THE APPEARANCE
OF COLOUR
The Appearance of Colour
Queensland Ballet
World Premiere 2019 / Brisbane Powerhouse
Revival 2022 / Linbury Theatre, ROH
Choreography Loughlan Prior
Composer John Metcalfe
Costume William Fitzgerald
Animation Glynn Urquhart
Lighting Design Cameron Goerg
Cast: 12 dancers
Images: David Kelly
"Prior’s tandem skill as a filmmaker influences an interdisciplinary approach incorporating digital animation and puppetry using light boxes to generate striking visual effects. The balanced integration of all its facets generated a wondrous ever-evolving sensory carnival that I found the evening’s most holistically satisfying."
- Olivia Stewart, Limelight
"Prior's choreography is energetic, using the vocabulary of classical ballet, in a fast-moving, contemporary manner that particularly favours the groups impressive men, although its various
sections offer each dancer an opportunity to show off."
- Teresa Guerrero, Culture Whisper