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SHADOWLAND THEATER
Pilobolus Dance Theater dancing troupe, State Theatre - Arts Centre Melbourne and AKA Australia PR present a new spectacular Shadowland Live / Shadowland, one sensational theater show seen by more than half a million people worldwide www.shadowlandlive.com and https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/…/theatre…/shadowland

Irina Ivanova shares her impressions from the show
​photographer Ina Parakhina took some romantic photos from the Melbourne night live.

​There is also an interview Irina Ivanova ran with ‪#‎KristinaDobosz‬, one of the dancers from the Shadowland just some hours before the performance. 

Shadowland Show in Melbourne

This year the acclaimed Shadowland show returns to Australia to indulge the viewers with a cunning illusion created by uber-flexible and strong bodies intertwined to produce complex shadow play projections and a powerful front-of-screen choreography. Originally the idea appeared as a short shadow work story in 2007, and after a great success at the Academy Awards, it transformed into a full-length show, which was taken on tour all over the world. Directed by the renowned dance theater Pilobolus, the show amazes with the creativity of movements, precision of light work, and fiery music by the popular American musician, producer, and film composer David Poe. It is a top class entertainment for all ages.

I’ve been given an opportunity to take an interview with Kristina Dobosz, one of the dancers from the Shadowland, before the performance.

Kristina has been dancing since she was 4 years old, so basically she was born for it. She has joined the company and performed with Shadowland a few years ago. Lately Kristina has been mainly working on smaller productions, though this year she returned to Shadowland and toured the world with the show. It was Kristina’s first time visiting Melbourne, which, in her words, reminds her a lot of New York City, her hometown, and London. 

Here is a short interview that I (Irina) ran with K (Kristina):

I:     Do you know how the idea of Shadowland was born?
K:    The shadow work initially began for a commercial. Pilobolus was asked to create an idea to somehow turn bodies into a car, and decided to use the medium of shadow. They played around with the idea and used it for some other events. It was presented at the Academy Awards in 2007 and gained so much great feedback, that this made [Pilobolus] realize that there was actually something here. So they started creating the show, and in 2009 it came together, and it’s been touring ever since. 

I:     Does the show change from year to year?
K:    It is ever-changing, which is pretty fantastic. People who saw it in Australia in 2014, if they come back to see it this year they will notice that it has morphed a bit. Though the storyline has never changed essentially. This is a story of a girl coming of age and going through a thousand of tribulations that build up her character. We’ve added and subtracted some things, so that this would make more sense to the overall storyline.

I:    What roles do you play in the show?
K:    I played two different roles in the show. Firstly I played the circus queen which is such an awesome character – super fierce, she leads a section of the circus. And now I play the Mom – a much softer of a role, a different theater.

I:    How long does it take to put together a show?
K:    It usually depends on the cast and how recently we’ve performed together. It takes hours and hours of rehearsals, every day before the performance, so that we could get ourselves into a mindset of being together as a collective, to keep everything fresh and very detailed. It is similar to the precision of a ballet, where one is trying to create these crisp clean lines and images that produce such magic.

I:     What do you enjoy the most in the show?
K:    I have to say the comradery. The show requires so much working together. You have to be mindful of who you are with, and you have to adapt and change together as a group, instantaneously if necessary. I feel that the show has forced us to become a big family on stage. And that’s the thing I appreciate the most, for sure.

I:    How many performers are there in the show and how was the team built?
K:     There are 9 dancers on stage, plus 2 extras on the tour. They are swinging between 3 parts each. All come from different parts of the United States and one dancer is French.

I:     How do you evaluate your experience in Australia?
K:    When I was touring full-time with Shadowland we travelled all over the place: to Asia and South America. The travelling in general can be really difficult, but the company itself is very supportive and the people here are incredible. I really had a blast! Meeting new people have been fantastic. I’m really grateful for this opportunity.

Well, and we are very grateful for the opportunity to watch and enjoy the performance. It’s been truly awesome, with a heart-warming personal touch for all the Melbournians in the end of the show.
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​Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine is very grateful to Pilobolus Dance Theater management team and personally to the dancer #KristinaDobosz, AKA Australia PR and personally to Sharonne Lipman for this amazing opportunity as well as to Ina and Irina for this magnificent review!
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