Trichromatic Hula Sistars Revue, Tarja Pabbruwe

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Trichromatic Hula Sistars
Revue, Tarja Pabbruwe &
Petro van Zijl, Auckland
Our focus is sustainability: to
up-cycle & reuse from our areas
of abode & mahi or workplace.
Recycled clothes, belts,
old bed heads
Mademoiselle Cirque,
Frances Valintine, Auckland
The maestro of wonder
& the creator of smiles.
Tennis racquet string,
plastic rings, felt, lycra, gems
Crossed Wires,
Sara Brown, Wellington
Is she free? Is she captured?
Here to entertain you from her
gilded cage.
Galvanised wire, beads, glitter
Allure Of The Big Top,
Rebecca Wendlandt, USA
The circus comes to town
& the boldly coloured big top
is raised, inciting excitement
& wonder in the nearby towns.
Fabric, boning
The Ringmasters,
Zhu Yong Yu, China
A vivid performance of both
women’s softness & strength.
Silk, beads, vinyl
Circus In Many Pieces,
Kabeer Kodaniyil, India
A colourful world to the
outsider but a heavy task
for the performer.
Fabric, plywood, wood,
paper, metal
Fruit Wrap,
Vivan Sundaram &
Pratima Pandey, India
A voluminous skirt, a
blooming bustier, an upturned
hat-bowl of balls, completes
the fruity fantasy.
Plastic scrubbers, plastic balls
Timeless Balance,
Daniella Sasvári Markovits,
Wanganui
Circus acrobats show sculptural
forms through movement .
Foam, plastic , fabric,
recycled curtains
Greatest Frock Show
On Earth, Annah Stretton,
Morrinsville
Ongoing quest to create the
greatest frock ever!
Fabrics
Lady Curiosity,
Fifi Colston, Wellington
Her tattooing is of itself
a beautiful dress, and her
collection full of wonders.
EVA foam, laminate, paint,
velvet, acrylic mirrors
Mirage, Louis Siu Kwan
Wong, Hong Kong
Inspired by the desert
phenomenon, Mirage.
Cotton, wool
Angling For Control,
Renae Ingram, Wellington
Puppetry & fighting for control.
Lycra, cardboard
Taming The Tyre,
Tonny Roeper, Auckland
Taming “waste” back into the
world for a wonderful second
life in the spotlights, as life is a
circle; inspired by Queen’s song
“Bicycle Ride”.
Bicycle, inner-tubes, denim
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Life’s A Juggling Act,
Clisa Tait, Auckland
19th century London with
flickering lamps, this living
statue beckons you to where
the street circus performs.
Fabric, wire, polystyrene
Travel Of Self Exile,
Gu Jia Shan, China
Garments to wear when
living in a strange land.
Wool
Nothing But The Truth,
Thera Hillenaar,
Netherlands
Bringing children’s toys to
life, they evolve into colourful
abstraction, & communicate
stories of movement & colour.
Stretch cotton, styrofoam balls
Sparkling Soliloquy,
Sean Purucker, USA
The Ringmaster’s first
appearance, catching your eye,
announcing the show begins.
Fabric, wire,
glass beads, plastic
Tamed, Untamed,
Hilary Kidd, Christchurch
Rather than quieting the
wildness, this Tamer unleashes
it whilst retaining full control.
Fabrics, gold & silver leaf,
sequins, wire
Siquita,
Jasmine Wakeford,
Queenstown
A nifty way of transforming
hair off the human head into
wearable art.
Hair, paint, velvet
Sensawunda
(Sense Of Wonder),
Ritesh Kumar, India
An enchantress who resembles
an experimental progeny from
the future.
PVC pipes, sequins, Spandex
Techi Suit,
Vivan Sundaram &
Pratima Pandey, India
A silver-plated futurist outfit for
the space-age circus girl.
Metallic kitchen scrubbers,
silver coated cloth
Polar Polonaise,
Hillary Reid, Wellington
Amid swirling snowflakes,
two colourful dancing bears
from farthest far north perform
a heartwarming duet.
Hand-dyed recycled wool
blankets, wool, beads, sequins
Psychedelic Extravaganza,
Tafijul Islam, India
Inspired by the tribes of
Red Indians.
Plastic pipes, beads,
fabric & glass colour
Big Cat-astrophe,
Angela Leong, Wellington
The circus panther oversteps
its boundaries & seeks
embodiment with its trainer.
Shockwaves ripple through the
circus audience.
Chain, fur, fabric
Mme Loyal,
Donna Dinsdale, Te Puke
Tribute to Monsieur Pierre Loyal,
the first ringmaster of circus
history alongside the greatest
circus feline, the Lion.
Recycled bed
coverings, curtains
Cirque De L’Amour,
Audra Kaske, USA
A bag of rejection in love mixed
with the beauty of it.
Tulle, netting, dyed & burned
polyester, silk, cotton
The Striped Facade,
Melanie Child, Dunedin
Inspired by the aesthetic fluidity
of performers, colours & the big
top itself.
Continual zippers, bunting
flags, calico
Big Top,
Garth Lovatt, Auckland
The essence of the circus’s
arrival in town – colour, shape
& anticipation!
Fabric, crinoline, hoops
The Animals’ Advocate,
Angela Fuller, Whangarei
As the pierette’s pure white
satin layers fray away, the dark
side of circus life is revealed to
the unsuspecting crowd.
Stretch nylon, lycra, satin,
elastic, paint
Epona,
Rachael Galuszewski,
Rotorua
Protector of horses, inspired
by the Gallo-Roman goddess.
Horsehair, saddlery, fabric
Rosa (Le Freak, C’est Chic),
Gillian Saunders, Nelson
From a time of voyage & discovery
where exotic creatures from
faraway lands were captured &
returned to ‘civilisation’ to appear
as circus sideshow curiosities.
Baling twine, tin, velvet
Little Columbine,
Shona Tawhiao, Auckland
French clowns, Pierrot,
Columbine & Harlequin
& a bit of the movie ‘Nine’.
Flax, paint, cotton,
ribbon, vinyl
Reveling Ruffles,
Emma Jane Highfield,
North Shore City
A grand festival of fabrics
& extravagant delights...
layer upon layer.
Recycled fabrics, buckles
Zazel, Kathryn Preston & Angie
Robinson, Christchurch
Reflection of the hidden strength that
female performers had, given their
dangerous acts or deformities, that
led them to be caged display pieces.
Polypropylene cage, ribboning
ChicCode,
Triona Cooney, Wellington
The ticket barcode, an invisible
mark becomes admission to
the Big Top.
Screen-printed fabric,
lace, ribbon
The Ring Mistress,
Richelle Dynae Rudeen, UK
The tent rustles in the breeze.
Lions roar. The crack of a whip
fills the ring. The circus is
danger & spectacle, fantasy
& nightmare.
Latex, wire, steel, satin