Common Ground // Program (2019)

COMMON GROUND

13 – 17 MAR

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‘THOUGHT-PROVOKING’ – The Age

C R E AT E D BY / Anouk van Dijk FOR & WITH PERFORMERS / Richard Cilli Tara Jade Samaya LIGHTING DESIGN / Paul Jackson SET & COSTUME DESIGN / Marg Horwell

SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION / Jethro Woodward D R A M AT U R G I C A L A DV I C E / Jerry Remkes S TA G E M A N A G E R / Lyndie Li Wan Po

Malthouse Theatre presents a Belvoir production. Indigenous theatre at Belvoir supported by The Balnaves Foundation. Presented in association with Vicki Gordon Music Productions.

Proudly supported by Art Series Hotels. Key image photography by Daniel Boud. photography

by Brett Boardman.

Malthouse TheatreProduction presents a Chunky Move production as a part of Dance Massive. #COMMONGROUND

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Inspired by the alliances and feuds between political leaders on the national and international stage, and the public celebrations of their own reign, Common Ground explores the dynamics of power.

Tracing all the way back to the 17th century, where ballet was birthed as a spectacle to solidify Louis XIV’s absolute monarchy, this dance duet reflects the complexities of our current times. Whilst performers Tara Jade Samaya and Richard Cilli might at first glance appear to be negotiating for common ground, the struggle for dominance is subtle but unrelenting. In a continuously changing power balance, the performers occasionally find some form of equilibrium, but more often than not continue to test each other’s boundaries. Common Ground is a poetic exploration of the challenges our world faces today at both an individual and political level, with constantly shifting grounds always at risk of suddenly opening up to the abyss.

Common Ground is the final stage work of Anouk van Dijk as Artistic Director of Chunky Move, the company which she led from 2012 to 2018.

Common Ground premiered in 2018 to critical acclaim at the Chunky Move Studios and is remounted in the Merlyn Theatre for Dance Massive 2019. #COMMONGROUND

A NOTE FROM THE CHOREOGRAPHER

A NOTE FROM THE CHOREOGRAPHER

CAST & CREATIVE BIOS

ANOUK VAN DIJK CHOREOGRAPHER

RICHARD CILLI PERFORMER

TARA JADE SAMAYA PERFORMER

Anouk was Chunky Move’s Artistic Director from 2012 to 2018. She is a choreographer, director, dancer and the creator behind the movement system Countertechnique. Credits for Chunky Move: An Act of Now, 247 Days, Embodiment 1:1:1, gentle is the power, Complexity of Belonging, Depth of Field, Rule of Thirds, LUCID, ANTI—GRAVITY, Accumulation, and Common Ground–her final work for the company. Before relocating to Australia, Anouk had an extensive career in Europe and toured internationally with her Dutch company anoukvandijk dc. Her company performed at leading festivals and venues including Festival d’Avignon, Adelaide Festival, Sydney Opera House, MASS MoCA, Perth International Arts Festival, Dance Triennale Tokyo, American Dance Festival and Festival TransAmériques. Anouk had an ongoing collaborative partnership with German writer and director Falk Richter, which resulted in the creation of six critically acclaimed works. In 2012, Anouk was the recipient of the Golden Swan (Gouden Zwaan)–the Netherlands’ most prestigious dance accolade.

Richard is a dancer, choreographer and WAAPA graduate. He has danced for Sydney Dance Company, Dancenorth, K.Kvarnström & Co (Stockholm), Lucy Guerin Inc and various independent Australian choreographers.

As a choreographer, he has created works for Sydney Dance Company, The Australian Ballet, LINK Dance Company, WAAPA, as well as his own independently produced work.

In 2018, he joined Chunky Move to work with Anouk van Dijk on Common Ground, and since then has performed in ANTI—GRAVITY (Netherlands Tour), Accumulation (NGV), and the film Traces. Earlier this year he performed in Gideon Obarzaneck’s Recital alongside celebrated percussionist Claire Edwardes for March Dance festival in Sydney. In 2010, Richard received the Helpmann Award for Best Male Dancer in We Unfold by Rafael Bonachela.

Tara Jade has performed with Chunky Move since 2012.

Credits for Chunky Move include: Rule of Thirds, Depth of Field, Complexity of Belonging, 247 Days, ANTI—GRAVITY and Common Ground. She was appointed Chunky Move’s Artistic Associate in 2016. Other credits include: Proximity, Be Your Self, Worldhood, G and Devolution (Australian Dance Theatre/Garry Stewart). In 2019, Tara will be joining Sasha Waltz at the Staatballett Berlin. In 2017, her film collective with Pippa Samaya, ‘The Samaya Wives’ received first prize in the international 60seconddance competition for The Knowledge Between Us and the Outstanding Achievement Award for Dance on Film at the Australian Dance Awards. Tara Jade has received Helpmann Award nominations for Best Female Dancer in Be Your Self and Proximity and two Green Room Award nominations for Best Performer in Dance for Be Your Self and Common Ground.

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JETHRO WOODWARD SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION Jethro is a Melbourne-based composer, musical director, arranger, musician and sound designer recognised for his expansive and highly layered film, theatre and dance scores. He has worked with some of Australia’s leading major and independent companies including Malthouse Theatre, MTC, STC, Belvoir, MSO, Victorian Opera, Chamber Made Opera, Back To Back, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc, Australian Dance Theatre, Aphids, Stuck Pigs Squealing, Rawcus, KAGE and more. Jethro has won Green Room Awards for Song for a Weary Throat (Rawcus), For The Ones Who Walk Away (St Martins), Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid, The Bloody Chamber (Malthouse Theatre), Moth, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (Malthouse Theatre/ Arena Theatre) and Irony Is Not Enough (Fragment 31). Jethro is a Helpmann Award nominee and was the recipient of the 2018 Green Room Technical Achievement Award.

MARG HORWELL SET & COSTUME DESIGN

PAUL JACKSON LIGHTING DESIGN

Marg is a multi-award-winning set and costume designer.

Credits for Malthouse Theatre: Blasted, Melancholia, Bliss, The Testament of Mary, The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, Revolt. She said.

Revolt again., The Homosexuals or ‘Faggots’, Edward II, I Am a Miracle, and The Good Person of Szechuan. Other credits include: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (STC), Animal (InFlux Theatre), Lilith: The Jungle Girl (Sisters Grimm/MTC), Peddling, Cock, Constellations, Music, Birdland, I Call My Brothers (MTC), Resplendence, Chapters from the Pandemic, Save for Crying, Wretch (Angus Cerini/ Doubletap), Big Heart, Shit, Savages (Dee & Cornelius), Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography (Griffin Theatre/ Perth Theatre Company), Ophelia Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Bell Shakespeare/ Chamber Made Opera), Nora, La Traviata (Belvoir), Marlin (Arena Theatre/MTC) and Team of Life (KAGE). Marg was Malthouse Theatre’s Designer in Residence in 2017.

Paul is a multi-award-winning lighting designer and theatremaker whose work has featured across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, US and UK. He has worked with leading arts organisations including Malthouse Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Berlin Staatsballett, Victorian Opera, West Australian Opera, STC, MTC, Gordon Frost Organization, TML, The Production Company, Bell Shakespeare, Belvoir, Ballet Lab, Lucy Guerin Inc, Chunky Move, World of Wearable Art New Zealand, KAGE, La Mama, Chamber Made Opera and many others. Paul has collaborated with directors and choreographers including Matthew Lutton, Barrie Kosky, Sarah Goodes, Benedict Andrews, Neil Armfield, Simon Phillips, Andrew Upton, Michael Kantor, Sam Strong, Peter Evans, Adena Jacobs, Kip Williams, Marion Potts, Philip Adams, Jorma Uotinen, Renato Cuoccolo, Simon Stone, Anne-Louise Sarks, Javier de Frutos, Lucy Guerin, Moira Finucane, Anouk van Dijk, Gale Edwards, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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JERRY REMKES DRAMATURGICAL ADVICE Jerry has worked with Anouk van Dijk for almost 20 years.

From 2001 to 2012 he was the Executive Producer and Dramaturg of van Dijk’s Amsterdam-based dance company, and since 2012 has been the Executive Director of Countertechnique as well as Dramaturg for a selection of van Dijk’s works for Chunky Move.

In addition to his work with van Dijk, Jerry was the Programmer for Performing Arts at Arts Centre Melbourne from 2012 to 2018. In May 2018, he became the Executive Producer for the Australian Art Orchestra. Jerry is a Co-Chair of the Green Room Awards Dance Panel and a peer assessor for the dance panels at the Australia Council for the Arts and Creative Victoria.

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LYNDIE LI WAN PO STAGE MANAGER Lyndie is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, she has worked as a stage manager and an assistant stage manager both nationally and internationally. Credits for Malthouse Theatre: Blasted, Going Down, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Wild Bore, Timeshare, I Am a Miracle and The Good Person of Szechuan. Select credits include: Calamity Jane (One Eyed Productions), Funny Girl, Curtains, Dusty, Hello Dolly, Jesus Christ Superstar (The Production Company), Big Bad Wolf, Grug, Grug and the Rainbow (Windmill Theatre), Separation Street and Ants Cerita Anak (Polyglot Theatre).

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YOUR JOURNEY WITH MALTHOUSE THEATRE AWAITS. At Malthouse Theatre we collaborate with local and international artists to create inventive performances that cut to the core of the human experience. Theatre has the power to interrogate, disrupt and to be an agent of change— and we think it always should. At Malthouse Theatre, the work we produce explores the world personally, socially and politically. Based in a dedicated venue, The Coopers Malthouse in Melbourne, we are a home for live experiences that entertain and provoke a dialogue with and within audiences.

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CHUNKY MOVE

Chunky Move is Victoria’s flagship contemporary dance company. Over the past 24 years it has earned an enviable reputation for producing a distinctly unpredictable brand of genre-defying performance.

Chunky Move constantly seeks to redefine what is or what can be contemporary dance in an everevolving Australian culture with work diverse in form and content. The Company has toured to 40 countries and 129 cities and its international collaborations have become an essential part of its identity.

From 2012–2018 Chunky Move has been led by internationally-acclaimed choreographer, Anouk van Dijk.

In April 2019 Antony Hamilton will commence as Artistic Director, developing an ambitious program that embraces Chunky Move’s role as one of the leading performing arts companies in Australia.

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STAFF Artistic Director & CO-CEO / Antony Hamilton Executive Director & CO-CEO / Kristy Ayre Marketing & Communications Manager / Sarah Cooper Office & Program Coordinator / Maddy Dorevitch Executive Producer / Sarah Greentree Production & Operations Manager / Blair Hart Public Programs Coordinator / Alice Lee Holland Finance Administrator / Sarah Rafferty Production & Operations Coordinator / Angus Robson Consultant / Ann Tonks Program & Touring Producer / Freya Waterson BOARD Leigh O’Neill (Chair) Rose Hiscock (Deputy Chair) Michelle Brooks (Treasurer) Wendy Martin Jeff Khan Sean Jameson Sue Morgan Chloe Weavers (Observer 2019)

THE TEMPLE 3 – 19 MAY

WHAT’S UP NEXT

BE SOMEONE ELSE. JOIN THE TEMPLE.

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No-one ever really wants to be boring old ‘just me’.

That’s why the residents of The Temple are always being someone else.

Dubliner Gavin Quinn concocts a wild Irish brew with an orgy of comedic Australian performers including, Nicola Gunn (Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster), Ash Flanders (Blackie Blackie Brown), Mish Grigor (Ich Nibber Dibber), Aljin Abella and Marcus McKenzie for a short course on How to Be Human.

CREATED BY / Gavin Quinn and the Ensemble DIRECTION / Gavin Quinn

CAST / Aljin Abella Ash Flanders Mish Grigor Nicola Gunn Marcus McKenzie

Malthouse Theatre and Pan Pan present The Temple.

Developed with the assistance of Arts Council Ireland and Culture Ireland. #COMMONGROUND

& NE D E R SC EA H

Richard and Tara Jade sing Nelly’s Ride Wit Me before they go on stage to find the right tempo for the first section of the work.

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