Twice Born
Twice Born

The notion of being born twice is a concept that is rooted in the natural world (a bird is first an egg before it hatches to become a bird) but one that extends to humanity - to be born again spiritually.

Twice born is a new ballet that looks at the birth and rebirth of a woman to an imagined community that she has to lead. The challenge for costume was for clothing to feel familiar but other and so we created something that could sit between traditional/indigenous and contemporary/futuristic.

Costume designer

Direction, Concept & Choreography. Dickson Mbi

Original Music. Dickson Mbi

Set Designer. Ruby Law

Lighting designer. Jessica Hung Han Yun

Costume supervisor/Head of Wardrobe. Mary Mullen

Rehearsal Assistant. Kenny Wing Tao Ho

Photography. Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

07_DSC_0345 copy.jpg
05_Principal Marge Hendrick (Centre) in Dickson Mbi's Twice-Born. Credit Andy Ross (2) (1) copy.jpg
12_First Artist Rishan Benjamin and Principal Evan Loudon in Dickson Mbi's Twice-Born. Credit Andy Ross copy.jpg
06_Principals Jerome Anthony Barnes and Marge Hendrick in Dickson Mbi's Twice-Born. Credit Andy Ross copy.jpg
15_DSC_2647 copy.jpg
17_DSC_2697 copy.jpg
14_DSC_0587 copy.jpg
10_DSC_2570 copy.jpg
09_DSC_2541 copy.jpg
Twice Born
07_DSC_0345 copy.jpg
05_Principal Marge Hendrick (Centre) in Dickson Mbi's Twice-Born. Credit Andy Ross (2) (1) copy.jpg
12_First Artist Rishan Benjamin and Principal Evan Loudon in Dickson Mbi's Twice-Born. Credit Andy Ross copy.jpg
06_Principals Jerome Anthony Barnes and Marge Hendrick in Dickson Mbi's Twice-Born. Credit Andy Ross copy.jpg
15_DSC_2647 copy.jpg
17_DSC_2697 copy.jpg
14_DSC_0587 copy.jpg
10_DSC_2570 copy.jpg
09_DSC_2541 copy.jpg
Twice Born

The notion of being born twice is a concept that is rooted in the natural world (a bird is first an egg before it hatches to become a bird) but one that extends to humanity - to be born again spiritually.

Twice born is a new ballet that looks at the birth and rebirth of a woman to an imagined community that she has to lead. The challenge for costume was for clothing to feel familiar but other and so we created something that could sit between traditional/indigenous and contemporary/futuristic.

Costume designer

Direction, Concept & Choreography. Dickson Mbi

Original Music. Dickson Mbi

Set Designer. Ruby Law

Lighting designer. Jessica Hung Han Yun

Costume supervisor/Head of Wardrobe. Mary Mullen

Rehearsal Assistant. Kenny Wing Tao Ho

Photography. Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

show thumbnails