Described by the New York Times as “darkly humourous”, the work of New York choreographer, writer and director Jack Ferver interrogate and indict an array of psychological and socio-political issues, particularly in the realms of sexual orientation, gender, and power struggles.
Melbourne audiences will have the chance to experience’s Ferver’s work, thanks to Phillip Adams BalletLab (PABL) who will be hosting Ferver for two weeks in May. Ferver will perform his work Mon, Mas, Me (Revisite’) at new performance venue Temperance Hall in South Melbourne, 4-7 May. He will also be presenting a public workshop series.
Mon, Ma, Mes (Revisite’) examines the permeability between the real and the fictive, utilizing performative constructs to deconstruct where, how, and why we make personas for ourselves. This stylized lecture-performance has been built to grow, adapt and change alongside Ferver’s concerns and larger creations, creating a humorous and disarming retrospective of his life and work. Through the sudden shifts in style and form, blurred boundaries emerge between the realms of grand theatrics and stark naturalism, the persona and the self.