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We will be celebrating the release of the following texts:-

• Marshall, Jonathan W, Butoh and Suzuki Performance in Australia: Bent Legs on Strange Grounds, 1982–2023 (Brill, 2025)
• McIntosh, Jonathan, Children Dancing in Bali: Practice, Performance, & Power (Berghahn, 2025)

Marshall’s book explores the translation of Japanese physical theatre to the Australian context following the 1980s, while McIntosh examines the degrees of agency available to children within Balinese performance praxis. Marshall argues for the importance of the Australian stories of both butoh and Suzuki performance for global debates about the cultural and racial body in performance, while McIntosh contends that both children and adults are able to negotiate local and global identities through dance and performance in Bali, Indonesia.

Location

WAAPA Foyer.

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WAAPA
2 Bradford Street. Building 1, WAAPA Foyer. Opposite Box Office, Mount Lawley Western Australia 6050

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