Collaborative Performance Anastasia Booth and Naomi Blacklock produced by people+artist+place. Star-Crossed Rivers was a performance outcome from a one-day collaborative intensive with year 10 students from Brisbane State High School | 2018 | South Bank, Brisbane
Contemporary artists, Naomi Blacklock and Anastasia Booth worked with year 10 students from Brisbane State High School to perform a contemporary retelling of the famous Punjab love story Sohni Mahiwal. Sohni Mahiwal is an old tale that centres around Sohni, a heroine who longs to be with her true love who lives across the river. In order to be with him, Sohni crosses the river each night using an earthenware pot to keep her afloat. However, one night her sister-in-law replaces the pot with a vessel of unbaked clay which dissolves in the water and causes Sohni to vanish. A tale told through movement, this mesmerising performance spoke to universal notions of love and longing.
Contemporary artists, Naomi Blacklock and Anastasia Booth worked with year 10 students from Brisbane State High School to perform a contemporary retelling of the famous Punjab love story Sohni Mahiwal. Sohni Mahiwal is an old tale that centres around Sohni, a heroine who longs to be with her true love who lives across the river. In order to be with him, Sohni crosses the river each night using an earthenware pot to keep her afloat. However, one night her sister-in-law replaces the pot with a vessel of unbaked clay which dissolves in the water and causes Sohni to vanish. A tale told through movement, this mesmerising performance spoke to universal notions of love and longing.
Performance documentation | Dave Kan
