when: 13 - 15 January 2023 | venue: Casula Powerhouse, 1 Powerhouse Rd, Casula NSW 2170 | cost: $25 - $35 | website: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/othering | tickets: https://tickets.sydneyfestival.org.au/WebPages/EntaWebShow/ShowCalendar.aspx
published: 21 Nov 2022, 5 min read
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Othering is a powerful new performance that encourages audiences to reflect on the blasé ill-treatment of people with dwarfism, and in turn, people who are viewed as 'outside the norm'.
Othering reverses and inverts the gaze of the audience, revealing the world through the eyes of the performer to reveal an uncomfortable truth - that if you look different, you stand out from the crowd and gain a lot of attention but that's not always a good thing, it can be deadly.
Inspired by performer Debra Keenahan's lived experience, this provocative new work addresses the physical, social and personal dimensions of personhood to examine the subject of 'being different' as an insider.
By emphasising the reactions, attitudes and behaviours of the broader society in the construction of difference and disability, Othering encourages audiences to experience the world 'as if' they are a person with dwarfism and reflect upon how we use words and actions to 'other' people who are seen to be different.
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Othering is a powerful new performance that encourages audiences to reflect on the blasé ill-treatment of people with dwarfism, and in turn, people who are viewed as 'outside the norm'.
Othering reverses and inverts the gaze of the audience, revealing the world through the eyes of the performer to reveal an uncomfortable truth - that if you look different, you stand out from the crowd and gain a lot of attention but that's not always a good thing, it can be deadly.
Inspired by performer Debra Keenahan's lived experience, this provocative new work addresses the physical, social and personal dimensions of personhood to examine the subject of 'being different' as an insider.
By emphasising the reactions, attitudes and behaviours of the broader society in the construction of difference and disability, Othering encourages audiences to experience the world 'as if' they are a person with dwarfism and reflect upon how we use words and actions to 'other' people who are seen to be different.
Go see Othering 2022.
Othering 2022 is on 13 - 15 January 2023. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Sydney. Call 02 8248 6500 for details. Visit their website at https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/othering.
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