Red Boots
Artists in residency from Cape Town, South Africa
February 22, 2025
@ Rua Red Art Centre, Tallaght
10.30 am & 12.30 pm
Running time: Performance 35 min + Playtime 20 min
Please note: our 12.30 pm performance has an ISL interpreter during playtime.
Theatre performance
Suitable for children 2 to 6
Language:
English, South African Sign Language, Danish
Children € 7 | Adults € 5
Please note:
Children must be under the supervision of an accompanying adult at all times.
In a moving landscape of snow, wind and rain, a tiny pair of red wellington boots explores, gets lost, is found and allows young children to find the magical in the ordinary everyday.
Created by the magical combination of deaf and hearing dancers Andile Vellem and Jori Snell, Red Boots is a playful, non-linear montage of words, physical imagery, sign and sound used imaginatively and gently to evoke for children the fantastical realm of adventure, friendship, loss and what it means to share. A heartwarming experience for deaf and hearing toddlers and children – not to be missed!
Meet the artists
Theatre Arts
Built on the tenets of affordability, inclusivity and accessibility, Theatre Arts is a vibrant home for local theatre practitioners – a place where they can create work, develop skills, perform, engage in dialogue and meet and work with theatre practitioners who come from diverse backgrounds, whether cultural, social, economic or simply in skill and experience. Described as the rehearsal space of choice, Theatre Arts is dedicated to creating the right environment for artists and theatre to flourish. In an industry which is culturally divided, dominated by a few voices and vastly under-supported financially, both through patronage and funding, Theatre Arts strives to support, enable and provide opportunity for artists to continue developing skills, creating work and generating income. Open to fresh ideas and up for experimentation based on current trends in economic thinking, Theatre Arts is an organic model and successful training ground for re-conceptualising what a theatre institution, in South Africa, can be and how it can sustain itself.
Andile Vellem
Andile Vellem (co-creator and performer) is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and collaborator at local, national and international levels. Born hearing, but losing his hearing because of mumps, Andile was introduced to music through its vibrations. Born to ballroom dancing parents, becoming a dancer was natural. Andile worked as a full-time dancer with Remix Dance Company for ten years before co-founding Un-mute Dance Company in 2010 where he took on the Artistic Directorship during the early years. Internationally, he has collaborated with UK artists David Toole and Lucy Hinds, as well as Mark Storer, performing in Storer’s piece ‘Impending Storm’ at the Paralympics in London. He is also a founder member of the Mixibility Network.
Jori Snell
Jori Snell (co-creator and performer) is a physical performer and visual artist from Holland/Denmark. She works as a freelance performer, improviser, director, and teacher, transforming her training in physical theatre, contact improvisation (CI), improvisation, butoh/martial arts, and visual arts into a personal language. She has worked with Odin Teatret, Teatret OM, Corona la Balance/ZeBU (DK), Panthéâtre (Roy Hart Theatre, FR), Su-En Butoh Company (SE), Ubom!, and Remix Dance Company (SA). Her works for young audiences have won several awards and international acclaim.
Caroline Calburn
Caroline Calburn (co-creator and director) initiated Theatre Arts Admin Collective in 2009 after a long history in theatre, in which she has been a performer, theatre director, educator, and facilitator in both universities and communities, working at local, national, and international levels. Theatre Arts, as it is now known, its ethos and its programmes, are the culmination of this experience.
Jayne Batzofin
Jayne Batzofin (designer) completed her Honours degree at WITS University, where she majored in directing and stage/costume design. She furthered her education by attending renowned l’École Jacques Lecoq theatre school in Paris, and completing an MA in Dramaturgy from the University of Cape Town and the University of Amsterdam. Having worked in close collaboration with FTH:K (From the Hip: Khulumakahle), CWBSA (Clowns Without Borders South Africa), and Assitej, Jayne has developed a strong passion for creating theatre for young audiences, particularly focusing on producing shows for deaf children.
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