To maximise the meaning and effect of our performances and events, we draw on the experience and expertise of our industry partners.
WA Opera
Management and staff at the WA Opera are working with our Centre towards the production of a major Baroque opera in 2015.
The production is anticipated to be mounted in conjunction with the Perth International Arts Festival. International and Australian experts in Baroque music, drama, dance and visual spectacle will recreate a major Baroque work, with all its emotional impact, for modern Australian audiences.
WA Opera's stellar musical team will work with researchers from Australia and overseas to ensure not only a cutting-edge production, but major research outcomes produced and publicised through industry internships, masterclasses, an international symposium and public events.
The National Gallery of Victoria
The Centre and the National Gallery of Victoria are collaborating to mount a major art exhibition focusing on emotions within European art, 1100-1800, in 2017.
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), whose Director, Dr Gerald Vaughan, is a Partner Investigator of the Centre, holds the largest and most significant collection of pre-modern European art works in Australia. Many of these works provide rich insight into the emotional lives and regimes of our European ancestors.
The exhibition will show significant works from the NGV collection, and the Gallery anticipates key loans from other Australian and international collections.
The development of the exhibition will involve residencies for international and Australian scholars and curatorial practitioners; masterclasses with international and Australian experts; a major international symposium; and the production of an exhibition catalgoue, audio-guide and floor talks.
Shakespeare WA
The Centre has collaborated with Shakespeare WA to present an innovative evening in their 2011 production of Romeo and Juliet.
Together, Shakespeare WA, the WA Deaf Society and the Centre provided the inspiration, expertise and funding to present a performance of this production on the evening of 31 January 2011 with signed translation for a deaf audience.
Under the leadership of Professor Jane Davidson, we are carrying out research on how successfully the affect of Shakespeare's play can be conveyed through sign and action, rather than audible speech.