The stunning full-length solo debut from acclaimed Australian dancer-choreographer Kristina Chan, A Faint Existence is a powerful physical meditation on impermanence, fragility and mortality in the age of climate change. Chan’s performance explores our complex connection to the environment, our desire to make a change and the feelings of helplessness that derail our best intentions.
Kristina Chan is one of Australia’s foremost dance artists—a dancer of great precision, intuition and exceptional physical virtuosity. Acclaimed composer James Brown has created a live electronic score that connects to the intricacies of Chan’s choreography in a shifting environment created by Clare Britton.
A FAINT EXISTENCE. 2016- 2018
Creator, Choreographer & Performer: Kristina Chan
Composer: James Brown
Designer: Clare Britton
Lighting Designer: Benjamin Cisterne
Dramaturg: Victoria Hunt
Production Manager: Mark Haslam
Produced by Force Majeure
The first work in the trilogy. Also see MOUNTAIN
Sydney Opera House, Unwrapped Festival, May 10th- 13th 2018
First season at Performance Space's Liveworks Festival,
The development of A Faint Existence was supported by Carriageworks, Bundanon Artists Trust and Arts House.
Kristina Chan, A Faint Existence, Performance Space, Carriageworks. Photo Lucy Parakhina
Development images by Kristina Chan and Clare Britton. Performance images by Ashley de Prazer