Quietly Seething Performances
Juliet Burnett and Sophie Dumaresq
14 November 2026
Day + Time | Saturday | 2pm – 3pm
Location | Canberra Contemporary, Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600
Entry | Free | Registration required
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As part of 'Quietly Seething: Fate, Fury and Transmutation', a major new solo exhibition by feminist artist and craftivist Dr Tal Fitzpatrick, the artist has invited an artist and a dancer to develop performances that respond to the theme of feminine rage.
Kamberri/Canberra based artist Sophie Dumaresq and internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Juliet Burnett present two new performance works that embody the transmutation of rage and fury. Each performance uniquely responds to Tal Fitzpatrick’s installation and the Canberra Contemporary site.
Quietly Seething: Fate, Fury and Transmutation will be presented at Canberra Contemporary during Craft + Design Canberra Festival. Central to the exhibition is a socially engaged artwork that makes space for a conversation about the power and pain of feminine rage using the gentle and familiar textures of cloth. Gathered within this installation are the anonymous stories of 60 female identifying and AFAB people who shared with the artist the quiet seething they carry.
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Sophie Dumaresq is an interdisciplinary artist who explores absurdity, different kinds of landscapes and the politics of care through automata and materiality as both performer and physical maker. Working across photography, video installation, sculpture and performance, her work explores what it is to try and communicate in a universe filled with beings whose brains, existence and or bodies are built inherently differently to that of your own. Her artistic practice explores what it means to share joy, love and laughter in our relationships with both other humans and non-humans. Her work explores the politics of care and mischief making through symbiotic cycles of consumption, destruction, and creation, which demonstrate how as a species we relate, show empathy, learn, and evolve with and within our surrounding environment. Sophie has been commissioned by Sculpture by the Sea for the 2025 Bondi Festival, Dark Mofo and the National Film and Sound Archive.
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Juliet Widyasari Burnett is an Indonesian-Australian dancer, choreographer, actor and founder-director of A__PART, connecting Indonesian and Australian artists and communities. She was a Senior Artist at The Australian Ballet (2003-2015) and at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Belgium (2016-2022) and has guested with Chunky Move, Dutch National Ballet and West Australian Ballet. As a choreographer she co-created dance film ‘Letting Blood’ for MONA/Dark Mofo (2016); dance theatre work ‘in situ’ (2019) for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; solo works ‘Roro Xeno' (2025) for MONA/HOTA at Bleach* Festival and ‘Ketok, Ora Ketok' (2025) for ALOW Gallery; and music clips for Melbourne band Cool Explosions (2018) and Icelandic artist Gyda Valtysdottir (2021). Juliet was named the winner of the Arts and Culture 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians Awards 2021, Most Outstanding Dancer in Dance Europe 2020 for Edouard Lock’s ‘The Heart of August…continued’ and Standout Solo Performance in Portland Dance Film Festival 2021.
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Proudly supported by Canberra Contemporary
Images | Tal Fitzpatrick | Quietly Seething: Fate, Fury and Transmutation | Photos by Claudio Kirac and Lachlan Woods