Contemporary dance
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disability-led
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dance theatre
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Contemporary dance 〰️ disability-led 〰️ dance theatre 〰️
Touch Compass presents
WHITE NOISE + Oro
WHITE NOISE turns the tables of perception onto the audience, drawing upon experiences from the intersection of motherhood, disability, and the relentless static of everyday expectations.
Alisha McLennan Marler + guests
An electrifying performance, WHITE NOISE has emerged from award-winning creator/performer Alisha McLennan Marler’s lived experience of disability, as an artist, mother, and person. Through a fusion of striking visuals and choreography, live sound manipulation and digital design, audiences are invited to confront their assumptions while exploring the intimate and universal dynamics of communication and parenthood.
A powerful celebration of agency and narrative, this piece is both deeply personal and utterly communal, drawing us to consider our own place in the conversation. Co-choreographed by Jessie McCall, and presented with a short work from Touch Compass’ Oro: Resonance development programme.
Please scroll down to find information about the following for this event:
Wheelchair user spaces
NZ Sign Language interpretation
Audio Description
Touch Tour
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VENUE
Q Theatre, Rangatira
DATES & TIMES
Fri 16 Oct
8pm
Duration: 70 min
PRICES & TICKET INFO
$35–$50+
Booking fees apply
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessible for those who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing | Audio Described | Hearing Aid Loop | NZSL Interpreted | Tactile / Touch Tour | Service Animals | Wheelchair Accessible
CONTENT WARNINGS
Recommended 14+. See Below
Photo: Jade Ellis
CREDITS:
Artistic Director and Performer: Alisha McLennan Marler
Co-Choreographer: Jessie McCall
AV, Lighting and Spatial Design: Brad Gledhill
Sound Design and Composition: Drew McMillan
Costume Design and Aerial Skills consultant: Eve Gordon
Aerial rigging specialist: Jaine Mieka
Producer: Fiona Saunders
Production Support: Matt Gillanders
Production Marketing and Communications Oversight: Jon Tamihere-Kemeys
Production Marketing Support: Holly Mulligan
Supported by:
Content warnings detail:
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WHITE NOISE features colour-changing lighting, light smoke and haze and reflective acrylic mirror panels that may create visual distortion. The soundscape used includes short periods of sharp or sudden sounds. Parental discretion is advised.
ACCESS INFORMATION:
Booking Access Tickets
To make an accessible booking for a show at Q Theatre, please call iTicket on 0508 484 253 or email support@iticket.co.nz. These can be paid for over the phone or by invoice.
If you book online via iTicket, please make a note of how we can meet your access needs in the provided area.
More information about Q Theatre’s general access support can be found here.
Wheelchair Users
Wheelchair users are welcomed at most of our venues, including Q Theatre.
We have worked closely with Touch Compass and Q Theatre to provide further wheelchair user spaces for WHITE NOISE + Oro on Friday 16 October. Unfortunately this is still relatively limited, so please book soon to ensure there is space. We will be taking a waitlist, if they are all booked up.
Wheelchair user tickets can be booked by calling iTicket on 0508 484 253 or emailing support@iticket.co.nz. These tickets come with a companion seat.
New Zealand Sign Language
WHITE NOISE + Oro is New Zealand Sign Language interpreted by Platform Interpreting NZ.
The best seats for sightlines of both the interpreter and the stage are in the Stalls:
rows A–D, seats 15–20.
These can be booked by calling iTicket on 0508 484 253 or emailing support@iticket.co.nz.
Audio Description
WHITE NOISE + Oro is an audio described performance by Audio Described Aotearoa.
Please book by calling iTicket on 0508 484 253 or emailing support@iticket.co.nz, so that we know you will be utilising the headsets.
Touch Tour
WHITE NOISE + Oro has a Touch Tour before the performance at 7.30pm, facilitated by Audio Described Aotearoa.
Please book by calling iTicket on 0508 484 253 or emailing support@iticket.co.nz, so that we know you will be attending.
Accessible Environments
Where we can, we are working to make our events more accessible. Please feel free to utilise whatever works to support you to engage with our events – headphones, sunglasses, Sunflower Initiative lanyards, Loops, and more are all welcome!
We will be encouraging our venues to keep the overhead lights not too bright and the music easeful.
If you have any feedback or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us on kiaora@tempodancefestival.co.nz
We hope to be able to expand on all ways we can make the Festival more accessible into the future.
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