Have you ever dreamt of meeting your heroes?
When choreographer Jo Lloyd was young she would pretend to interview her heroes – people who inspired her, people she wanted to meet.
Now she has made a work, entitled Overture, that explores that idea of seeking connection with the fascinating individuals people obsess over and idolise.
Four dancers invoke lost heroes, playing out impossible scenarios and sparking a conversation between past strangers and present. Initially inspired by Felix Mendelssohn’s famous overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and his relationship with his sister, the lesser-known composer Fanny Mendelssohn, Overture investigates the unattainable, the unrequited and how history renders people immortal or invisible.
Overture plays Arts House Melbourne, October 14-19.
Pictured: Shian Law, Rebecca Jensen, Jo Lloyd and Deanne Butterworth. Photo: Peter Rosetzky.