Shaun Parker & Company present FOUND OBJECTS

Multi-award-winning Shaun Parker & Company is thrilled to present a series of free performances of their nationally acclaimed production, FOUND OBJECTS, as part of Adelaide’s DreamBIG Children’s Festival, 2023.

Part dance, part ballet, part outdoor spectacle, this wildly imaginative program features five exceptional dancers and a surprising collection of everyday items in a series of short choreographies, each with its own unique twist.

In AXLE, a dancer is chased, berated, and bullied by a seemingly out-of-control remote-control car, before realising the car is lonely, and just looking for a friend. A duet between man and car.

In SPIN, four friends playing basketball discover new and exciting worlds as one seemingly ordinary basketball becomes the centre of an imaginative and thrilling adventure.

In HOVER, five dancers on hoverboards showcase their diverse skills across breakdance, tutting, popping and krumping in a highly entertaining feel-good homage to pop music.

Choreographed by Shaun Parker and featuring original music by award-winning Sydney composer Nick Wales (Sarah Blasko, Sydney Dance Company), FOUND OBJECTS incorporates high-octane contemporary dance, acrobatics, street dance and parkour.

Join Shaun Parker & Company at Festival Plaza, at the Adelaide Festival Centre, for one (or more) of four free performances across BIG Family Weekend: at 12pm and 2pm, Saturday and Sunday May 20 and 21.

A free 20-minute hip hop workshop will also be held following each show.

View the HOVER trailer here:

Shaun Parker & Company will also present a series of already ‘sold-out’ FOUND OBJECTS school performances from Wednesday May 17 to Friday May 19.

Since its premiere in February 2021, Shaun Parker & Company have presented 291 performances of FOUND OBJECTS to over 90,000 Australian audience members, capturing imagination from Darwin to Cairns, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, and regional centres across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

Roz Pappalardo, Artistic Director, Cairns Festival:

A wildly imaginative and energetic show featuring five amazing dancers…An infectiously joyful and hilarious homage to boybands.

Audience member:

Who knew that a pas de deux between a man and remote-control car could be so moving!

FOUND OBJECTS has been supported by the Australian Government through the RISE Fund, the City of Sydney, the Inner West Council through EDGE Greenway Residency, Mildura Rural City Council, Playing Australia (Australia Council for the Arts), Create NSW and Dexus Place Sydney.

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Season Details

Venue: Festival Plaza, Adelaide Festival Centre
Date: May 20 & 21, 2023

For more information click HERE

Photo Credit: Ben Gross