge.com/LIP-Lucy-Guerin-Inc-Pieces Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:51:50 +0000 Jenni Large https://jennilarge.com/LIP-Lucy-Guerin-Inc-Pieces <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89c9a40880590f1c7127a93822e1012aec7f8bea99caeca1c83083cf4951eb73/LIP-4-by-Georgia-Haupt.JPG" data-mid="243955862" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89c9a40880590f1c7127a93822e1012aec7f8bea99caeca1c83083cf4951eb73/LIP-4-by-Georgia-Haupt.JPG" /> Choreographer, Director and Performer: Jenni LargeComposer and Performer: Anna WhitakerLighting Design: Rachel LeeCostume Design: Jarred Dewey PIECES Curator: Lucy GuerinCommissioned Artists: Jenni Large, Jo Lloyd, Siobhan McKennaProduction Manager: Nate EversLighting Operator: Max WoodsAudio Operator: Gabriel BethuneProducer: Estelle ConleyExecutive Producer: Ally HarveyProducer, UMAC: Rosie Fisher Creative development of LIP was supported by Lucy Guerin Inc’s Pieces, Dancenorth Australia’s A.R.T. Residency Program and Australian Dance Theatre’s ADT:RAW Program. LIP | Pieces, Lucy Guerin Inc &nbsp; trailer: soon PREMIERE SEASON at The Union Theatre Melbourne/Naarm Nov 2025&nbsp; Driven by the lure of vengeance, two performers whip, clack and screech in a tangle of sound, body and costume. Open wide, slip the leash, strip down. The body is a weapon, and revenge is a complicated game. ~ Artistic Statement: LIP is inspired by depictions of female revenge in cinema, from the 1987 blockbuster Fatal Attraction to the 2015 franchise Mad Max: Fury Road. I have also drawn influence from iconic femme fatale characterisations, such as Catwoman and Poison Ivy, whose physiological transformations into hybrid and hyper-sexualised beings are driven by vengeful incentive. The tired tale that female sexuality and the female body are dangerous proves female eroticism is a tangible power worth harnessing.&nbsp; My interest in sex, power and tension pervades this work. LIP is an outlet for anger, vanity, play and pleasure. The choreographic logic is built around the function of the sound and costume design. The sonic tropes by the remarkable Anna Whitaker, in conjunction with the fierce seamstress skills of Jarred Dewey, allowed me to sink deeper into recurring interests and touch the less familiar. Revenge is cyclic, creative, grotesque, and horrific. Despite any motivation for closure, retributive action tends to rebound… Confucius said, “(s)he who seeks revenge digs two graves”… Reviews of LIP “Lip is the performance that you must see to believe. More a Performative Theatrical Piece than a dance, this is part Hellfire Club, part revenge female eroticism and part esoteric transformations of hybrid and hyper-sexualised beings. The opening – astounding. A flash of strobe light, a jarring screech of noise. A soulful croon – the vocal of erotically clad Anna Whitaker, a sexual call to a demon or the Other.&nbsp;Jenni Large, a red super-heeled masked nightmare rolls and contorts onto the stage. Ghastly yet thrilling, the two play upon each other, master and slave, slave and master as a soundtrack of crying overlays the techno thrumming soundtrack, also by Anna Whitaker. Un-believ-able. Killer costumes by Jarred Dewey are totally next level. If you have a dream (or a nightmare) of a powerful female dominatrix who vibrates with sexual power, then here they are manifested in all their dangerous glory. The almost Japanese inspired costume of Whitaker is a fabulous foil as the two play an intimate game. Again, great lighting from Rachel Lee, which spotlights perfectly the two dancers, adding dramatic fade outs as required. Brilliant choreography and the physicality of Large is impressive. As are the facial expressions of Whitaker – cold, calculating, yet primed for revenge.“ https://theatrematters.com.au/Reviews/pieces-2025/&nbsp; Image credits: Georgia Haupt <img width="6000" height="3670" width_o="6000" height_o="3670" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc10dd4033b183f53c6ea19c421983aa0f571f87404ab2f38a87f939e777229a/LIP-52-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" data-mid="243955893" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc10dd4033b183f53c6ea19c421983aa0f571f87404ab2f38a87f939e777229a/LIP-52-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4003" width_o="6000" height_o="4003" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bd81d2dfd98f22417e323a28e5f45f4558e95f6970db3147d9b074393ddaa18/LIP-23-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" data-mid="243955868" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bd81d2dfd98f22417e323a28e5f45f4558e95f6970db3147d9b074393ddaa18/LIP-23-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4044" width_o="6000" height_o="4044" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ce23b538bb6ce42615a4a581ab7c4b7a786f671427a675c2db24f412cf04ce5/LIP-60-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" data-mid="243955900" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ce23b538bb6ce42615a4a581ab7c4b7a786f671427a675c2db24f412cf04ce5/LIP-60-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" /><img width="4002" height="6000" width_o="4002" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/480a9f3e95c8d73857702dd08653bf3a5202480d534f3baee3371939274415b5/LIP-57-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" data-mid="243955897" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/480a9f3e95c8d73857702dd08653bf3a5202480d534f3baee3371939274415b5/LIP-57-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4003" width_o="6000" height_o="4003" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b05dc185053ef2d3da35995c175edda6a59083858e79b48f6001fb5114014641/LIP-32-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" data-mid="243955877" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b05dc185053ef2d3da35995c175edda6a59083858e79b48f6001fb5114014641/LIP-32-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e7de6f6aba39fd86af9cf487ddc660fa13625ded3254510a523d1aec91e170d/LIP-44-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" data-mid="243955886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e7de6f6aba39fd86af9cf487ddc660fa13625ded3254510a523d1aec91e170d/LIP-44-by-Georgia-Haupt.jpg" /> https://jennilarge.com/Body-Shells-Tasmanian-Museum-and-Art-Gallery-Hobart-Current Mon, 26 Jan 2026 03:02:09 +0000 Jenni Large https://jennilarge.com/Body-Shells-Tasmanian-Museum-and-Art-Gallery-Hobart-Current <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0963f524bc1f7f413016e5d6801d5dbeef5dbfc5a2f41370013d33610751147/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00164.jpg" data-mid="243949580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0963f524bc1f7f413016e5d6801d5dbeef5dbfc5a2f41370013d33610751147/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00164.jpg" /> Director, Choreographer, Sculptor &amp; Performer: Jenni Large Sound Designer: Anna Whitaker Videographer: Jesse Hunniford Hobart Current Co-Creative Directors: Denise Robinson and Travis Tiddy Supported by the City of Hobart, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and Creative Hobart.&nbsp; Initial Development was supported by the Arts Tasmania Regional Residency Program at All That We Are Residency and Assembly197. Body Shells | Hobart Current: Here trailer:&nbsp;https://vimeo.com/1158255555 EXHIBITION runs from Nov 2025 - April 2026 at The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Nipaluna/Hobart&nbsp; BODY SHELLS is a series of durational live self-portraits. Traversing multiple temporalities, exploring themes of reverence, exposure and endurance through the reflective and disciplined process of body casting.Stretches of self-determination slowly and cyclically generate plaster archives of the body, suspending memory through detail and debris ~ The gallery begins almost empty. By the end of the exhibtion Jenni will have spent over 50 hours in a live creative process, documenting and re-documenting her body using plaster alongside reflective writings. The casts and writings accumulate steadily, suspended by hooks and chains, questioning notions around self-perception, self-worth, time and imperfection. Watch video blogs of the creative process here: VLOG 1 - April 2025 VLOG 2 - May 2025 BODY SHELLS will be exhibiting at The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Nipaluna/Hobart from Nov 14 2025 until April 26 2026. The public is invited to witness live casting sessions at the following times in Argyle Gallery 4. 11:00am to 1:30pm: November 14 &amp; 15 December 12 &amp; 13, 19 &amp; 20 January 3 &amp; 4, 24 &amp; 25 February 14 &amp; 15 March 14 &amp; 15, 21 &amp; 22, 28 &amp; 29 &nbsp; April 1 &amp; 2 Image credits: Gabriel Comerford and Rosie Hastie <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfafb4993ee4548184bebac50ace4131d82db095700344d4598d82fc7c9df10a/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00118.jpg" data-mid="243949578" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cfafb4993ee4548184bebac50ace4131d82db095700344d4598d82fc7c9df10a/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00118.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccfb9ca80c648dad2f64ac4ca42f973cb250b641a9aa0b682bf2759eb4b8f7c8/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00053.jpg" data-mid="243949576" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccfb9ca80c648dad2f64ac4ca42f973cb250b641a9aa0b682bf2759eb4b8f7c8/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00053.jpg" /> <img width="3295" height="4000" width_o="3295" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb3130c6d385d925e6a15e393b4ef3842032c49ad3072ddc827b388911fce746/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00060.jpg" data-mid="243949577" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb3130c6d385d925e6a15e393b4ef3842032c49ad3072ddc827b388911fce746/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00060.jpg" /> <img width="7938" height="5295" width_o="7938" height_o="5295" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7471d2061856e3c37102f0fe6ff52aab85a0992c66703e39aeea546331dcf81/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photos_Rosie-Hastie-13.jpg" data-mid="243949589" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7471d2061856e3c37102f0fe6ff52aab85a0992c66703e39aeea546331dcf81/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photos_Rosie-Hastie-13.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="5000" width_o="4000" height_o="5000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8595da61dd08854718ea63bb0e861a5819d03eeda2931d92e61a0b42402f081d/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo_TMAG-2-2.jpg" data-mid="243949585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8595da61dd08854718ea63bb0e861a5819d03eeda2931d92e61a0b42402f081d/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo_TMAG-2-2.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/319e20e046a7169218a6a2809ebd75ffd07e9d40480e9889075e04e1ca4c3d07/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00131.jpg" data-mid="243949579" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/319e20e046a7169218a6a2809ebd75ffd07e9d40480e9889075e04e1ca4c3d07/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00131.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63291c96e5ddcd4f35534a93d1434c911ca3c184dc0d2a4af25e2afff09a697d/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00167.jpg" data-mid="243949581" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63291c96e5ddcd4f35534a93d1434c911ca3c184dc0d2a4af25e2afff09a697d/Jenni-Large_Body-Shells_Photo-by-Gabriel-Comerford-00167.jpg" /> https://jennilarge.com/Truth-Beauty-Suffering-Australasian-Dance-Collective Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:38:49 +0000 Jenni Large https://jennilarge.com/Truth-Beauty-Suffering-Australasian-Dance-Collective <img width="8192" height="5461" width_o="8192" height_o="5461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38bfa752850fd5444e1d01c84f06cb2cffdceb68fea33b11c2bfff5ad0480caa/ADC-THREE-2024_Truth-Beauty-Suffering-by-Jenni-Large_039A4738_Photography-David-Kelly.jpeg.jpg" data-mid="208566234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38bfa752850fd5444e1d01c84f06cb2cffdceb68fea33b11c2bfff5ad0480caa/ADC-THREE-2024_Truth-Beauty-Suffering-by-Jenni-Large_039A4738_Photography-David-Kelly.jpeg.jpg" /> Direction &amp; Choreography: Jenni Large in collaboration with the dancers &gt; Harrison Elliot, Lilly King, Tyrel Dulvarie, Taiga Kita-Leong, Lily Potger &amp; Georgia Van Gils Sound Design: Anna Whitaker Costume Design: Bethany Cordwell Lighting Design: Ben Hughes Head Electrician: Claire Browning Production Manager: Candice Marshall Stage Manager: Yanni Dubler Technical Coordinator: Mick Trevisan Truth Beauty Suffering | Australasian Dance Collective&nbsp; trailer:&nbsp;https://vimeo.com/953027548 PREMIERE SEASON for OHM Festival, Meanjin/Brisbane Powerhouse March 20-23, 2024 Truth Beauty Suffering explores the ironic dual between romance and capitalism. Two constructs born and raised alongside one another, till death do they part. Starved by profound loneliness, we lust for fantastical ideals while capitalism benefits from our fragile self-esteem… All is not fair in love and war. Mirroring the socio-cultural tragedy of our yearning hearts, this twisted fairytale consumes and criticizes the romantic utopia. Star crossed lover’s sing, slap and smear towards and away from connection. What will it take for a love ethic to prevail? “A love ethic presupposes that everyone has the right to be free, to live fully and well. To bring a love ethic to every dimension of our lives, our society would need to embrace change.” Bell Hooks ~ Review by Sarah Skubala- Theatre Travels “The final piece of the night and my personal favourite was Truth Beauty Suffering, choreographed by the award-winning Jenni Large. This boundary pushing work explored the relationship between romance and capitalism, love and war, loneliness and connection. Costuming by the award-winning designer Bethany Cordwell highlighted this juxtaposition with a colour palette of luscious reds and pinks alongside the khaki fatigues found in combat gear. Special mention must go to the coolest technicolour dreamcoat I’ve ever seen, made with ballet tulle and UV glow paint. Anna Whitaker’s score was urgent and pulsing; the sound system in the Powerhouse is simply incredible. The dancing, by company artists Tyrel Dulvare, Harrison Elliott, Lilly King, Taiga Kita-Leong, Lily Potger and Georgia Van Gils, was outstanding and provocative. The two moments of absolute silence, which essentially broke the piece itself into thirds, were particularly electric.” https://www.theatretravels.org/post/review-three-at-brisbane-powerhouse Photos by David Kelly <img width="8192" height="5461" width_o="8192" height_o="5461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60d7640203b03a8c9735fd2afb4b71784d701c173d4367e2c81d7cedaf56b2ba/ADC-THREE-2024_Truth-Beauty-Suffering-by-Jenni-Large_039A4889_Photography-David-Kelly.jpeg.jpg" data-mid="208566235" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60d7640203b03a8c9735fd2afb4b71784d701c173d4367e2c81d7cedaf56b2ba/ADC-THREE-2024_Truth-Beauty-Suffering-by-Jenni-Large_039A4889_Photography-David-Kelly.jpeg.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5461" width_o="8192" height_o="5461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8a5b4ebd51e178bb695019dad7de320abf4993b941f6d14bdfb0c246b7d4601/ADC-THREE-2024_Truth-Beauty-Suffering-by-Jenni-Large_039A6392_Photography-David-Kelly.jpg" 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Choreographer/Performer/Producer: Jenni Large Collaborating Performers: Georgia Rudd, Ashlegih Musk, Amber McCartney, Erin O’Rourke&nbsp; Internship Dancer: Ebony NicholsSound Designer/Performer: Anna Whitaker Costume &amp; Set Designer: Michelle Boyde Lighting Designer/Production Manager: Chris Jackson Stage Manager: Grace Roberts Auspice &amp; Producing Partner: TasdancePresenting Partners: Mona Foma 2023 Venue Partners: Theatre North First Night Residency Collaborators: Bella Hood &amp; Liesel Zink This project has been made possible by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund through a Dancenorth 4 Walls and a Floor residency,Arts QLD Judith Wright Centre First Night Showcase Residency Program, RANT ARTS, Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council for the Arts.&nbsp; Body Body Commodity trailer: https://vimeo.com/821115561 PREMIERE AT MONA FOMA 2023 Feb 17-19, Earl Arts Centre, Launceston, lutruwita/TAS Following regional touring at The Burnie Arts Centre and Theatre Royal in Hobart/Nipaluna Concerned with the impacts that consumerism and capitalism have on female bodies, ‘Body Body Commodity’ subverts objectification and rattles patriarchal conventions. Playfully asserting the profundities of feminine strength, grief and sensuality. Five celebrated female dancers; Amber McCartney, Ashleigh Musk, Georgia Rudd, Erin O'Rourke &amp; Jenni Large and award winning sound designer Anna Whitaker animate a mass of pastel foam objects that litter the performance space, ‘exploiting and embracing their habitat’ the lines between object, body, power and product blurs. Galvanised by Anna Whitaker’s live sound design this is a visceral, visual, defiant and explicit demonstration of feminine fury and power.&nbsp; ~ Reviews “Body Body Commodity...&nbsp;is evidence of what is possible when an artist of experience and skill is supported to craft a project of scale and ambition. A contemporary dance work of transformative grace, skilled grotesqueries and unfiltered physical female power.” “Body Body Commodity moves relentlessly towards emblematic and pornographic gestures of male desire. The dancers hold their fists high as they jerk and writhe, their gaze never leaving the faces of all of us who watch. Its uncomfortable, defiant, explicit and absurd – all the tropes of sex, and the performance of it, are laid bare.”~ Arts Hub, Jane Woolland “Large is not disguising her message and the audience is witnessing a deep-seated frustration with the way female bodies are so often viewed and portrayed. Skilful and at times beautifully understated, the performances from each member of this very strong ensemble build the palpable anger in this work.” ~ Dance Australia, Lesley Graham Dance Australia Interview - ‘Choreographer Focus’ Jenni Large on creating ‘Body Body Commodity’ Photos by Gabriel Comerford <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ed8641bece749ed997a36a1e2f6e607df26b8e5637d48711943c5cb09f43a21/_DSC8167.jpg" data-mid="177256689" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ed8641bece749ed997a36a1e2f6e607df26b8e5637d48711943c5cb09f43a21/_DSC8167.jpg" /> <img width="5181" height="3454" width_o="5181" height_o="3454" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2a34fd140e9311e1a2b0b5d885ffc1098af3cec61dc1b6eb7e0cbdeffe7d0fb/_DSC8505.jpg" data-mid="177256460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2a34fd140e9311e1a2b0b5d885ffc1098af3cec61dc1b6eb7e0cbdeffe7d0fb/_DSC8505.jpg" /> 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height="4850" width_o="4000" height_o="4850" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0798dca8d003bf0d0eba943892deafcce8f186d32b8b8e774160e21ed55fb218/_DSC8626.jpg" data-mid="177384593" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0798dca8d003bf0d0eba943892deafcce8f186d32b8b8e774160e21ed55fb218/_DSC8626.jpg" /> https://jennilarge.com/Phantom-Femme-Fatale Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:45:54 +0000 Jenni Large https://jennilarge.com/Phantom-Femme-Fatale <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed070d3017fa36c6dca33c532f50664d6dd69e3fddebc0c02245b101c0855994/PFF_Stills-by-Pedro-Greig-11.jpg" data-mid="176331378" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed070d3017fa36c6dca33c532f50664d6dd69e3fddebc0c02245b101c0855994/PFF_Stills-by-Pedro-Greig-11.jpg" /> Director/Choreographer/Performer: Jenni LargeSound Designer: Anna Whitaker Lighting Designer: Alex Berlarge Stage Manager: Isabelle Milkovitsch Producer: Dino DimitriadisPremiere Presenter: Red Line Productions, The Old Fitz Onward Presenting Partners: Sound + Fury, The Desert Festival NT, Horizon Festival QLD This project has been made possible by the Chloe Munro Fellowship, Red Line Productions, Desert Festival, the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund and&nbsp;support from Tasdance. Phantom Femme Fatale trailer: https://vimeo.com/820243162&nbsp; Premiere Season at The Old Fitz on Gadigal/Sydney with RedLine Productions in 2023Follow-on seasons at The Desert Festival NT, Sound + Fury event ACT and at Horizon Festival QLD Hard-edged and vampiric, this ‘Phantom Femme Fatale’ is not a sexist figure of male fantasy, but a subversive character transgressing female subjugation with assassin-like stoicism. Utilising familiar tropes of sex, horror and comedy, she strategically exploits her physical prowess by reclaiming stigmatised iconography, revering in the complexity of femininity. Choreographed and performed by Jenni Large, this haunting performance-art-dance piece straddles the entanglement of sex and power with jaw-clenching effort and sly innuendo. (‘Phantom Femme Fatale’ is the love-child and solo iteration of previously made works. It is a remixed collage of movement, costume, sound and concepts from ‘Wet Hard’, ’S U C K E R’ and ‘Body Body Commodity’.) ~ <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa916858477028d602165064bf86cbf6a2a3d8b42f207a9fa65a2b89cd1ba62a/PFF_Stills-by-Pedro-Greig-05.jpg" data-mid="176331376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa916858477028d602165064bf86cbf6a2a3d8b42f207a9fa65a2b89cd1ba62a/PFF_Stills-by-Pedro-Greig-05.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81e337d86e491dfa0042070ccff3dba6f2ae69b911ea10348ffe6c81ef8f75ca/PFF_Stills-by-Pedro-Greig-20.jpg" data-mid="176331382" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81e337d86e491dfa0042070ccff3dba6f2ae69b911ea10348ffe6c81ef8f75ca/PFF_Stills-by-Pedro-Greig-20.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" 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2024 08:13:10 +0000 Jenni Large https://jennilarge.com/Synthetic-Seduction-Sydney-Dance-Company-PPY2 <img width="5986" height="3671" width_o="5986" height_o="3671" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8411c058000aa2312d5a1768b044d663d080dddaf40337bcd747ad3f73c2bd2d/2023-12-11-SDCPPY23-Revealed-Synthetic-Seduction-Jenni-Large-Photo-by-Wendell-Teodoro-WT6_4711.jpg" data-mid="204522693" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8411c058000aa2312d5a1768b044d663d080dddaf40337bcd747ad3f73c2bd2d/2023-12-11-SDCPPY23-Revealed-Synthetic-Seduction-Jenni-Large-Photo-by-Wendell-Teodoro-WT6_4711.jpg" /> Choreographer: Jenni Large Sound Designer: Anna Whitaker Costume Designer: Bronte Hilder Lighting Designer: Alex Berlage Collaborating Performers - Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year 2 Dancers: Jannah Allen, Wareya Anuyahong, Paige Carr, Lily Cole, Alisha Douglass, Thomas Evans, Tayla Gartner, Mia Hamilton, Stephanie Hedley, Hannah Joseph, Annaliese MacDonald, Luci Mann, Layla Meadows, Maya Miller, Lou Lou Mitsis, Zoe O’Bryan, Angus Onley, Sam Osborn, Xanthe Pheeney, Eva Puata, Sabine Roberts, Scout Robinson, Alani Siswoyo, Keisha Sunderland, Laura Taylor, Cameron Turner, Ally Young Supported by Tobiah Booth-Remmers, Juliette Barton &amp; Linda Gamblin Synthetic Seduction | Sydney Dance Company PPY2 PREMIERE SEASON AT CARRIAGE WORKS Dec 11 &amp; 12 2023 Drawling en masse like languorous cows, sensual undulations catch fire then rearrange with militant order Pleasure remains political Our ceaseless appetite for the next thing becomes a monotonous slow-motion fever dream A treadmill of effort Bear no delineation between the superficial and the salient We are primal and modern, instinctively collaborative yet deeply vain There is an obscurely alluring logic in this strangely cohesive world Infinite identities, a united front We make the rules but the rules made us… Inspired by disparate references spanning film clips, TV show title 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2be7adad53e0da160783927ab05f75177fd0df1172c26328ec827d8a30fd4046/NB22_SUCKER_221129_339_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="161116667" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2be7adad53e0da160783927ab05f75177fd0df1172c26328ec827d8a30fd4046/NB22_SUCKER_221129_339_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> Choreographer: Jenni Large Collaborating performers: Jacopo Grabar, Liam Green, Sophie Jones, Chloe Leong, Kai Taberner, Mia Thompson, Chloe Young, Morgan Hurrell &amp; Coco Wood Sound desinger: Anna Whitaker Costume designer: Aleisa Jehlbart Lighting designer: Alex Berlarge Dramaturgy: Ashleigh Musk Rehearsal Directors: Richard Cilli &amp; Charmeyne Yap Special Thanks to Rafael Bonachela and all of the SDC staff and production crew New Breed is generously supported by Carriage Works and The Balnaves Foundation. S U C K E R | Sydney Dance Company, New Breed trailer: https://vimeo.com/jennilarge/sucker-sdc-2022-trailer&nbsp; Premiere season Nov 30 - Dec 17, Carriage Works on Gadigal Land ‘Suckling at the breasts of horror, shuddering with effort, our temptation throbs, our flesh ruptures and we find ourselves pulled into a discordant cult-like nightclub. Knives screech, dripping heat - pain and pleasure fraternise in this space between the living and the dead, here where our darkest desires demand our undivided attention. Beware the lipstick coated kiss of death - you know the tropes… “Give yourself over to absolute pleasure, swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh. Erotic nightmares beyond any measure and sensual day dreams to treasure forever… Don’t dream it, be it” - Rocky Horror Picture Show Enter the cave, S U C K E R, what are you afraid of?’ Inspired by Vampiric culture and the filmic tropes of Horror/Fantasy/Comedy, in particular, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Blade, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Queer for Fear… S U C K E R explores suspense, deviance and sex, interested in challenging modesty and stretching discomfort using a mix of unnerving and entertaining theatrics... ~ Writen Interview by Neighbourhood Media Nov 28, 2022 Reviews “Jenni Large, inspired by Dracula, catapults nine vampires through your boundaries, brazenly breaking into your face. They thirst for your gaze, like fire enthralls a moth. Red hot passion flares from each dancer and kisses your eyes. They ignite into molten lead. Their melted fusion spits-out a sacrificial lamb, a reject, an outcast to be scoffed-down like crimson wine. Large’s SUCKER incandescently takes no prisoners.” - Robin Knightly, Sydney Arts Guide “In her video preface to SUCKER, Large jovially claims it as a meal you never wanted to attend but “you are here now, so eat up”. You could perhaps infer some Dracula-like activity on the part of the nine dancers (see the title, hear the screams and moans in Anna Whitaker’s score) but we must be seeing them after they have supped. Now they appear to be having a high old time as they prowl, writhe, slither, crawl, arrange and rearrange themselves on the floor in provocative poses and drag each other about. The dancers come up a treat wearing slinky bodysuits, long wigs, opera-length gloves and sultry expressions. There is spooky lighting, much of it red, naturally, and a terrific special effect. SUCKER is to be enjoyed in the moment. It’s not the deepest work you’ll ever see nor is it as outrageous as Large seemed to promise, but what fun.” - Deborah Jones, Limelight Image credits: Pedro Greig <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/224eb7b8d2763192c9d4023227cfa0a358cab15c5b515e04427dd881460c654c/NB22_SUCKER_221129_180_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="161116662" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/224eb7b8d2763192c9d4023227cfa0a358cab15c5b515e04427dd881460c654c/NB22_SUCKER_221129_180_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1067" width_o="1600" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5341570f2c69811bc514349513f40c84464a39c7085b8402dafebe8083cef95/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0063_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="162293429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5341570f2c69811bc514349513f40c84464a39c7085b8402dafebe8083cef95/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0063_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b9ad73dda2491880381fdd159d1c7208412425fb95c7ad7407cbc03a414bc37/NB22_SUCKER_221129_516_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="161116670" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b9ad73dda2491880381fdd159d1c7208412425fb95c7ad7407cbc03a414bc37/NB22_SUCKER_221129_516_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1067" width_o="1600" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efdfdca86c0aa98f756f92bc2ab0e35e94bb7f7cd864bdac102fc41f1d6e8e56/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0160_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="162293468" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efdfdca86c0aa98f756f92bc2ab0e35e94bb7f7cd864bdac102fc41f1d6e8e56/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0160_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1067" width_o="1600" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/152985db5e673193438c4e0d581344d7f37e547d41299dfec083f35eeef872d6/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0139_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="162293457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/152985db5e673193438c4e0d581344d7f37e547d41299dfec083f35eeef872d6/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0139_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1067" width_o="1600" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd5428b3155bb86b326b2a6f966249942c0b6748f0a8afe0a92bd455fcb5fdaa/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0095_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="162293430" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd5428b3155bb86b326b2a6f966249942c0b6748f0a8afe0a92bd455fcb5fdaa/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0095_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1067" width_o="1600" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccbb9ee2785a4335c9ff678015dc33b8647616018d435ceb5945f8c3c0a90767/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0289_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="162293469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccbb9ee2785a4335c9ff678015dc33b8647616018d435ceb5945f8c3c0a90767/NB22_SUCKER_221130_0289_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e89ca1f64bba768ed66695dd8fa94e14a2976d35403e3b66089fd3191de9979/NB22_SUCKER_221129_574_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="161116672" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e89ca1f64bba768ed66695dd8fa94e14a2976d35403e3b66089fd3191de9979/NB22_SUCKER_221129_574_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d496a48ff29596216564834669b5f43c04e9dc4df4c1127710167747adb6eab0/NB22_SUCKER_221129_231_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="161116664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d496a48ff29596216564834669b5f43c04e9dc4df4c1127710167747adb6eab0/NB22_SUCKER_221129_231_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fecee50024d2cfce792ced9bbe1d8a47bd9a51315e9ec0630245046db83a8532/NB22_SUCKER_221129_208_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" data-mid="161116663" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fecee50024d2cfce792ced9bbe1d8a47bd9a51315e9ec0630245046db83a8532/NB22_SUCKER_221129_208_web_byPedroGreig.jpg" />