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CRICOS No. 00213J
© QUT 2010 Produced by QUT Precincts
essentially dance 15-19 June 10
FOREWORD
It is a delight to welcome you to essentially dance 2010. This semester we are supporting the work of two of our postgraduate students, Tiina Alinen and Andrew Pronger. Both Tiina and Andrew have had extensive professional careers and are broadening their practice through postgraduate study . Tiina has taken our first years on a journey to create a contemporary dance work, Tuki whilst Andrew has been choreographing in the ballet genre with eight of our students across all years and all courses in his new work, Displacement in Motion.
All our young dancers have spent the semester being guided by and learning from the expertise of our guest choreographers. Zaimon Vilmanis has taken the second years under his wing with a new work, The Writing on my Father’s Hand whilst the third years have had their skill set expanded and developed by two young emerging choreographers, Paul White and Lisa Griffiths who together have created Autumn Gone. Both Lisa and Paul were in Brisbane last year with the late Tanja Liedtke’s Construct at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Lisa is a graduate of ours so it is an extra special welcome we extend to her. Paul is returning to Brisbane later this year with Meryl Tankard’s The Oracle, a highly acclaimed one man show.
QUT Dance was delighted to receive an invitation to perform again this year at the prestigious Guangdong Modern Dance Festival in China and our third year students will be travelling in July to participate with their peers – an invaluable experience and cultural exchange opportunity for them. Our students will be performing Stopover 2 at Hallelujah Junction so we have remounted it and programmed it in this season in preparation for their China performances.
We hope you enjoy the talent and enthusiasm of our many young students in this evening of new and revisited dance works and thank you for encouraging their development through your ongoing support.
Shaaron Boughen Discipline Leader, Dance
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PRODUCED FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FACULTY BY QUT PRECINCTS director PROF. PETER LAVERY
Operations Manager JILL STANDFIELD Marketing Officer JACLYN BEATON Production Coordinator MARK MIDDLETON Senior Theatre Technician ANDREW EARLE Theatre Technician LIESEL KOERBIN Workshop Supervisor BRENDAN WRIGHT Administration Officer EMMA CAIN Ticketing assistant LAUREN RECK
QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Production Coordinator GEORGE MEIJER
Lecturer – Stage Management CARLY O’NEILL
Lecturer - Technical Production (new Media) MaTT deLBrIdGe
Leaf Cutting Team
1st YEAR PERFORMANCE Maya Birve
shauna Browne Vera Chen
Luke Currie-Richardson anneke eijkman Kate Fenton Robert Flehr Jake Harrison David King Isobel Larkin sharon Lee Matthew nguyen Nina Palibrk Amy Teixeira hilary Vargas Kelsey Walton Kirri Webb Cindy Wilson
2nd YEAR PERFORMANCE emma Barnet
Michelle Barnett danika Butler Kate Dangerfield Siobhan Dumigan Bridget ewart Lauren Grow Christina Hayes Jake Kuzma Katrina Little emma Marren ashleigh Musk Portia risson Tehillah ross Courtney Scheu Trudy Schofield Jacob Williams Kellie Wilson Jessica Woosley
3rd YEAR PERFORMANCE Alexander Bryce
Jade Coutts andrea dighton Joel Fenton Lachlan Geraghty Molly henderson Lucy Ingham PIa Moore Catherine Mullins Catherine Ryan Cara Szabo amelia stein emmy steiner hannah Taylor Rebecca Waterhouse BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (DANCE PERFORMANCE)
JASON ORGAN – Lighting Designer AssocDipAT, BCAE
Jason graduated from Brisbane College of Advanced Education, now QUT, in 1988.
He is co–founder of JLX Productions, a Queensland based production design and technical consultancy, whose clients stretch from community theatre groups, major arts organisations and festivals, to corporate presentation and events.
Jason’s design credits include Figaro Variations, Power and Sonata for Ten Hands for Rock and Roll Circus, The Little Mermaid, Giselle and E-Motion for Queensland Ballet, The Tale of Monkey for Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe, The Road To Mecca, Sitcom Festival and American Buffalo for Queensland Theatre Company, Seems Like Yesterday and Yarnin’ Up for Kooemba Jdarra and Way Out West, Svetlana in Slingbacks and Scar for La Boite Theatre Company. Jason was the 2006 recipient of the QPAC Matilda Award for Services to the Arts in Queensland.
SHANON BARCLAY – Associate Lighting Designer
For the last 10 years, Shanon has played an active role in the technical production industry as a lighting technician, operator and designer. His design credits include Saul and Machin Scenes for Queensland Conservatorium, The Wiz for Springfield College, and various corporate events, and architectural installs. Shanon’s interests outside of lighting include mixed media animation, low-capacity motorbikes and keeping it real.
HANNAH GARTSIDE — Costume Designer
In 2007 Hannah Gartside gained a BFA in Fashion Design from QUT. Since then she has run workshops on Re-making Fashion with the Brisbane City Council, worked as a costume maker for Queensland Ballet and been a finalist of the Australian Fashion Graduate of the Year Award. Gartside has worked with QUT Dance since 2008. She is currently undertaking her honours year in fashion, specialising in dolls.
KIARA BULLEY — Costume Designer
Kiara graduated from QUT’s BFA Fashion in 2008. Following graduation she was nominated for the Graduate of the Year award at the Mercedes Brisbane Fashion Festival, where she showed her graduate collection. In 2009 she began working in the costume departments of both Queensland Ballet and Queensland Theatre Company, and was also the Costume Designer and Head of Wardrobe for the Brisbane Powerhouse production of The True Story of Butterfish. Kiara is currently completing her Honours in Fashion, while also working as Designer and Costumier for QUT Dance.
QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DANCE STAFF 2010, SEMESTER 1 FULL-TIME
SHAARON BOUGHEN Discipline Leader, Lecturer in Choreography, Performance Studies CSABA BUDAY Lecturer in Contemporary Technique, Choreography
SUSAN CAULFIELD-LECLERCQ Production Coordinator, Lecturer in Ballet AVRIL HUDDY Lecturer in Contemporary Technique, Alignment
EVAN JONES Lecturer in Ballet
RACHEL PEDRO Study Area Coordinator, Lecturer in Dance Theory, Latin Dance KYM STEVENS Lecturer in Primary education
SESSIONAL
TIIna aLInen Contemporary Technique KRISTEN BELL secondary education
MARK BRINKLEY Pas de deux, Ballet Technique FIONA CULLEN Contemporary Technique MADONNA ELLABY Pilates, Dance Technique NICOLE GALEA Academic Tutor, Ballet Technique LISA GRIFFITHS Contemporary Technique VANESSA MAFE-KEANE Choreographic Studies CLAIRE MARSHALL Robotics
GRANT MCLAY Contemporary Technique CARLA THACKRAH digital Media SKYE SEWELL Choreographic Studies naThan TIGhT Yoga
LIZZIe VILManIs Ballet Technique
ZaIMOn VILManIs Contemporary Technique CHANTHALAH WEBSTER-TIGHT Yoga PAUL WHITE Contemporary Technique DANCE ADMINISTRATION
aIsha dIXOn
PASS TEAM (PEAK ACHIEVEMENT SKILLS AND STRATEGIES) BRAD DE ARAUGO Musculoskeletal Therapist
AMY SHELDON Massage Therapist
JAN SMITH Physiotherapist, Anatomy Lecturer DR. GENE MOYLE sports and dance Psychologist ACCOMPANISTS
BrIan adaMsOn LOVINIA DICKENS STEVE FRANCIS BRETT FOWLER DAVID MULLER LINDSAY STAFFORD PAUL YOUNG
ZAIMON VILMANIS — Choreographer
Zaimon Vilmanis has a long standing career as a professional dancer for companies such as Random Dance Company (UK), Attic Dance Company (UK) and Expressions Dance Company (Australia), touring all over the world to festivals in Mexico, Germany, China, United States, New Caledonia, Hong Kong, and Lithuania. Some of Zaimon’s choreographic credits include works for Resolutions (London), EDC, Central Queensland University, Belltower II, Brisbane and a commission for Sybella Blencowe. In 2010 Zaimon was invited to choreograph for QUT’s Essentially Dance and Expressions Dance Company’s Launchpad. He has also received a place in the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts Fresh Ground program, supported by Arts Queensland, to begin development on a new work A Likely Distrust, an exploration of video animation and dance theatre.
ANDREW PRONGER — Choreographer
After graduating from the Australian Ballet School, Andrew joined The Queensland Ballet under the direction of Harold Collins, where he performed many classical and contemporary works. He has also performed in productions in various genres of dance, including productions with the Australian Ballet, Queensland Arts Council, Australian Folkloric Dance Company and Toadshow Productions.
Andrew is a qualified Cecchetti Ballet teacher and for the past 15 years has been directing his own dance school, River City Dance. Numerous students have continued on to the professional performing arts industry in companies and training institutions. andrew has been a guest teacher and speaker within the dance industry across Australia. He is currently studying in the Masters of Fine Arts, Dance Course.
PAUL WHITE — Choreographer
Paul joined Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) in 2001 and was involved in numerous creative developments, national and international tours. In 2004 he joined London’s DV8 Physical Theatre for the development of Just For Show and the asian and european tours. he has performed as a guest in Exodo with Venezuelan dance company Danzahoy, at the Joyce Theatre, New York. Paul participated in the Honour Bound project (sydney Opera House/ Malthouse Theatre) and in Tanja Liedtke’s Twelfth Floor. he also worked on the initial development of Construct, and performed in the premiere season of the work at the Southbank Centre, London. In 2008 Paul performed Construct for the Sydney Festival, participated in a Performance Space Residency, undertook a Critical Path development with Meryl Tankard, participated in the development of a new work The Red Room for David Hughes Dance Edinburgh, Scotland, choreographed a short piece for Quantum Leap ACT, and danced for Narelle Benjamin in In Glass.
Paul won the 2008 helpmann award for the Best Male dancer in a dance or theatre production and the 2008 Australian Dance Award for the Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer. Paul toured Tanja Liedtke’s Twelfth Floor and Construct internationally and nationally. He also appeared on the USA’s Super Stars of Dance and in collaboration with Meryl Tankard choreographed a solo piece The Oracle, which he performed at the Sydney Opera House and Malthouse Theatres. Paul has a substantial history of teaching with Australian Dance Theatre, Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Dance Company. In 2010 Paul will choreograph for the Australian So You Think You Can Dance.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Dance Production Coordinator SUSAN CAULFIELD–LECLERCQ Lighting designer JASON ORGAN
associate Lighting designer SHANON BARCLAY Costume Designers KIARA BULLEY, HANNAH GARTSIDE
Costume Seamstresses KIARA BULLEY, HANNAH GARTSIDE, SARAH CAMPBELL Production stage Manager JESSIE RASMUSSEN*
deputy stage Managers FIONA MCKEON*, KIRBY ELMSLY*
Assistant Stage Manager STEPHANIE HOLLEY*
head electrician JACK JOHNSON*
Lighting Operator WHITNEY EGLINGTON*
Floor Electrician CLARK CORBY*
Audio & Visual Coordinator DARREN HAWKINS*
sound Operator DARREN HAWKINS*
aV Operator NICHOLAS JOHNSON*
Production Assistant - Set/Flys JONATHAN THOMSON*
Crew ZOE BAILEY*, DARCY COOK*, KANE ERNST*, HARLEY MANN*, MIA SCHACK*, BEN SIEBUHR*, EMMA WENLOCK*, BRENTON WHITAKER*
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
SHAARON BOUGHEN — Choreographer, Costume Designer MA Uni of Kent, BA(Hons) Laban Centre, UK
Shaaron is Discipline Leader for Dance and supervises Postgraduate Studies in Dance.
She has worked as a performer and teacher in the UK and Australia and has an extensive practice as a choreographer (over 30 works), curator and costume designer.
Shaaron taught contemporary dance techniques for many years and is still involved in choreographing and teaching choreography, alignment for dancers, and collaborative forms of practice across all the disciplines in the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT.
Shaaron’s recent choreographic practice has diversified into collaborative practices with architecture, music, fashion and digital media forms.
Shaaron is the Queensland Dance reviewer for The Australian and has published in Realtime, Innovation In Australian Arts Media And Design and Currency Companion To Music And Dance In Australia. She has facilitated many post-performance discussions with leading choreographers and is on The australian dance awards Panel which was created in 1997 to acknowledge and honour excellence in the professional dance sector in Australia.
* Indicates QUT Creative Industries Technical Production student TIINA ALINEN — Choreographer
Tiina Alinen was born on Aboriginal land and lives in contemporary Australia with acknowledgement for Aboriginal cultural heritage. Tiina strongly identifies with her Finnish cultural heritage. With her community... life is experienced through choreography, teaching, dancing, community life, mothering, massage therapy, photography and filmmaking. As a multi modal life practitioner, Tiina lives the embodied book... connecting with culture, people and land through dance.
Most recently Tiina held the position of Head of Contemporary Dance at the New Zealand School of Dance for 2008 & 2009. Her professional leadership includes many arts projects funded by local, state and federal grants she has initiated, created and developed within Australia and the South Pacific. Currently Tiina is undertaking postgraduate studies through an MA (Research) at Creative Industries, QUT. Her research interest is how connection to land from an Indigenous perspective can inform and support the creative process toward dance making and performance.
LISA GRIFFITHS — Choreographer
Lisa studied at QUT DANCE and the Centre of Performing Arts. She worked with Chris Jannides’ (NZ) before joining Gideon Obarzanek’s Chunky Move, where she toured nationally and internationally for three years. In 2002 Lisa was commissioned, with Kirstie Mckracken, to make a short dance work for Dance Tracks at the Studio, Sydney Opera House. She then joined Tasdance, working with choreographers Natalie Weir, Phillip Adams, Tanja Liedtke and Sue Healey. Lisa was offered a Dance Web scholarship to attend Impulstanz Festival, represented Australia at the Swiss Coaching Project in Zurich under the direction of Carolyn Carlson (Paris), and has worked for Amanda Phillips on many projects including Crush for which she received an Australian Dance nomination for Best Female Performance. She has danced in Sue Healey films Fine Line, 3 Times and Once in a Blue Moon. Lisa is a resident dancer in Sue Healey Company and has performed works Fine Line Terrain, Inevitable Scenarios, As you take time and The Curiosities. In 2009 Lisa toured the UK with Tanja Liedtke’s Twelfth Floor and danced the role of Tanja Liedtke in Construct nationally and internationally. Lisa worked with Meryl Tankard on a remount of Pearl for the sydney Opera house. she joined Leigh Warren and Dancers in 2005, touring the USA performing Quick Brown Fox, by Leigh Warren and William Forsythe. She has danced for Leigh Warren in the Phillip Glass Operas, Einstein on the Beach and Satragraha and then in Seven and Impulse for which she was nominated for Best Female Performance for the Australian Dance awards. For the 2010 Adelaide Festival Lisa danced for Prue Lang (William Forsythe Company) and is developing a new work with dancer Craig Bary.
Displacement in Motion Choreography ANDREW PRONGER Lighting Design JASON ORGAN Costume Design KIARA BULLEY
Images ANDREW PRONGER AND LEON FRAINEY Music PETER SCULTHORPE
Dancers BRIDGET EWART, MOLLY HENDERSON, CARA SZABO, JESSICA WOOSLEY, ALEXANDER BRYCE, TERRY SANDERSON (BFA DANCE), JAKE HARRISON, ROBERT FLEHR.
Displacement in Motion engages a creative fusion between dance and photographic images projected in the performance space. Guided by the dancers and media, the audience experiences a journey of electric Summer landscapes, lost love in the Fall, silhouetted experiences through Winter darkness to the conclusion with luminous hues of spring.
Thanks to Ree, Brad and the dancers for their creative assistance and patience.
Stopover 2 at Hallelujah Junction
Choreography SHAARON BOUGHEN in collaboration with the dancers
Lighting Design - Original design DAVID MURRAY, Reconstructed by JASON ORGAN Costume Design SHAARON BOUGHEN, HANNAH GARTSIDE
Music JOHN ADAMS
dancers 3rd YEAR BFA DANCE PERFORMANCE
Hallelujah Junction is a small crossroads hamlet in Nevada. John Adams wondered what kind of music would have such a name and composed Hallelujah Junction for two pianos. I wondered what kind of dance would exist at this crossroad.
Tuki
Choreography TIINA ALINEN with the Tuki Community Lighting Design JASON ORGAN
Costume Design HANNAH GARTSIDE
Music GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU, JEAN SIBELIUS, LYRICS AND VOCAL BY CARITA ALI-HAAPALA;
GUITARIST AND BACK UP VOCAL BY JORDAN LANGE; SOUND ENGINEERING BY MEISHA STEVENS, VARTTINA dancers 1st YEAR DANCE PERFORMANCE STUDENTS
Film TUKI
Choreography TIINA ALINEN with the Tuki Community Dancer on Film ANJA ALI-HAAPALA
Music JEAN SIBELIUS
Film Camera Work rOMesh de sILVa and TIIna aLInen Film Editing rOMesh de sILVa and TIIna aLInen Photography TIIna aLInen
Kiitos... my family, Deb, Shaaron Boughen, Ian Copson, Dr Michael Howlett, the Beatson Community, Charles Leadbeater and the Tuki Community...
The Writing on my Father’s Hand
Choreography ZAIMON VILMANIS in collaboration with the dancers Lighting Design JASON ORGAN
Costume Design HANNAH GARTSIDE
Music PIVOT, MURCOF, ERRORS, ANTIMATTER, DEAD CAN DANCE director of Photography RYADAN JEAVONS
dancers 2nd YEAR BFA DANCE PERFORMANCE
This work is left somewhere in between. A dream, where the intangible and bizarre are real and where logic and reasoning shifts like sand. A special thank you to Liz Vilmanis, Ryan Males and the staff at QUT Creative Industries.
In memory of Janis Imants Vilmanis (1942-2005)
Autumn Gone
Choreography LISA GRIFFITHS & PAUL WHITE Lighting Design JASON ORGAN
Costume Design HANNAH GARTSIDE
Music PHILIP GLASS, PRESETS, GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR, FLORANCE AND THE MACHINE dancers 3rd YEAR DANCE PERFORMANCE
The crisp smell of winter is on the horizon and autumn leaves colour the earth. Birds twitter and sound the disappearing sun and the world sets about its night time business. Lurking in the shadowy distance a strange man brooding. Who knows why he does what he does, but he does. All will have their journey, and some will have their revenge.
Thank you to the beautiful dancers for creating this piece with us.
Interval – 20 minutes
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