QUT Dance acknowledges the ongoing collaborations and passion for dance that is shared with our industry partners: Expressions Dance Company (EDC) and Queensland Ballet (QB). We are very proud of our relationships with these exceptional professional dance companies, and look forward to continuing to cultivate innovative initiatives that are of benefit to our organisations in addition to the broader dance community.
INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
GARDENS THEATRE Gardens Point Precinct 2 George Street
BRISBANE QLD Australia 4000
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EVACUATION
PATRONS are advised that GARDENS THEATRE has an EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE, a FIRE ALARM system and EXIT escape signs. In the case of an alert, patrons should remain calm, look for the closest EXIT sign in GREEN, listen to and comply with the
© 2018 QUT. CRICOS No. 00213J. Produced by QUT Precincts.
Information correct at time of printing, subject to change without notice.
5–9 JUNE 2018
Cover image: Fiona Cullen
WarningsTheatrical Haze
Duration
90 minutes (including interval)
EVENT DETAILS
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Essentially Dance 2018!
It’s that time of the year again where our Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance Performance) students have the opportunity to get a sense of what a career in the performing arts is all about – performing in a professional environment and being able to connect directly with public audiences.
Not only do they have the wonderful opportunity to learn and perform repertoire from a diverse range of professional choreographers, they work alongside production and design teams from across the performing arts industry.
Situated half-way through their current year of studies, Essentially Dance presents each year group with the challenge of adapting to different dance genres, experiencing varied approaches to choreography, and learning the nuances of the creative process – all important skills to be successful in the real-world.
We are very grateful for the support and assistance of various disciplines and departments across QUT that assist in putting on this show – Drama (Technical Production), QUT Precincts, and the School of Creative Practice. Furthermore, a huge thank you goes to all the choreographers, designers, and the QUT Dance Team without whom this performance season could not be mounted. Finally, we are grateful to you the audience for your support and encouragement of our students through your patronage of this performance event. The students have worked hard to rise to the challenges presented to them and we are very proud of their progress to-date.
Enjoy!
Dr Mark Radvan
Discipline Leader – Dance, Drama and Music School of Creative Practice
QUT Creative Industries Faculty
WELCOME
30 OCTOBER—3 NOVEMBER 2018
SHOW TIMES & TICKETS WWW.GARDENSTHEATRE.QUT.EDU.AU
40 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Photo © Fiona Cullen
DR MARK RADVAN (Discipline Leader)
CSABA BUDAY (Lecturer in Contemporary Dance / Resident Choreographer / Production Coordinator) AVRIL HUDDY (Study Area Coordinator / Lecturer in Contemporary Dance / Lecturer in Anatomy & Conditioning) DR STEPHANIE HUTCHISON (Lecturer in Dance)
MATTHEW LAWRENCE (Associate Lecturer in Dance) VANESSA MAFE-KEANE (Associate Lecturer in Dance) ELIZABETH OLD (Lecturer in Dance)
RACHEL PEDRO (Lecturer in Latin Dance / Lecturer in Dance Theory)
DANCE TEAM
SEM 1 2018
Sessional Staff
GARETH BELLING (Ballet Technique) HAO BIN (Ballet Technique)
SHAARON BOUGHEN (Contemporary Technique) YASIM CORONADOS VERANES (Choreography) FIONA CULLEN (Contemporary Technique) ALICIA DE LA FUENTE (Contemporary Technique) GRAEME COLLINS (External Examiner – Ballet Technique) KATHERINE HANNA (Nutrition)
SUSAN HOGARD (Ballet Technique / Women’s Pointe & Variations / External Examiner – Ballet Technique) BRAD McCRYSTAL (Dance Film)
RIANNON MCLEAN (Contemporary Technique / Extend Barre) PROFESSOR GENE MOYLE (Performance Psychology) DAVID PYLE (Film Capture and Editing)
NATHAN SCICLUNA (Fitness)
AARON SHAW (Contemporary Technique) MICHAEL SMITH (Contemporary Technique) AB SOW (Choreography)
NATHAN TIGHT (Yoga) REA TURNER (Writing Skills) ANNE WILBY (Pilates)
LISA WILSON (Contemporary Technique / Contemporary Partnering) SANDI WOO (Teaching Artist)
Dance Health Team
MELANIE FULLER (Physiotherapist)
ED BARLOW (Provisional Psychologist – UQ Placement)
Accompanists
BRIAN ADAMSON (Piano) BRETT FOWLER (Piano) STEVE FRANCIS (Percussion) CATHERINE YU (Piano)
School of Creative Practice Administration Team RENEE BRIDGMAN (School Coordinator)
WENDY FREEMAN (PA to Head of School of Creative Practice)
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BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
(DANCE PERFORMANCE) – 1
STYEAR STUDENTS
TOP Savannah BARNES
Emily BARTLETT Maddison CAMPBELL
Tahlia CRAIG Lachlan DOHERTY
Rebecca GILL Jodie HAMMERMEISTER
Samantha HARDING Kirrah JOBST
BOTTOM Alexia JOHANSEN
Holly JONES Bronte MERRICK Isabella PALMER Rebecca SCHMIDT
Asher SIMKINS Christiana STEWART
Eliza TURTON
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
(DANCE PERFORMANCE) – 2
NDYEAR STUDENTS
Chloe CARTWRIGHT Georgia BRADFORD
Alexandra DEWAR Sarah EDWARDS Kayla GELL
Rebecca JORGENSEN Tiara LOCKE Erin O’ROURKE
Kahlee WADDELL
Alivia BOYCE
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
(DANCE PERFORMANCE) – 3
RDYEAR STUDENTS
Orla CHRISTIE Caitlin DABRON
Jessica DICK Brock FIEDLER
Lauren GRAHAM Candice GREEN
Lucy HOOD Matilda SKELHORN
LISA WILSON
Lisa Wilson has a twenty-year international career, working as a director,
choreographer, producer, performer, educator and mentor. Her body of work moves across genres, having created for theatre companies, large-scale instillation work, intermedia performances, opera, major company commissions and full-length independent work. Lisa’s work has been nominated in numerous critics choice awards, was a finalist at The Australian Dance awards, has toured nationally in Australia to critical acclaim and showcased at national performing arts markets. As a choreographer Lisa has been awarded numerous fellowships, grants and residencies both in Australia and internationally.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
GLENN HUGHES
Glenn has worked as a Lighting Designer for many companies including the Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland Theatre Companies, Playbox, Victorian Arts Centre, Victorian State Opera, Malthouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Sydney Opera House, RealTV, La Boite, Jute, Barking Gecko, Queensland Ballet, Melbourne and Sydney Festivals and Bangarra Dance Theatre. Glenn also has extensive experience as a Production Manager for MTC, VAC and QTC and has taught lighting design at RMIT, WAAPA and QUT. Recent lighting credits include:
Swan Lake (Queensland Ballet); Dance 17, and Essentially Dance 2013-17 (QUT);
Government Inspector, The Hot L Baltimore, The Man Who Came To Dinner, and A Chorus of Disapproval (QUT); Tall Man (RealTV/La Mama); It All Begins With Love, and Tales of the Underground (Creative Regions); Awakening, Heaven and Earth, Flight, Black Electric, Spirit of the Lore, and Stolen (ACPA).
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
CSABA BUDAY Production Coordinator (Dance) TOM EDMISTON Production Coordinator (QUT Precincts) GLENN HUGHES Lighting Designer
CAITLYN KIDNEY* Sound and Vision Designer LIZ EDWARDS Costume Designer
JACOB WALL* Head of Set and Flys
HELEN GILLESPIE* Production Stage Manager SOPHIE WATKINS* Deputy Stage Manager MEIKA CLARK* Assistant Stage Manager MARY-ROSE O’MULLANE* Head Electrician
TESSA MARINELLI-CLARKE* Head of Sound and Vision/Operator CHRISTOPHER CONWAY* Lighting Operator
ZACHARY NEVILLE*, KELLY HAU* Floor LX RAJIV TAMANG* Sound Assistant
*Indicates Technical Production student
PRODUCTION TEAM
Produced for the Creative Indusries Faculty by QUT Precincts PROFESSOR SUSAN STREET AO Executive Director JILL STANDFIELD Operations Manager
ANDREW EARLE Senior Theatre Technician JAMES MILLIS Theatre Technician
THOMAS EDMISTON Production Coordinator ROSA HIRAKATA Wardrobe Supervisor WARRICK PHILLIPS Workshop Supervisor ALISON CLIFFORD Senior Marketing Officer JESSICA BARRON Customer Service Coordinator MALLORY CHASE Front of House Officer Technical Production staff
TONY BRUMPTON Coordinator CARLY O’NEILL Lecturer TESSA RIXON Lecturer
CSABA BUDAY
A graduate of the Australian Ballet School, Csaba has had an impressive career as a performer, choreographer and teacher spanning over 34 years. He has worked with many of Australia’s leading professional dance companies including The Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Dance North and Leigh Warren and Dancers, performing numerous works by notable Australian and International choreographers, including the work of world acclaimed dance maker William Forsythe (Forsythe Company and Frankfurt Ballet). During this period Csaba toured extensively throughout Australia, Asia and Europe, performing at major International Arts Festivals, as well as appearing at the Turning World Festival in London. Csaba has choreographed a total of 43 major works that have been presented in Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the United Kingdom and the USA. Csaba is a 1999 Choreographic Fellowship recipient (Choreographic Centre, Canberra). Between 2000 and 2003 Csaba held the position of Artist-in-Residence at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Csaba graduated from QUT with a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice and a Master of Arts (Research) and the Australian Ballet School with a Diploma (Dance).
MATTHEW LAWRENCE
New Zealand-born Matthew Lawrence began his dance career with the Australian Ballet, where in 2004 he rose to the rank of Principal Dancer before relocating to Birmingham Royal Ballet as a Principal Dancer in 2007. In 2013, he returned to Australia under the draw of working with Queensland Ballet Artistic Director Li Cunxin until 2014. Since then, Matthew has taught extensively in a variety of settings, from the Australian Ballet and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), to Queensland Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s program and as ambassador for the Royal Academy of Dance’s Project B. Creatively, Matthew has choreographed works for Birmingham Royal Ballet, Queensland Ballet, QUT and other leading dance institutions in Australia and abroad. He is also a columnist for Dance Australia.
NATALIE WEIR
Natalie Weir is an internationally-renowned Australian choreographer. Prior to her appointment as Artistic Director of Expressions Dance Company (EDC) in 2009 she was resident choreographer at the Australian Ballet and Queensland Ballet. She has created over 170 professional works in her 30 year career, including new works for West Australian Ballet, Houston Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Hong Kong Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Her EDC signature productions are where the heart is, R&J, When Time Stops, The Red Shoes, 7 Deadly Sins and Behind Closed Doors.
During her time at EDC the company has earned 10 Helpmann Awards and Australian Dance Award nominations.
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PROGRAM
The Female Side
Choreographer NATALIE WEIR in collaboration with MICHELLE BARNETT Music TRICHOTOMY with Vocalist KRISTIN BERARDI
Dancers BFA (DANCE PERFORMANCE) 3
RDYEAR STUDENTS Costumer Designer GREG CLARKE
The Female/Male Side is a scene from Natalie Weir’s 2017 signature work for Expressions
Dance Company, Behind Closed Doors. Set in a worldly hotel, Behind Closed Doors offers the audience scintillating glimpses into the minds and lives of guests and staff, and what they hide from the outside world, in a stylised late-night world.
In this scene, originally performed by Michelle Barnett, the dancing woman is the very essence of dominant female energy. In the original full work, she embodies the liberated force that is unleashed when the character of The Business Man wears female clothing and reveals his inner longings. The anonymity of the hotel allows him to express his true gender identity.
For the QUT performance this solo is performed by both female dancers and a male dancer- for the male, his gender identity is conflicted, torn between his masculine and feminine sides.
Pressure Point
Choreographer LISA WILSON in collaboration with the 2
NDYEAR DANCERS Music GUY WEBSTER, BEN ELY and MATT CORNELL
Dancers BFA (DANCE PERFORMANCE) 2
NDYEAR STUDENTS Costume Designer LISA WILSON
Pressure Point is inspired by the connection between us and external forces or pressure. It
is a series of kinetic studies looking at the accumulation/build up, the pressure or break and what remains. It is an abstract interpretation of internal forces and resonates with us on a human level as well. Pressure Point will examine this unstable dynamic through choreography between body, object, light and sound.
With my sincere thanks to the 2
ndyear dancers for their creativity and commitment through the rehearsal process and the whole QUT production team.
Once Upon A …
Choreographer CSABA BUDAY in collaboration with the 3
RDYEAR DANCERS Music PAN SONIC, DEBUSSY, NICK CAVE AND THE BLACK SEEDS Dancers BFA (DANCE PERFORMANCE) 3
RDYEAR STUDENTS Costume Curation CSABA BUDAY
Once Upon A … draws its inspiration from tündérmesék (Hungarian fairy tales), folklore and
