The Temperance Hall in South Melbourne is the venue for Fringe Festival events until Saturday October 22.
Over two weeks of programmed performances, six artists from diverse practices and unique perspectives will push audience comfort zones to the Fringe. Week Two of the program presents a new solo work by Raina Peterson, commissioned by Melbourne Fringe’s Radical Access Program in partnership with Arts Access Victoria.
‘Narasimha – ManLion’ is a mythological queering of an eighth century poem through experimental Indian dance.
“Temperance Hall gives licence to thrill in this year’s Melbourne Fringe. A queerordinary solo by choreographer, Raina Peterson offers a fierce commentary on gender through hyper-queer myth making,” says Phillip Adams, Artistic Director. Temperance Hall.
‘Narasimha – ManLion’ draws inspiration from Tamil Poet-Saint Andal’s devotional poem which explores Narasimha: the fierce Hindu deity associated with the liminal and the in-between. ‘Narasimha – ManLion’ combines blood and honey, flowers and entrails.
Peterson draws on their training in classical Indian dance (mohiniyattam) to create a work which oscillates between the violence of Narasimha’s imagery and the sensuality of Andal’s poetry.
Dates: Until October 22
Times: 7.30 pm
Duration: 50 min
Venue: Temperance Hall, 199 Napier St, South Melbourne
Access: Wheelchair accessible. Thursday, October 20 will be a relaxed and audio described performance
Tickets: Full $25, Conc. $20
Bookings: visit www.temperancehall.com.au or call the Melbourne Fringe Box Office on 9660 9666