Salted Singlet presents An Unfortunate Willingness to Agree - choreographed by Oliver Connew

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After a ripper, award-winning season (Best in Dance, NZ Fringe Festival 2012) in Wellington at BATS Theatre in early 2012, Salted:Singlet brings An Unfortunate Willingness to Agree north for Auckland audiences during the Auckland Fringe Festival 2013 at the Basement Theatre, 20 – 24 February 2013.

An Unfortunate Willingness to Agree was originally created against a backdrop of global disquiet such as Occupy, Tea Party, the Arab Spring, austerity riots and the Euro crisis. Through use of a live skype call to a distantly situated family member, a live television news feed, masses of newspaper and a movement vocabulary that swings between aggressive and confrontational to tender and affectionate, the three dancers explore this current global political landscape in relation to their own personal experience as well as their young generation’s experience.

It would be a bold move to want to rework a show that has been described as a ‘flawless show of style and substance’ (Dominion Post). But that is exactly what choreographer, Oliver Connew, will do along with his fellow performers and collaborators, Gareth Okan and Zahra Killeen-Chance. The Unfortunate team will work over three weeks with Marika Pratley’s original score, which received an Honourary Mention at the NZ Fringe Awards 2012, and a further year’s events and experience to draw from to rework a show that will be totally current and contemporary.

‘This is politically-charged, yet deeply personal dance’, says choreographer Oliver Connew. ‘Committed live performances are paired with that ever-so-familiar flickering blue haze of modern media. Familiar yet poignant.’

Ultimately, this work speaks of the dissatisfaction of a young generation and its desire for something much more human and honest.