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POW women training, rehearsing and performing

   
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Performance

  
The stilted bride prepares for her wedding amid a trio of fabric-festooned acrobalance pairs. Image by Simon Williams
  "Something Old, Something New"
North Melbourne Town Hall, 2003
Falling in love ... a handstand-walkover over expectant feet. Image by Simon Williams
Some of the members of the famed and fabulous music group. Image by Simon Williams
     
     

Just hanging around - Supporting her weight in a "pike" between two ropes.

POW aerials class - strength, stamina, climbing ... and tricks 
     
Learning stilts with trainer Mandy Pickett.
Starting with short stilts.
At 62 years old, Noel reckons that anything is possible.
Walking on taller stilts is a serious business!
     
Shirley's clown - skirt suit, white gloves and hat.
Katherine's clown - crushed velvet jacket, cap and rose.
Clowning workshops in 2003 - discovering our 'inner clown'!
Trish's clown - red woolen hat and blue boa.
     
 

Rehearsing

  

A three person balance - performed on the slightly undulating lawns of the gardens.
"Global Garden Party" in the St Kilda Gardens, 2004

Several acrobalance pairs have developed a routine involving a zimmer frame.
Up near the roof of the town hall, an aerialist tries out her tricks on the tissus (fabric suspended from the roof).
"Something Old, Something New" at North Melbourne Town Hall, 2003
     
Another hall in another town (Mt Beauty) ... performers and musicians get a feel for the new space.
 POW tour to parts of rural Victoria with "Maiden Aunt's Story" in 2003
     

Small shows - POW in the community

The audience, seen in the background, are spellbound by the "zimmer frame" routine. Image by Elyse Lewthwaite.
"World Health Organisation Conference" at the Melbourne Convention Centre, 2004

The Melbourne skyline forms a stunning background for this four-person balance. Image by Elyse Lewthwaite.
"Breast Cancer Conference" at the Melbourne Convention Centre, 2004

Three stilted POW women enjoy a cup of tea!
     
POW has been enjoyed by thousands of audience members including Gough Whitlam (former prime minister) and wife Margaret (seen in the audience on the right of this image)
Acrobalance in the gardens.
     
 

Major shows

  
Show preparation - venue, mats, lighting, sound, seating, publicity, front of house ... and rigging for the aerials!
Franca with her scale model.
Rigging designer Franca Stadler makes a scale model of the rigging before she rigs the aerials gear in the venue.
Rigging at the North Melbourne Town Hall - care is needed with the heritage building.
     
 

...more fabulous images of ordinary women achieving the possible (and sometimes the difficult as well) coming soon...
     

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Website editor Deb Lewis, POW Circus. Last updated May 2008.