Dunedin Fringe: Heel Ruby

We all have three masks: that which we present to the world, that which we present to ourselves and that which is our truth. In an ever precarious balancing act we perform the act of living.

Set to premiere at Allen Hall; Otago University - 7pm, 24 - 27 March, as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival 2010, heel ruby by HATBOX productions will prove as an absolute delight.

Produced and performed by emerging choreographers Camille Boyte, Emily Campbell and Zahra Killeen-Chance (HATBOX productions) heel ruby presents as a quirky, evocative, raw and sinisterly cheeky contemporary dance work.

heel ruby explores the psychological architecture of an individual, drawing inspiration from the life of Judy Garland (period 1935 – 1945) who was thrust in to incomprehensible fame as she was molded into the childlike Dorothy, in MGM’s The Wizard if Oz. 

Seeking to uncover the act of being, heel ruby takes the audience on a journey so compelling that, unlike Dorothy, they may not wish to return home.

heel ruby by HATBOX productions is an innovative piece of contemporary dance which seeking to extend the realms of movement vocabulary. Part performance art, part physical theatre and always with roots firmly set in dance, heel ruby is a work steeped in… shoes… an awful lot of shoes!

Ruby slippers play a role of great significance in The Wizard of Oz as they represent Dorothy’s means of returning home. They are obviously a huge point of interest to us also as we pose the question ‘how Garland does return from Dorothy? 

Used by MGM as a commodity, not able to be woman or child, Garland became the fictional Dorothy, the child wanting to go home. Staying for appearances sake the young girl, Garlands reality was of a young woman encased in the shell of a twelve year old. Through heel ruby we see these many contradicting facets of Garland as HATBOX productions explore her as the image, the character and the woman.

heel ruby is produced, choreographed and performed by contemporary dance graduates of the New Zealand School of Dance and Unitec, whose prior credits include the Auckland Fringe Festival, Tempo – NZ Festival of Dance, MAU Forum and Dance Your Socks Off. The work emerges as a spirited, innovative, resoundingly human and ultimately engaging piece of art.
Add this piece to your must see works of the Dunedin Fringe Festival 2010.

heel ruby
Dunedin Fringe Festival 2010
23,24,25,26, March
7pm (Duration: 45min)
Allen Hall, Otago University
(Corner of Union & Leith)
Adult: $15.00
Concession: $10.00 (Senior/Student)
For further information please contact:
HATBOX productions

(021) 038 7877