Stompin

to end the show of the year - we had the party of the year!

some of the cast releasing some post show tension…

the wicked woman - emma dilemma - blew our socks off…

she even brought her posse of drag queen back ups and we revelled in the dancing by the crew from ‘palmthis’

PD (Patrick Duke) played an amazing set of original electro-house and everyone danced till they fell over.  we had lots of fun and i want to do it all over again. LGxx

Hey!

it’s all over… i went to the shed today and the whole house had disappeared - it’s a very weird feeling!

anyway - just wondering Lukio - do you have those pictures of me trying to look as hot as maddie in the butt pose from citizen? i’m very keen to enter into the competition!! i think luke smiles has a serious competitor on his hands!! haha

see you all tomorrow!

Stompin taps out its best work yet
PREVIEW By FIONA REILLY , Saturday, 25 November 2006

STOMPIN’S newest work created by Luke George and Bec Reid, presented in the unique venue at Roberts Wool Store, is a must-see.

It takes the viewer on a voyeuristic rollercoaster ride through rooms in a house built by the students from UTas School of Architecture.

The living room appears futuristic and gives a new meaning to the idea of reality TV. The dining room presents people waiting for a dinner party to begin, then when it does, there is no room for niceties and amid physical tussles, dinner conversation is poor!

The kitchen, replete with pink lino, floral wallpaper and shiny ’50s-clad dancers presents the facade of the perfect housemates.

The bathroom, full of misery and despair with upturned baths, walls falling down and too many toilets, houses a stunning solo by Lily Noonan.

Her shower looks like a prison in which she will never get clean.

The bedroom is not a place of comfort.

Individuals look homeless and behave like squatters; here today, gone tomorrow.

Home is a rich collaboration between the artists involved and a powerful work.

In this reviewer’s opinion, it is Stompin’s best work to date. Don’t miss it.

here’s some quotes from what people have been saying about Home:

“… a must-see. Home is a rich collaboration between the artists involved and a powerful work… In this reviewer’s opinion, it is Stompin’s best work to date. Don’t miss it.” (Fiona Reilly, review for the Examiner Saturday 25 November) > read the whole review

“Forget traditional audience/stage layouts this piece is anything but traditional… a performance one like no other you will see…. If you dare to be different, then you must go to see it… an experience of a lifetime.” (Anne Heath / Doris Daze blog review Monday 27 November) > read anne’s blog

“it was great to watch them move and extra special because we could move too” (Ella age 7 - audience member)

“we sat on a dunny with headphones…weird” (Bonnie - audience member)

“The best thing I have ever seen!” (random audience member - for real!)

“…absolutely terrific show, incredible space, awesome set, great dinner party… the dancers exuded confidence and ownership of the work as well as some mean moves.” (Annette Downs - audience member)

“Better than Dreamworld!” - audience member

Saw the show?  Tell us what you thought by leaving a comment below…

and we’re up and running with a killer opening night show and party to follow! highlights included: audience following guiding dancers so closely in the bedroom that dancers enveloped them with their performance; a generous pause while georgie realised it was her show slot and not a break; bec and me dancing to footloose and being videod and then projected instantly by guest VJ marty; and our mum’s rhonda and shirley going nuts and shakin some bad-ass booty on the dance floor - look out dancers you’ve got some competition for next year!  big thanks to all our interstate visitors making the special trip down to see the show- we’re honoured!
see y’all in the nights to come - remember get in early and book your tix so you don’t miss out!

here they are…sexy, fun HOME t-shirts!

Get your limited edition tee now - only $25

Order up! It’s easy - simply send us an email, give us a call or come and visit us in the studio…

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been hunting for costumes with some of the dancers. we’ve been through op shops, tons of retaliers and even on ebay! here’s some interesting finds…

lily in a trend setting two piece

grace and bodi with our new addition to the dining room - yummy…

alison suits up!

Last night we had our first tech run and it was totally amazing! loud… but amazing!

everything went swimmingly well and we all danced like stars. particularly Justin, when Dani managed to knock a wooden cupboard frame off the wall and it fell on him and he just incorporated the frame into the dance - what a STAR!

here we are at the site!!!!

we’re all starting to look pretty spesh now in our costumes, especially the lounge in their juicy couture!

anyway - hope you’re all having fun! i’m off to plaster poles in town with sexy stompin posters

keep well

luv lau

wow - you can probably tell from my silent treatment that yes, we’re going full-throttle with the show. Home is huge and complex in many interesting ways. creating choreography with 5 different groups/rooms is quite something. then there’s the aspect of the guiding dancers who as their name suggest, need to flow through all the rooms and therefore know them all - yikes! everyday we rehearse in the set we notice something new and cool,thanks to our wicked production manager richard dinnen, the fabulous and tireless bec reid and now extra dudes marko respondeck and yasmin santoso (stompin alumni!!). luke smiles and ben cisterne are dreaming up and making some awesome sound and lighting. it’s going to be a massive week of technical and dress rehearsals and so interesting to see how it actually comes together and works - concept concept!!!! see you at home.

hey home dancers - here is your production schedule. see you there! > Home production schedule for dancers.pdf

Click on the link below to see Henry - our eldest Company member.

He reckons we should all come home…now!!! (thanks Henry)

HOME TV

Hey homies

thought i should probably log on and see how on-line stompin is going. i can’t believe how quickly things are going in the actual house. we’re going to be doing tech runs this saturday! holy moly! the end of november has seemed like ages away for a very long time and all of a sudden it’s on our doorstep.

all the material is starting to really turn into defined structure and the rooms are beginning to look especially speccy! i can’t wait to see the whole thing come together

well the barbeque planned for sunday afternoon was totally washed out by good ole’ tassie weather, but hopefully sometime we’ll all be able to go bowling or something!

only 3 more sleeps till i get to see U2!

HELL YEAH!

k bye