Wildstars (1980 - )

McMurdo, Don: Artists of Australian Dance Theatre in Jonathan Taylor's 'Wildstars', 1981

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Wildstars premiered in Adelaide in 1979. A two act work by Nigel Triffitt (concept, production design and soundtrack) and Jonathan Taylor (realisation and choreography), it was made on dancers of Australian Dance Theatre.

In program notes Taylor wrote: 'WILDSTARS really started for me three minutes after the beginning of Nigel Triffitt's "Momma's Little Horror Show"; the use of visuals and non verbal communication was exactly what dance had been to me for years. I made up my mind there and then that Nigel and I should work together'. At the time of its premiere, the work was described in the press as 'a series of epigrams about the Wholeness of Man and the creeping schizophrenia that assails him on his path to realization'.

See also: Australian Dance Theatre ; Taylor, Jonathan

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• Internet - Google
• Articles - New York Public Library Dance Collection
• Pictures - Picture Australia