Blue Genies

Body paint, elaborate costuming and hypnotic dance routines build the roving characters at the centre of Blue Genies in Melbourne, drawing on folk tales and myths from Egypt, India and China among other traditions. Rather than staying in one spot, the performers move through a crowd, reading tarot cards, placing bindis on foreheads and serving fortune cookies as part of the interaction. The result sits somewhere between costumed performance and audience game, built for guests to approach rather than simply watch.