Taking Flight - Visual Art & Aerial
Created by Grace Law, Taking Flight is a merge of visual art and aerial performance presented as a 15 minute mini-show at Woodford Folk Festival 2019-20. It begins as a girl folds an origami bird and dreams of flight. As her dreams manifests in a life-size origami bird made of 1000 pieces. This is the debut of a concept that hopes to evolve in the near future. The goal is to delve into cross-medium with with imagination and skill.
Creatures - Circus Sessions
Produced by Femmes de Feu and Toronto Centre for the Arts. Circus Sessions brought artists from around the world to participate in a creative week led by director, Monica Dottor. Amongst a full length production, the Creatures trio rope piece is a tri-continental collaboration between Grace Law (AUS), Celeste Bliss (USA) and Leïla Maillard (CHE). It is inspired by the urgency of climate change; the forest soundscape transforms as the creatures explore and react.
Lord Mayor's Young & Emerging Fellowship
Thank you to the Brisbane City Council, Queensland, Australia. Grace was awarded the fellowship for 2017-18 and the first ever circus aerialist to be given this honour. The fellowship supports young artists and enriches the Brisbane arts community through international professional development. This funded Grace to complete a year of intense development in Montreal, Canada, giving access to some of the world's best coaches in her field.
Enjoy the videos below for a taste of my year of training in Montreal. The first is training footage working towards a new act and the second is an introduction to some of my fantastic coaches and the work we did together.
Suspension - Multi-Silks
This piece was commissioned by Vulcana Women's Circus for in their 2014 production, Small Change, as a reflection on contemporary women in work. It later reappeared in the 2015 production of Tipping Point. Four silks and the performer are counterweighted high into the air whilst a team underneath form the braid underneath as a part of the performance. It is a suspenseful fight and dance with the fabric.
The Sparkly Taboo
Created and produced with Aerialicious Entertainment, The Sparkly Taboo was a show that would set your senses alight! Presented as a part of the Wonderland Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse 2015. The cast included seven strong incredible female artists from circus, burlesque and music.
Habit-At by Cats & Cheesecake
Cats & Cheesecake are two favourite things of the company and show creators, Grace, Mayu and Shannon. Habit-At, the show, takes your everyday life and flips it on it's head, again, and again, and again... In an hour long journey, you experienced humour, emotion, friendship, frustration, awkwardness, silliness and celebration.
