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Dance Massive is a biennial event which is now a milestone on Australia’s dance card. It includes over 200 artists in 22 performances and events over 14 days across 3 host venues. From world premieres to a re-vamped cult classic, intimate solo works, dance on film, participatory events and ensemble productions, Dance Massive will take you places you haven’t even imagined. Alongside its performance program, Dance Massive is associated with the inaugural National Dance Forum – a gathering of Australian and international presenters and practitioners – as well as the Ausdance Victoria ‘Dance Your Heart Out’ class and workshop series and the Tanja Liedtke Fellow in Residence. Malthouse Theatre has programmed contemporary dance in each of its seasons since 2005, and in 2009 we began our dance commissioning program. For Dance Massive 2011, we are delighted to be co-presenting two works with Chunky Move, and to be working for the first time with BalletLab and choreographer Narelle Benjamin. We encourage you to explore all that Dance Massive has to offer.
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Malthouse Theatre & Chunky Move present
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Concept, Choreography & Performance Gideon Obarzanek Lighting Designers Gideon Obarzanek & Chris Mercer Executive Producer Rachael Azzopardi Stage Manager Josh Sherrin Creative Consultants Aimee Smith, Lucy Guerin, Antony Hamilton & Tom Wright Duration: 45 minutes (no interval) World premiere season: 21-26 September 2010, Spring Dance, Sydney Opera House
BECKETT THEATRE, MARCH 23 APRIL 2 2011 Image credit: Gideon Obarzanek. Photo by Heidrun Lรถhr
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A NOTE FROM GIDEON OBARZANEK
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I think it was vanity that originally drew me to dance. I embraced its rigorous practice, driven by self-interest in my appearance and virtuosic ability. Being desirable and impressive to others was important and exciting for me. Today vanity has not completely deserted me, but this kind of relationship to dance is no more. It did not end just because of my declining agility and physical power, or even when my body slackened, the skin loosening off my slowly deflating muscles. Initially my relationship to dance was also one of sensation, I felt it, and I wanted to show it off to others. I don’t remember when, but at some point long ago that feeling left me. For physical exhilaration I surf, for an interesting story I read and for easy tears and laughter I watch movies and TV. Watching dance however, is less straightforward. I am interested in performances that reveal something that shifts or challenges my perception and understanding of the world within and around me. But this does not happen often and the works I make as a choreographer do not come easily. In fact for the greater part of my adult life my relationship to dance has been questioning its legitimacy as an art form. One of my strongest motivations in making new work is a search
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for proof that dance performance is indeed a compelling medium of expression. Despite dancing and choreographing with various companies within Australia and abroad and creating many critically successful and popular works for my own company, Chunky Move, I have always considered myself as something of an imposter. Oddly, I most often feel on the periphery of dance, even though I have always been at its very centre. Regardless of my wide interest and insatiable curiosity for many other things, I have done little else for over twenty-five years. In most respects choosing to perform this work is not unique from a history of middle-aged choreographers who have drifted from the stage to running a company and felt the need to reconnect to what drew them to dance in the first place. I am repelled however by this notion of finding one’s way again by baring oneself to the public through a revealing and challenging performance. So what am I doing here? I think I am here because I have an interesting story to perform and it only makes sense if I do it, no one else. Thank you.
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GIDEON OBARZANEK CHOREOGRAPHER, LIGHTING DESIGNER & PERFORMER Gideon became interested in dance towards the end of high school and after graduating deferred science at university to study at the Australian Ballet School. He later danced with the Queensland Ballet and the Sydney Dance Company before working as an independent performer and choreographer with various dance companies and independent projects within Australia and abroad. Founded in Australia in 1995, Gideon Obarzanek’s company Chunky Move has earned an enviable reputation for producing a distinct yet unpredictable brand of genre-defying dance performance. Obarzanek’s works have been diverse in form and content and include stage productions, installations, site-specific works and film. His multi-award winning works have been performed in many festivals and theatres around the world in the U.K, Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Image credit: Gideon Obarzanek. Photo by Heidrun Löhr
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CHRIS MERCER LIGHTING DESIGNER Chris graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor of Creative Arts in 2005. After graduating Chris worked for a number of different companies and festivals as a freelance Stage Manager and Technician. Chris joined Company B-Belvoir as the Downstairs Technical Manager in 2006 and managed the construction of the new Downstairs Theatre before being promoted to Technical Manager. He joined Chunky Move in 2008 as Production and Operations Manager. Chris has production managed the company’s recent works Two Faced Bastard, Black Marrow, I Like This and Faker as well as touring the companies repertoire throughout Europe, Asia, North and Central America. Highlights include Mortal Engine tours to the Next Wave Festival (Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York), Festival de Mexico (Mexico City), Edinburgh International Arts Festival (Playhouse), and to the National Theatre in Taipei. Chris was recently awarded an Ian Potter grant to work with the Royal Court (London) and the National Theatre of Scotland. JOSH SHERRIN STAGE MANAGER Josh is a 2006 graduate of the Technical Production Course at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). His career as a Stage Manager includes: Smoke and Mirrors for Sydney Festival 2010, Tough Time Nice Time, and The Importance of Being Ernest for Belvoir, Actors at Work for Bell Shakespeare Company, Beyond Belief for Legs on the Wall, and Two Faced Bastard for Chunky Move. Josh has also assistant stage-managed The City, God of Carnage, The Great and Doubt for Sydney Theatre Company and Paul, Yibiyung, Toy Symphony and The Man From Mukinupin for Belvoir. Josh is currently the Production and Operations Coordinator for Chunky Move.
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111 Sturt Street Southbank, VIC Australia 3006 Phone +61 3 9645 5188 Fax +61 3 9645 5199 Email info@chunkymove.com.au chunkymove.com Chunky Move can also be found on Facebook and Twitter Chunky Move Team Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek Executive Producer Rachael Azzopardi Business and Program Manager Hillary Coyne Production and Operations Manager Chris Mercer Marketing and Development Manager Jade Fantozzi Production and Operations Coordinator Josh Sherrin Marketing and Development Coordinator Amanda Bishop Office and Program Coordinator Stephanie Preston Finance Administrator Anne MacDonald Class Curator Kristy Ayre Publicity Miranda Brown Publicity Board of Directors Peter Biggs (chair), Stephen Armstrong, Rachael Azzopardi, Jeremy Blackshaw, Dr Kate Crawford, Rhod Ellis-Jones, Gideon Obarzanek, Margaret Parker, Katrina Sedgwick and Margaret Thompson. Chunky Move would like to thank the following people and organisations for their support of Connected and Faker: Chunky Move Staff, Board, Sponsors and Donors, Malthouse Theatre Staff and Board, Miranda Brown Publicity, Sweet Design and Cathy Pruzan. Special thanks for Connected: Josh Mu, Beth Cohen at PopTech, Amber Haines, Malthouse Theatre Workshop, Optical Audio, CLS, Jeff Busby, Raya Slavin, Sam Routledge, Josephine Voets, Matt Adey and Nick Wollan. Chunky Move acknowledges the generous support of our donors who have supported the company in the past 12 months: Â Christopher Baker / Daniel & Danielle Besen (Besen Trust) / Jeremy Blackshaw / Oliver Clifton / Susan Humphries / Jeannette Lefrandt / Christopher Popp / Robert Templar / Miss Victoria Till GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
Chunky Move is supported by the Victorian Goverment, through Arts Victoria and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts and advisory body
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gratefully acknowledges its supporters
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PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
MALTHOUSE THEATRE IS SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, ITS ARTS FUNDING AND ADVISORY BODY
MAJOR PARTNER
PRODUCTION PARTNER
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CORPORATE ASSOCIATES TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS Annamila Pty Ltd
Artists in Residence Program
The Tom Kantor Fund and Dara Foundation
Education & Youth Access Program
Indigenous Theatre Program
Slome-Topol Family Charitable Trust Company in Residence Program
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Artist Program
The Malcom Robertson Foundation
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At the CUB Malthouse - 113 Sturt Street Southbank VIC 3006 Box Office +61 3 9685 5111 Administration +61 3 9685 5100 Facsimile +61 3 9685 5112 Email admin@malthousetheatre.com.au Web www.malthousetheatre.com.au BOARD OF DIRECTORS Simon Westcott (Chair), Frankie Airey, John Daley, Michele Levine, Ian McRae, Neil Smart, Thea Snow, Sigrid Thornton, Leonard Vary. Artistic Director Marion Potts Executive Producer Jo Porter Interim Business Manager Emma Calverley Company Managers
Nina Bonacci & Julian Hobba Dramaturge in Residence Maryanne Lynch Assistant to the Dramaturge Petra Kalive Artist in Residence - Design Anna Cordingley Artist in Residence - Lighting Design Paul Jackson Education Program Manager Fiona James Finance Manager Mario Agostinoni Finance Assistant Liz White Marketing & Communications Manager Brad Martin Philanthropy Manager Tamara Harrison Marketing & Communications Coordinator Nicole Smith Communications Coordinator Jaclyn Birtchnell Media Manager Annette Vieusseux Interim Media Assistant Lucy Forge Interim Ticketing Manager Emma Howard Building Manager Frank Stoffels Bar Manager Cherry Rivers Front of House Managers Tristan Watson & Sean Ladhams
Production Manager Technical Manager Operations Manager Production Coordinator Head Electrician
David Miller Baird McKenna Dexter Varley Lucy Birkinshaw Stewart Birkinshaw Campbell Head Mechanist Andy Moore Workshop Supervisor David Craig Head of Wardrobe Amanda Carr Wardrobe Assistant Chloe Greaves Steel Fabricator Goffredo Mameli Workshop Staff Dan Talbot Scenic Artist Patrick Jones Props Master Ross Murray (lifetime recognition) Front of House/Bar Staff Matt Adair, Milo Adler-Gillies, Mira AdlerGillies, Rebecca Bower, Jacqui Brown, Rowan Michael Davie, Alice Dixon, Graham Downey, Tanja George, Kate Golding, Chloe Greaves, Kate Gregory, Simon Jeanes, Paula Lay, Gabrielle Lowe, Bridie McCarthy, Ruby Nolan, Felix Preval, Sara Retallick, Claire Richardson, Caleb Shea, Mimosa Schmidt, Kathryn Stuckey, Jade Thomson, Lee Threadgold, Pete Walker, Andy Wall, Janine Watson. Box Office Staff Liz Bastian, Mark Byrne, Rachel DysonMcGregor, Cindy Elliott, Rachel Gelzinnis, Kate Gregory, Michelle Hines, Philip Holyman, Mike McEvoy, Fiona Wiseman, Liz White. With special thanks to Stephen Armstrong, Catherine Jones and Michael Kantor.
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MUSE DONOR PROGRAM
We extend our heartfelt thanks to the following donors: URANIA (Muse of the Stars) Anonymous (1) CLIO (Muse of History) Berry Liberman & Daniel Almagor
THALIA (Muse of Comedy) John & Lorraine Bates, Daniel & Danielle Besen, Eva Besen AO & Marc Besen AO, Debbie Dadon, Roger Donazzan & Margaret Jackson, Colin Golvan SC, John & Janet Calvert-Jones, Neilma Gantner, Richard Leonard, Philanthropy Squared, Trawalla Foundation MELPOMENE (Muse of Tragedy) Beth Brown & Tom Bruce AM, Terry Cutler, D.L & G.S Gjergja, Peter & Anne Laver, Tim & Lynne Sherwood, Neil & Barbara Smart, Anonymous EUTERPE (Muse of Music) Ingrid Ashford, Carolyn Floyd, Brian Goddard, Scott Herron, Ian Hocking & Rosemary Forbes, Michael Kingston, Naomi Milgrom AO, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch A.C., D.B.E., Rae Rothfield, Elisabeth & John Schiller, Marshall Segan, The Bardas Foundation, The Pratt Foundation, Leonard Vary & Matt Collins, Simon Westcott, Phil & Heather Wilson, Anonymous (2) TERPSICHORE (Muse of Dance) Graham & Anita Anderson, Sally Browne, Diana Burleigh, Min Li Chong, Sieglind D’Arcy, Rev Fr Michael Elligate, Taleen Gaidzkar, Brad Hooper, Susan Humphries, Graeme & Joan Johnson, Ann Kemeny & Graham Johnson, K & J Lindsay, Pamela McLure, James Penlidis & Fiona McGauchie, Robert Peters, Rosemary Ricker, Robert Templar, Gina Stuart, Jenny Schwarz, Fiona Sweet, Robert Sessions & Christina Fitzgerald, Dr. Victor & Dr. Karen Wayne, Angelika & Peter Zangmeister ERATO (Muse of Love) John Carruthers, Diane Clark, Chris Clough, Patricia Coutts, Callum Dale, Doreen Dempster, Peggy Hayton, Shirley Hickey, Leonie Hollingworth, Irene Irvine, Irene Kearsey, Ruth Krawat, Anna Lozynski, Gael & Ian McRae, Dr. Kersti Nogeste, John & Margot Rogers, Karen Russell, John Thomas, Ann Tonks, Rosemary Walls, Bruce Wapshott & Daryl Moon, Jan Watson, Joanne Whyte, Dr. Roger Woock & Fiona Clyne, Barbara Yuncken, Anonymous (11) To find out more about the Malthouse Theatre Muse program, please contact Philanthropy Manager Tamara Harrison on 03 9685 5162 / tharrison@malthousetheatre.com.au. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.
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DANCE MASSIVE MELBOURNE 15–27 MARCH 2011 AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY DANCE
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