RENOWNED choreographer Lina Limosani and acclaimed set designer Wendy Todd hosted a doll making workshop at Penola CWA Hall on Saturday to coincide with the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival.
CWA members helped weave dolls which will form part of the set for The Spinners – a dance performance inspired by the story of the “moirai” or fates of Greek mythology.
Dancers Tara Jade Samaya and Kialea-Nadine Williams will join Ms Limosani as the fates who spin, measure and cut the thread of life.
Ms Todd said the workshop would help fast-track the creation of the elaborate set.
“This section we are working on today is probably only a third of the full set,” she said.
“We had a small number of CWA members and passersby help us out by making dolls.
“It was a chance for them to be creative and contribute to the performance, as the set is part of the story.”
An emotionally charged performance that questions life, death and perceptions of choice, The Spinners will premiere at the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre in July.
