DEKOOR | MONA FOMA | LAUNCESTON | MARCH 2024

You got Rooke'd. Join ROOKE in our favourite gym for an immersive experience featuring your favourite ROOKE artists, our invited (extremely talented) friends and a healthy sprinkling of local talent. After the show, explore three levels of all-night club fun (18+) with intimate performance experiences and live DJ's throughout the night.

Tickets

DEKOOR is an immersive, walkabout experience for adults only. You must be over 18 to attend. You will have the option to explore the gym and discover unique, intimate moments of performance. This performance takes place in a working gym, you will be required to move around the space during the performance. Your experience will be yours alone, you may encounter adult themes, nudity, physical touch, sweating and grunting, loud music, bright lights, offensive language, very tight fitting clothes, direct eye contact from the performers, jaw-dropping skills, and/or extreme ethereal beauty.

On the night you will be given the option to wear a “consenting” token when you scan your ticket. This token will tell performers that you are open to adventures.

If you are wearing this token in a visible place you may be asked if you can be physically touched (respectfully) by the artists, you might be picked up and carried (by a professional), and you may be led away to a small space to experience an intimate and unique performance.

You can change your mind at any time during the night by removing the token, or communicating your change of mind during one of these experiences. Our first aim is for you to have a safe and enjoyable time. You can also pass the token on to someone else at any time during the night.

Free Masterclasses

Dekoor - the experience starts early. ROOKE invites you to join our choreography dance party! Learn the moves and lose yourself to dance.

Instructor - Gabriel Comerford
Friday 23rd of February 4-5pm
Tuesday 27th of February 11am - 12pm
Open to the Public
ASSEMBLY 197
Supported by Launceston City Council
Gabriel Comerford is an Australian-Malaysian man and independent artist with over 10 years of professional experience as a maker and performer.
He is a founding member of MakeShift Dance Collective and is currently an ensemble member of Tasdance and working with Stompin Youth Dance Company.
Whilst his practice is rooted in dance, his experiences have allowed him to learn from and incorporate elements of physical theatre, object theatre, puppetry, visual arts, site-specific, Butoh, Suzuki integrated practice, installation and durational performance.

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Tumbling / acrobatic movement master class with Jake Silvestro.

Thursday 29th of February 9:30am - 11am
ASSEMBLY 197
For movement professionals
Supported by Launceston City Council
This workshop focuses on Jake's process as an acrobat and theatre maker. Aiming to combine acrobatic movements into performance contexts. Using his unique explosive acrobatic style Jake is interested in sharing processes that remove self critique that allow for play. This class will use choreographic formulas and games to help students move in creative ways.
This class is aimed at emerging to mid career physical artists. This class requires students to have a strong understanding of the basics of floor acrobatics (comfortable doing forward and backward rolls, cartwheels and handstands).
Jake has 10 years of experience as an acrobat and coach. He has worked globally with some of the leading names in circus, including Circus Oz, the Flying Fruit Flies, CIRCA, Dislocate, and recently, ROOKE.

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Stretch mobility focus - to increase amplitude, extension and strength within our practice.

Wednesday 28th 11am -12pm
ASSEMBLY 197
For movement professionals
Supported by Launceston City Council
Bridie Hooper is an interdisciplinary artist championing circus within experimental performance art. Her practice navigates universal themes of hope, connection and mortality through deeply personal works that challenge form, context and performer/audience relationship.
After completing her studies at École Nationale de Cirque in Montréal in 2012, Bridie worked with Germany's GOP Variété Cabaret and joined the internationally acclaimed Circa Contemporary Circus in 2013. There, she contributed to 10 debut works and performed globally in 28 countries. Bridie expanded her skills with a Gaga Dance Intensive at Batsheva Dance Company in 2018 and worked as choreographer on the Circa/Opera Queensland collaboration of Orpheus & Eurydice in 2019. Her solo show, INGRESS, won the 2021 Matilda Award for Best Circus/Physical Theatre Production. Bridie values collaborative, multidisciplinary work, extending her practice into sound art, visual art, and theatre, and was a 2023 artist-in-residence with The Unconformity project.

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