Your last chance this year to watch Penny Chivas's autobiographical dance-theatre work Burnt Out, captured digitally by Alan Paterson.

About this event

Weaving spoken word and movement, we are taken through Australia's fiery history including Penny's own experiences. Embedded in sound is the Australian Black Summer; magpies that have learnt to mimic emergency sirens, shark sirens and helicopters circling overhead.

With original music by Paul Michael Henry, interwoven with the delicately detailed lighting design of David Bowes, this is an autobiographical dance-theatre work from the daughter of an environmental geochemist, bringing together fact and personal account. 'Burnt Out' is at once an intimate personal story and a universal meditation on our changing climate.

This digital filmed version was made by Alan Paterson, and recorded in Tramway's T4 theatre.

Penny wishes to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as the traditional custodians of the land involved in the work and to pay her respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders; past, present and future.

Audience notes: Deals with Bushfires and Climate Change. Contains siren-like sounds

Recommended for ages 14+

Access: This film is Subtitled

Digital Filmed Version made in association with Dumfries & Galloway Dance and Scottish Dance Theatre. Development supported by: The Work Room, Dance City, Dance Base, Tramway, Lyra, and the CCA.

Photo by Brian Hartley, Still Motion Arts

Screening funded by Creative Scotland's Strategic Touring Fund.

Book here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/burnt-out-screening-online-tickets-207828961017?aff=erelpanelorg

Film available Saturday 13th November 1530- Tuesday 16th November at midnight as part of Dumfries and Galloway Dance's 2021 Screendance Programme. Viewing links will be shared via email upon sign up.