HOLD ME closer tony danza
Who’s right, when we’re all wrong?
Hold Me Closer Tony Danza is bold, brash and non-conforming and, like a pop song that you can’t get out of your head, also deeply seductive. It’s immersive dance-theatre that asks the audience to pick a side, show their true colours and get ready to dance-off as if their lives depended on it.
With a deeply satirical edge, Tony confronts our modern world through the subversion of its pop sensibilities. In a world driven by information overload, it asks how we can still connect with each other when we feel so far apart. A commonly misheard song lyric contains a deeper proposition about how we form meaning and a provocation that perhaps our understanding of the world is intrinsically flawed.
“The starting point was a misunderstood Elton John lyric played to great comedic effect. This tension between “rightness” or “wrongness” framed a deeper, pop-cultural exploration of differences in opinion through club dancing and seamless partnering”
Limelight magazine
Creative team
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Created by: Kate Harman, Michael Smith, Gavin Webber and Anna Whitaker
Performed by: Kate Harman and Michael Smith
Direction: Gavin Webber
Lighting Design: Govin Ruben
Composer & Sound Designer: Anna Whitaker
Visual Design: Merinda Davies
Commissioned by Monash University, Carriageworks, Dancehouse and the Keir Foundation for the 2020 Keir Choreographic Award.