Created by four female interdisciplinary artists; Peta Coy, Tina Mitchell, Shura Baryshnikov & Helen Yee through as part of SITI Company’s residency for new works in New York 2016, Salome Redux is a hybrid dance theatre piece with live music and live streaming technology, based on the infamous character Salome.
Set in the wrestling ring, WWE style, it is an exploration of internalized misogyny in contemporary society. How women explore, repress, and destroy themselves and each other in their quest for authentic self-expression.
It is a sport. A sport in which all female-presenting people are playing a role, whether they want to or not. We often explore misogyny through literature and media within the frame of patriarchy, but what if we were to explore women’s sexuality, self-worth, and internalized misogyny through the mind's eye of the women, their bodies and how they move them?
This work aims to bring sport and art together in the same vein as the gladiators and unpack the blurred lines of violence and entertainment facing those living as women. Stadium style. When will we stop fighting each other?
The next phase of development for Salome Redux will see the project expand to incorporate the digital sphere, and to involve more diverse collaborators/performers and the new addition of multimedia/live streaming and work with local MMA experts, bringing together local and international artists to build the infrastructure of a large-scale performance event, accessible to all via in-person live performance and livestream.
About Peta Coy
Peta has over twenty five years’ experience with movement at the centre of her artistic practice. She has worked in theatre, film, fitness, analytics and dance as a director, choreographer, movement coach, fight director, producer and performing arts educator. She holds multiple degrees in Dance and Performing Arts (University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts) qualifications in Pilates & personal training and has worked in Australia, Japan, Singapore, London, Paris, Ireland, California, and New York.
Peta is known for her astute eye for detail, staunch activism for equal rights, and love of all music. As Director: Salome Redux (NYC), Hunker Down by Monica Hunken (NYC), Invidia by Coy&Co (Brooklyn), Rentokil by Barry Dickins Melbourne International Fringe) Conspiracy by John Kiely(La Mama) Another Twin by Lally Katz (National Theatre), Action by Sam Shepard & Unforeseen Circumstances of a Patriotic Act by Howard Barker (Victorian College of Arts) Savage In Limbo by John Patrick Shanley (VCA) Assistant Director & Movement/Fight Director: Top Girls by Caryl Churchill (Dir: Jenny Kemp, MTC) My Romantic History by DC Jackson ( Dir: David Whiteley, RedStitch) A Behanding in Spokane by Martin McDonagh (Dir: Peter Evans, MTC), Work of Wonder by Christian Lollike (Dir: Andre Bastian)