4 – 6 Sept
Cowboy
An interactive, solo contemporary dance work featuring an original score by Ben Ely. Yee-haw!
Brisbane Festival and Metro Arts present
Michael Smith
Yee-haw! Featuring a mesmerising original score composed by Ben Ely (Regurgitator), set in the imagined sweeping landscape of a classic old western, Cowboy is an interactive, solo contemporary dance work.
From surfing trains to taming horses to wandering the desert, this work unpacks your ability to have a complete, genuine, and meaningful experience as an imagined self.
Saddle up and enter the world of Cowboy for a poignantly funny yet sensitive ride.
Created and Performed by
Michael Smith
Music Composition
Ben Ely
Sound Design
Anna Whitaker
Lighting and Production
Chloe Ogilvie
Produced by
The Farm
Mentor
Gavin Webber
Dramaturgy
Gavin Webber, Martyn Coutts, Liesel Zink
Special Thanks to
The Angry Mime and South Bank Corporation’s ‘Flowstate’
Cowboy is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland
Production Partners
I am deeply consumed,
Michael Smith
I am deeply committed,
I am becoming,
A Cowboy.
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Michael Smith
A Brisbane-based dance artist who seeks to elevate our experience of live performance by intuitively creating meaning through the body.
The Farm
Sometimes brash, always bold and insightful, The Farm’s contemporary performances connect with anyone from dance aficionados to theatre virgins, transcending expectations of what dance can be, and how or where it should be viewed.
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