A 20-minute, outdoor work for four dancers on Hoverboards, choreographed by Shaun Parker. Using hip hop, breakdance, tutting, popping and krumping, Shaun Parker integrates these highly popular dance forms with the humorous and visually compelling trajectories of the hoverboards in an homage to Pop-Groups throughout the ages. Performing to a variety of music genres, including pop hits, classical music and groovy tunes, this remarkable ensemble of professional dancers also improvise dance moves responding to the surroundings and specific spectators.
CREATIVE TEAM
Artistic Director & Choreographer: Shaun Parker
Tour Manager: Joel Fenton
Dancer & Collaborator: Samuel Beazley, Joel Fenton, Olivia Hadley, Romain Hassanin, Libby Montilla
DURATION
20 minutes
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HOVER was part of Shaun Parker & Company’s 2021 Trolleys on the Road program and was supported by the Australian Government through the RISE Fund. The development and touring of HOVER is also supported by the City of Sydney and NSW government through CBD Activation Grant, the Inner West Council through EDGE GreenWay Residency and EDGE Sydenham Program, Mildura City Council through COVID19 Event Recovery Grant and Dexus Place Sydney.
Press
“Totally amazing performance!! Thank you for enthralling myself, my children and my friends. If you haven’t seen it, do!!”
Audience member, Redlands Arts Centre
“Hover and the Shaun Parker and Co team delivered a really engaging, colourful audience pleaser for Cairns Festival 2021. The work was easy to manage, their team was able to fit in our with our busy Festival team, and the work filled a niche in our program that we think we now need to fill every year!”
Roz Pappalardo, Cairns Festival AD
“Stumbled across a great free performance by Shaun Parker & Company in front of Customs House. I couldn’t stop laughing at the utter cheesiness of Hover.”
Audience member, Customs House Square 2022
“An amazing spectacle! Great entertainment. The most creative concept I have seen in a very long time! Unique!”
Steve Hederics, Mildura audience member
“Hover and Trolleys” came to us with precision timing. Their artistry – mind blowing to our local audience, included the most extraordinary high quality engaging workshop offering. Circumstance around Covid-19 delivered us this fortuitous gift, for which we are extremely grateful.”
Brad Rush, Redlands Performing Arts Centre
“Thank you! Thank you for performing today! Thank you for creating the amazing pieces you did. Amaaaazing work. The kids, the elderly and the curious loved it.”
Audience member, Customs House Square 2022
TOUR DATES
PREVIOUS TOURS
North Sydney Festival, Brett Whiteley Place
Parramatta Square, Parramatta Lanes Festival
Parramatta Square, Parramatta Lanes Festival
Parramatta Square, Parramatta Lanes Festival
Parramatta Square, Parramatta Lanes Festival
Bondi Pavilion
Bondi Pavilion
Tom Mann Theatre, AMPA, Sydney, New South Wales
Riverside Theatres Courtyard, Parramatta, New South Wales
Adelaide Festival Centre, Dream BIG Children's Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide Festival Centre, Dream BIG Children's Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide Festival Centre, Dream BIG Children's Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide Festival Centre, Dream BIG Children's Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide Festival Centre, Dream BIG Children's Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
