Harvest Market: Tasdance ensemble present The Body as a Riddle on Saturday

Portuguese choreographer and dancer Marta Silva along with the
Tasdance ensemble present The Body as a Riddle on Saturday at the
Harvest Market, 21 March between 9am – 12 noon

Portuguese choreographic artist, Madalena Victorino, dancer Marta de Silva and Tasdance members have
been working in the studio and with the northern suburbs community and will present The Body as a Riddle
this Saturday in Launceston. Part of the Tasmanian International Arts Festival and supported by the
Australia Council and Launceston City Council.

Part dance, part theatre, part participation, this engagement will touch all who see and experience it. The
performance is accompanied by an exhibition, which is like a letter. A letter written to yourself.

This letter wants to wake you up to the expressive and transforming power that the body has.

The body transports within itself hidden senses behind its movements, gestures, postures and glances.

Madalena Victorino (an internationally renowned community
performance exponent), four Tasdance members along with Portuguese
dancer, Marta Silva will surprise and excite audiences and invite you to
find out a whole lot more with the wonderful exhibition that accompanies
this performance.

Madalena Victorino brings decades of experience working in and with
diverse communities throughout the world, and has the skills to
successfully collaborate with the range of ethnic groups on this project.

Her body of work is testament to her ability to inspire community-based
arts practice that reaches standards of excellence, achieved through a
resolute belief in the value of performing arts activities generated from
the community members themselves.

The Tasdance artists are Sarah Fiddaman, Brianna Kell, Katherine Gurr
and Rikki Mace. Each of these Australian artists has broad artistic
experience beyond their work as dancers in the company. Marta Silva is
an experienced performer and teacher and all have regularly lead dance
workshops in various locations in Australia and overseas, working with a
range of groups from professional dancers to individuals with disability.
Annie Greig, Tasdance