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Ironing Board Dance 6 - A Cantilevered Ballet in One Act, 1984 -Mark Ross, Tim Gruchy, David Clarke and Anthony Patterson 1984-86

Ironing Board Dances – A Cantilevered Board Ballet in Dance 6 – Act One

ARTISTS

Mark ROSS, Tim GRUCHY, Anthony PATTERSON & David CLARK

 

DESIGNER

Collaboration

 

DOB

Various

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Queensland

 

PHOTOGRAPHER

Tim GRUCHY

 

MEDIUM

Photograph

 

PROVENANCE

From Tim GRUCHY collection

 

MEDIUM

Postcard

 

DESIGNER

Malcolm ENRIGHT

 

PROVENANCE

From the Mark ROSS collection

DATE

7 – 14 December 1984

 

RELATIONSHIPS

Artist-run

 

CONTEXTUAL INFO

Mark Ross: “My performance pieces emerged from a domestic base – Glad Wrap Dance, Rat Trap Dance and Ironing Board Dances. The first ironing board dance was a short solo piece with three ironing boards that attached to the back and feet to devise a new form of locomotion…”

 

LOCI

Brisbane

 

MEDIA

 

Dance and Multi-visuals

 

RELEVANT ATTRIBUTION

Kindly reproduced with full permission of Tim Gruchy.

 

LINKS

http://dotdash.com.au/timeline/ironing-board-dances-1985/

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http://dotdash.com.au/timeline

 

PERMALINK

https://remix.org.au/portfolio_page/photography-ironing-board-dance/