Foreword

Foreword

Welcome to Liquid Light, the 1998 Dance Graduation season. The year seems to have passed quickly and with many highlights. QUT hosted the 4th Options Tertiary Dance Festival in June with more than 200 students from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa enjoying a week of performances, classes, workshops and lectures. A highlight of the week was the retum to Brisbane of two star graduates- Catherine Quinn and Deb Saxon- who performed Island to Island to great critical acclaim. The Graduate tour to the Philippines in July was a wonderful experience for all that made the trip. The students

performed works by Harold Collins and Natalie Weir and participated in a demonstration workshop.

Our graduates continue to reach new heights in the industry. Associate Degree graduate Tracey Carrodus, who this year performed the title role in the Sydney Dance Company's production of Salome was awarded the Faculty Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Graduate, and regularchoreographerforQUT, Natalie Weir, who has received critical acclaim all over Australia, was awarded a Creative Fellowship from the Australia Council.

Graduates from the double degree course (Bachelor of Arts (Dance )/Bachelor of Education) continue to be in high demand, with all being placed in full-time employment after graduation.

This year we also launched our new correspondence courses for dance teachers and appointed Jude Smith to the full-time faculty to coordinate this course. We have more than sixty people throughout Australia now participating in this course and we welcome every one of them to QUT.

I thank all the full-time staff for their dedication and work during the year. My thanks also to the many part- time staff, including our wonderful accompanists, who are a vital part of Dance at the Academy. Finally, my sincere thanks to the students who have shown great application and dedication to their studies. I wish them all the best for the future and hope that they will remain in touch with us in the years ahead.

Please enjoy the evening.

Susan Street Head of Dance

Academy of the Arts - Dance

Head of Dance/Associate Degree in Dance Coordinator Bachelor of Arts (Dance) Coordinator

Lecturers in Dance

Administration Officer Part-time Lecturers

Guest Lecturers

Accompanists

Physiotherapist Sport Psychologist Costumier

Lee Christofis Adam Cook Madonna Ellaby Brian Lucas Gideon Oberzanek Lisa O'Neill

Anthony Shearsmith Jean Tally

Graeme Watson

Professor Susan Street Kristen Bell

Shaaron Boughen Sue Caulfield-Leclercq Janet Donald

Evan Jones Judith Smith JohnUtans Colleen Brydges SiTioneAtthc:m Harold Collins Fiona Cullen Chael Hilton Dale Johnston Diana Laska-Moore Elizabeth Prenzler Cheryl Stock Wendy Wallace Natalie Weir Simone Clifford Rosetta Cook Mark Gordon Rachel Matthews John O'Connell Martine Redman-Kay Garry Stewart

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Lavinia Dickens Gary Dionysius Stephen Francis David Muller Matthew Rofe Chi Wang Cheryl Ellison Paul Sheath Marlene Lind

Liquid Light

1998 Dance Graduation Performance

Dialogues from a Distant Past

Choreographer: Harold Collins MBE

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Tension

Choreographer: Natalie Weir

Queensland University ofTechnology Academy of the Arts

Dialogues From A Distant Past

Choreographer: Harold Collins MBE Jazz section choreograpghy: Chael Hilton Rehearsal Assistant: Evan Jones

Lighting Design: David Whitworth

Music: Fearful Symmetries by John Adams

by the Orchestra of St Lukes; conductor John Adams

Symphonie No 11 in F Major by Feliz Mendelssohn; 1st & 2nd movements;

by the Northern Chamber Orchestra; conductor Nicholas Ward Handels Messiah A Soulful Celebration

Lizz Lee & Chris Willis & Mike E

Scene 1: The Audition Scene 2: Side Stage on Opening Night Scene 3: The Performance

Choreographer's Notes:

The first part of this work is based on my recollection of my first audition for English National Ballet (then the Festival Ballet Company) on the stage ofthe Sadlers Wells Theatre in Rosebury Avenue, London. The audition process is such a difficult part of a performing artistis existence perhaps a necessary evil that we are all subjected to. Parts two and three of the work were put together to show a positive outcome of the audition process. The whole ballet forms the third part of a trilogy about dance and dancers all of which were commis- sioned by QUT over a period of years.

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Harold was one of the original dancers of the Queensland Ballet before joining The National Ballet of New Zealand where he was promoted to principal dancer in 1964. In 1968 he returned to the Queensland Ballet to dance Albrecht for Garth Welch's production of Giselle.

He then travelled overseas to dance throughout England, Europe, United States and Japan working with some of the best companies, teachers and choreographers including Sir Frederick Ashton, Rudi Can Dantzig, Sir Robert Helpman and Sir Kenneth McMillan. Harold also danced with the San Fran- cisco Ballet and the London Festival Ballet. During this period, he performed a large number of specially created roles and partnered many famous ballerinas including Dame Margot Fonteyn and Galina Samsova.

In 197 4, Harold returned to Brisbane taking up an invitation to become prin- cipal dancer with the Queensland Ballet. He was appointed the company's artistic director in 1978 and remained in this position for 19 years, creating many successful and popular works. In 1989 Harold was awarded an MBE for his services to dance and the community. Since leaving the Queensland Ballet, Harold has continued to work as a freelance artist and most recently has accepted a commissi<;m for a new work from The Houston Ballet II, USA

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Choreographer: Natalie Weir

Rehearsal Assistant: Sue Caulfield-Leclercq

Composers: Astor Piazolla (Tres Tangos), David Binelli (Tango), TheAnnadillo String Quartet (Kika) Lighting Design: David Whitworth

Music: THE GAME composed and orchestrated by Howard Shaw DRUMMING by Evelyn Glennie

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Natalie graduated from QUTwith an Associate Diploma in Dance in 1984 and has forged an impressive choreographic career having created more than 60 works to date. She began her professional career as a dancer with Expressions Dance Company and created her first professional work for them.

Natalie spent 1991 as choreographer -in-residence for the Queensland Ballet and continues her close association with the company regularly creating works for them since that time. Natalie has also choreographed works for Dance North, 2 Dance Plus, Western Australian Ballet, QUT Academy of the Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, Centre for the Performing Arts, sporting events and special events such as the Victory in the Pacific celebrations Flame for Freedom which was telecast on ABClV.

Last year Natalie recreated Jabula for The Dancers Company and has recently completed her first work, Dark Lullaby, for The Australian Ballet, which will be touring Australia next year. In 1998, Natalie was awarded a Creative Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts.

Associate Degree in Dance Graduates 1998

Alicia Adsett Olivia Ansell

Kerri Hammond Tzu-ChunKo

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Associate Degree in Dance - Second Year Cameron Lang

Gavin Thorley

Associate Degree in Dance - First Year Julia Bruce

Jordana Cammisa Elizabeth Chittleborough YaTingChiu

ChaiUngKo Caroline Martin Genevieve Osborne

Kate Fitzgerald

Rachael Osborne Francesca Peniguel Sunday Thompson SarahToso SharonToso Chantalah Webster Jospehine Williams

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Bachelor of Arts (Dance) - Performance Graduates 1998

Yolande Brown Sung-Yu Chen

Shao-1 Lee Hsiao-Lan Wang

Bachelor of Arts (Dance) - Performance Second Year Anna Behnke

Joel Corpuz Kristen Duffas Rosalyn Hunt Shannon Rackley LeneeRiley

Bachelor of Arts (Dance) - Performance First Year Sacheen Gallop

Dejan Jovanovic Asahi Matsushima Glen McCurley Kathleen Parratt Samara Skubij

Bachelor of Arts (Dance)/Bachelor of Education Chris Davis

Master of Fine Arts (Dance) Danny Tan

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Jason Wallington

Production Staff

Production Manager Production Coordinator Production Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre Technician Design Coordinator Stage Manager

Deputy Stage Manager PropsASM

Fly Crew

Costumier

Wardrobe Supervision SetASM

Sound Operator Lighting Assistant Lighting Operator Publicity

Front of House Box Office

Stafford Mortensen Susan Street

Susan Caulfield-Leclercq David Whitworth

Sam Parisi Kim Clark Lisa McCluskey Alison Kirkpatrick Sandy Bekavac Gabby Stephenson Peter Simpson Shaun Kelly Marlene Lind

Susan Caulfield-Leclercq Tim Whale

Marcus Pugh Paul Harrold Allyson Dwyer Karen Willey Joon-Yee Kwok Lome Swan

Special Thanks to:

Queensland Ballet Jason Zadkovich

Technical and Production Management students - Bump-in Crew Sonja de Sterke and Leon Frainey, TALSS - Photography

Amelia Berkovits, QUT Publications

The QUT Academy of the Arts thanks

Rosemount Estate Wines Lades Australia

for their year-round support of the Academy's showcase events.

Caution and Advice

Remember, in case of emergency, the greatest danger lies in being crushed; therefore, BE CALM, stand up, QUIETLY WALK to and leave by the nearest door marked with an EXIT sign. DO NOT PUSH any person in front of you. Escape doors are all unlocked and the whole audience can leave in less than five minutes.

Patrons are reminded that smoking and drinking are not permitted in the theatre during performances. Use of audio and/or video equipment and the taking of photographs is prohibited.

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