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BODY TORQUE
dance graduation performance 1995
JOURNEYMEN DANCING
choreographers: graeme collins paulatthow
dianna laska-moore
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NARCISSUS
choreographer: natalie weir
Queensland University of Technology
Academy of the Arts
Foreword
Welcome to QUT's Academy of the Arts 1995 Dance Graduation season BODY TORQUE.
The Academy is proud to present a major new contemporary work by QUT dance graduate and nationally recognised choreographer Natalie Weir. Weir's work NARCISSUS, a feature of tonight's program, will be presented along with JOURNEYMEN DANCING, a trio of different dance styles and techniques.
The BODY TORQUE season brings to a close an exciting and varied year for dance staff and students. First semester highlights include RITUAL, a hybrid arts project with Jean Tally as choreographer, the graduation of Maggi Sietsma, Artistic Director of Expressions Dance
Company, as the first QUT Dance Master of Arts graduate and second year ADD student Sally Wicks winning the best contemporary dancer at the Sanlam International Ballet Competition in South Africa. Auditions were held for the Academy's dance courses in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan with the result being a record acceptance of overseas students for 1996. Students were active participants in the creation and performance of CYBER CITY CABARET, a cross disciplinary multi-media project for the Brisbane Biennial. Final-year BA students, worked with intellectually and physically disadvantaged adults and children in a joint QUT/QPAC project titled FOOTPRINTS. The end of semester culminated in the mid-year performance of DANCE COLLECTIONS coordinated by Sue Caulfield-Leclercq and John Utans, where the talent and versatility of the dance students were well received.
Second semester saw the majority of undergraduates and post graduate choreographic majors involved in a range of performance projects. Highlights of second semester include an Independent Dance Artist's performance project in the Crab Room; student choreographies presented at the Queensland Art Gallery in conjunction with an Australia Remembers exhibition THROUGH WOMEN'S EYES; the involvement of several staff and BA students in the
choreographing of the Warana Festival Street Parade and the new look NEW MOVES seasons, under the direction of John Utans and coordinated by Anouk Banhidi-Watts, which received rave reviews. During this semester Associate Professor Susan Street was seconded to the Australian Ballet School until the end of the year, where she will assist in the accreditation of their new teacher training courses.
Second year ADD student Anton was the recipient of an AMP Youth Arts Award for the Performing Arts in October. Several students undertook residencies with dance companies around Australia, including Sally Wicks who has consequently been offered a contract for 1996 with the Sydney Dance Company. Auditions for the Academy's 1996 courses have been
completed with a very high standard of applicant. It was pleasing to note that many of the applicants have benefited from studying under BA Dance graduates currently teaching in State High Schools throughout Queensland.
On behalf of the dance staff and students, I thank you for your support in attending the 199 5 Academy Dance Graduation Performance BODY TORQUE. I hope you enjoy this performance by students from one of Australia's leading tertiary arts and dance training program.
Graeme Collins
Production Director Body Torque
Associate Degree (Dance) Acting Coordinator
Academy of the Arts -Dance
ACTING HEAD OF DANCE/ ACTING BACHELOR OF ARTS COORDINATOR/
MASTERS COORDINATOR
Kristen BellGraeme Collins
ACTING COORDINATOR ASSOCIATE DEGREE
LECTURERS
Assoc Prof. Susan StreetShaaron Boughen
ADMINISTRATION PART-TIME LECTURERS
ACCOMPANISTS
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
COSTUMIER
GUEST TEACHERS 1995
RonAdie Lance Gries Jim Hughes Evan Jones Shelly Lasica Wendy Laraghy Helen Leeson Kathryn Lowe Janette Mulligan Gregory Nash Maddona Peterson Nicholas Rowe Maggi Sietsma Leigh Warren Eve Wicks Natalie WeirJanet Donald Tony Geeves
Sue Caulfield-Leclerq Jean Tally
John Utans
Anouk Banhidi-Watts Tiina Ali-Haapala PaulAtthow Fiona Cullen
Rhonda Davidson-Irwin Nikolaus Gobel
Leonie Leahy Brian Lucas Terry Walduck Reg Black Lovinia Dickens Gary Dionysius Stephen Francis David Muller Val Nugent Victor Wang Cheryl Ellison Marlene Lind Human Resources Consultant- Brisbane Dancer/Choreographer- New York
Director - Fieldworks/Feldenkrais practitioner Perth
Ballet Master Darmstadt/ex dancer Frankfurt Ballet - Germany Dance Artist and writer - Melbourne
Dancer - Ballet Florida
Freelance choreographer - Brisbane
Manager Performing Arts - Arts Queensland Dancer - Royal Danish Ballet
Dancer/choreographer- London Freelance teacher - Brisbane
Choreographer/dancer- Australia!NZJPhilippines Artistic Director - Expressions Dance Company Artistic Director- Leigh Warren & Dancers Counsellor- Careers & Employment Services Freelance choreographer - Brisbane
Dance Performance BA Graduates 1995
BACK: Heidi Seimer, Caroline Bridges FRONT: Peta Bull, Kate Mcintosh
ASSOCIATE DEGREE IDANCEJ-
first year Emily AmisanoShannon Anderson Jessie Bates Yasmin Brock Sara Brown Gregory Cathcart Sandra Elphinstone Lisa Griffiths
Samanthan Nicholls Annabel Reid Melissa Ridgeway
Kirsten Bruton-Simmonds Emma Strapps
N aoko Takashima Elizabeth Thomson Elmar Verwer
Dance Performance ADD Graduates 1995
BACKROWLEIT'roRIGHT: Michelle Buckton, Damara Barnard, Sally Wicks, Anton MIDDLE ROW L-R: Craig Davies, Vanessa Seinen, Melina Charles, Samantha Webb FRONTROWL-R:Natalie White, Teegan Seng, Leanne Spence and Dearne Rosa
ASSOCIATE DEGREE ffiANCID -
second year Jamie ClyneAndrew Manners Graham Moodie
BACHELOR OF ARTS ffiANCE)- PERFORMANCE MAJORS -
second year Yasmine StromJane McKemon Leigh-Anne Vizer
Journeymen Dancing
Journeymen Dancing is a compilation of three dance styles which symbolise the journey the students are embarking upon. By taking them from rehearsal through to performance, we see the dancers evolve from student to professional. This celebration of dance features three different choreographers and three music styles.
Ballet
The beautiful music of Frederic Chopin inspired Graeme Collins' lyrical yet demanding ballet.
To gain full appreciation of the romance of Chopin, Graeme has insisted on live accompaniment.
This will be provided by the Academy's resident ballet accompanist Victor Wang.
Tap
Prelude in C sharp minor Op 45
Annabel Reid, Emily Amisano, Leanne Spence, Dearne Rosa Sara Brown, Sally Wicks, Naoko Takashima, Melissa Ridgeway Anton, Elmar Verwer, Graham Moodie, Shannon Anderson Waltz in D
flat
major Op 64 No 1Emily Amisano & Leanne Spence Nocturne in F minor Op 55 No 1
Sara Brown & Anton, Sally Wicks & Elmer Verwer, Melissa Ridgeway &
Shannon Anderson, N aoko Takashima & Graham Moodie Etude in E major Op 10 No 3 Tristesse
Annabel Reid & Shannon Anderson
Emily Amisano, Sara Brown, Kirsten Bruton-Simmonds, Peta Bull Sandra Elphinstone, Lisa Griffiths, Melissa Ridgeway, N aoko Takashima
Elizabeth Thompson, Leanne Spence, Sally Wicks, Yasmine Strom, Dearne Rosa Etude in Gflat major Op 10 No 5 "Black Key"
Sally Wicks or Naoko Takashima
Prelude in D flat major Op 28 No 15 "Raindrop"
Full cast
Paul Atthow's energetic tap piece features competitive rhythmic duels designed to challenge the dancers' tap skills.
Sandra Elphinstone, Emily Amisano, Teegan Seng, Natalie White, Samantha Webb Melina Charles, Leigh-Anne Vizer, Anton, Craig Davies, Gregory Cathcart
European Folk
Dianna Laska-Moore has reworked a traditional Balkan folk dance and given it a modem relevance appropriate to the Journeymen theme. The full retinue of dancers participates in a spirited finale which concludes the first half of the program.
Yasmin Brock, Kirsten Bruton-Simmonds, Lisa Griffiths, Samantha Nicholls Naoko Takashima, Damara Barnard, Melina Charles, Deame Rosa, Vanessa Seinen Samantha Webb, Jane McKemon, Leigh-Anne Vizer, Caroline Bridges
Kate Mcintosh, Heidi Seimer, Anton Shannon, Anderson, Jessie Bates Craig Davies, Gregory Cathcart, Andrew Manners, Elmar Verwer
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Narcissus
Narcissus, inspired by the Greek tragedy, explores self-image in the modem world. This dramatic contemporary work, choreographed by Natalie Weir, takes a revealing look at the image people project, or want to project, but in the meantime exposing their insecurities. Natalie drew much of her inspiration from the students and the final product is a demanding work of self-analysis.
Sally Wicks, Kate Mcintosh, Peta Bull, Annabel Reid, Anton
Teegan Seng, Deame Rosa, Melina Charles, Elizabeth Thomson, Michelle Buckton Emily Amisano, Caroline Bridges, Vanessa Seinen, Sara Brown, Natalie White Leanne Spence, Samantha Webb, Heidi Seimer, Sandra Elphinstone, Yasmine Strom Craig Davies, Shannon Anderson, Graham Moodie, Elmar Verwer
Music Notes
Composed by Andy Arthurs, the main theme is a mirror-image melodic phrase with an unresolved tension within. This is freely developed and distorted throughout the piece.
Voices Penny Connolly-Coates Andy Arthurs
Violin Harmonica Saxophones Choir
Fiona Cullen John Rogers Frank Millward John Zappia Martin Kay
Griffith University Collegiate Singers, conductor Alison Rogers
Choreographers
Graeme Collins
At 17 years of age, Graeme began his dance studies in Brisbane. He continued his ballet training in London prior to joining the London Festival Ballet in 1973.
Graeme toured the world extensively with the Festival Ballet including the Rudolf Nureyev tour to Australia in 1975. He later performed with the Royal Swedish Ballet before joining the Pact Ballet in South Africa for nine years, dancing many solo roles in the company's vast repertoire.
Returning to Australia in 1984, Graeme performed with The Queensland Ballet before beginning his teaching career. He maintains close professional ties through regular guest teaching and performing engagements in Australia and abroad. Graeme has taught for the Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Expressions Dance Company, Dance North, Australian Opera, Pact Ballet and Pact Dance Company.
Graeme also performs regularly as a guest artist with The Queensland Ballet and has been invited to work with the company on their 1996 North American Tour.
Since joining QUT Academy of the Arts as a full-time lecturer in 1986, Graeme has choreographed several works for both mid-year and dance graduation productions. He is completing a Bachelor degree in Adult and Vocational Teaching through Griffith University and has recently returned from three months professional development leave teaching and performing with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Graeme currently coordinates the Academy's Associate Degree in Dance.
PaulAtthow
Brisbane-born Paul Atthow's career has taken him from Opera to musical comedy to television as a dancer, dance captain and choreographer.
He has been a teacher of dance for the past 30 years and has stage managed many shows and adjudicated eisteddfods in Queensland and New South Wales. In the early days of television he worked as a choreographer and dancer on Channel Seven variety shows such as the popular Theatre Royal.
Paul has developed his own unique tap syllabus which has proved invaluable to the Academy and is the foundation of his teaching. He has choreographed and performed for Queensland Theatre Company, Lyric Opera of Queensland and for the Academy.
Dianna Laska-Moore
Dianna Laska-Moore is one of Australia's foremost Folk and Character Dance teachers.
Her wealth of knowledge comes from a performance career beginning in Sydney and continuing later in Europe with the International Folkloric Dance Company in Amsterdam.
Dianna spent ten years with this Dutch company, both as a soloist and later as ballet mistress.
During her time in Europe, she completed a course in Polish dance in Lublin, Poland, passing with honours.
She is a regular visitor to Europe with her most recent trip to Denmark for the International Folkloric Dance Conference earlier this year. Dianna is the Artistic Director of the Australian Folkloric Dance Company, has a place on the Queensland Arts Advisory Committee, and is a part-time lecturer at the Academy. Over the years, Dianna has taught and created many folk dances for the Academy students.
Natalie Weir
Natalie graduated from QUT Academy of the Arts with an Associate Diploma in Dance in 1984 and has already forged an impressive choreographic career.
She began her career as a dancer with the North Queensland Ballet Company before it became the professional company, DANCE NORTH. As well as creating several works for the Academy of the Arts and the Victorian College of the Arts, Natalie spent 1991 as choreographer-in-residence for The Queensland Ballet.
Her close association with that company continues and late last year The Queensland Ballet performed her first full length contemporary work, BURNING. The work was such a success that The Queensland Ballet intend to take it on their first-ever USA tour next year.
At 28 years old, Natalie has created many works for dance schools and companies Australia-wide, sporting events, and special events such as the recent Victory in the Pacific celebrations at the Boondall Entertainment Centre. One of the Academy's graduating students, Sally Wicks, won best contemporary dancer in the South Mrica Dance Competition with a short solo choreographed by Natalie.
Bill Haycock- production designer
After graduating from NIDA in 1978, Bill's early designs included Stephen Sewell's TRAITOR and Louis Nowra's INSIDE THE ISLAND, both directed by Neil Armfield for Nimrod. From 1984 to 1987, Bill was resident designer with The Queensland Ballet and his dance designs include THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, PULCINELLA, ORPHEUS, RITE OF SPRING, SALOME, LES BICHES and FRANKIE AND JOHNNY for which he was also Scenarist and Director. Winning the Loudon Sainthill Memorial Scholarship in 1986 allowed Bill a study tour of Europe and Japan in 1987.
Designs for the Queensland Theatre Company include DANCING AT LUGHNASA, THE BEAUX STRATEGEM, A CHEERY SOUL, THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, MRS KLEIN, THE GLASS MENAGERIE and GHOSTS to name only a few. He has also designed extensively for QPAT, La Boite, Lyric Opera, QUT Academy of the Arts and for TN! Bill codirected the visual theatre piece WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS, which was the result of a Creative Development Grant from the Australia Council.
David Whitworth -lighting designer
David has been resident lighting designer for The Queensland Ballet for fifteen years. Some of the productions he has designed the lighting for include: SALOME, CARMINA BURAN A, GISELLE, SCHEHEREZADE and SLEEPING BEAUTY. Other recent freelance engagements include, GiiFT OF THE GORGON for the Queensland Theatre Company, OEDIPUS REX for the Lyric Opera of Queensland and the QUT Dance Graduation performances of 1992, 1993 and 1994.
Victor Wang -pianist
Victor is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatorium of Music. He worked for eight years full-time as a solo pianist for the Shanghai Motion Picture and Television Symphony Orchestra performing regularly as a soloist in Symphony orchestra concerts. During that time Victor recorded many movie and television themes. These recordings were released throughout China as solo piano music cassettes. Victor has also recorded several compact discs of violin and piano sonatas. He emigrated to Australia in 1987 and has worked as a regular ballet accompanist for QUT Academy of the Arts since 1989. In his spare time, Victor tutors piano at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
Andy Arthurs - composer
English-born Andy Arthurs' musical career began in 1971, producing and engineering records at AIR studio with the recording team responsible for the Beatles success, including George Martin and Paul McCartney. He started writing music at the age of 12 and had his first song commercially published three years later. Soon after he composed, produced and performed several British and European hits. In 1981 he met and worked with John Cage and Merce Cunningham who were the catalysts for his move to more experimental and dance based music. In addition he worked with many music theatre groups, notably with the composer, Luciano Berio. During this time Andy founded and directed "La Bouche", a British Arts Council funded music and dance company that not only performed hundreds of times around the UK and Europe but crossed into TV, video, and record deals. He also composed for TV and film and the world's first interactive CD. Since his move to Brisbane in 1991, he has been composing for dance, stage, film, video and multimedia. He has produced two world music CDs and is soon to work with Sarajai from Makonda on an album.
Andy was the first person to graduate from a British university with an honours degree in music and recording and is currently a senior lecturer at Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
BODY TO ROUE STAFF 1995
PRODUCTION
Production and Tour Director Production Coordinator Production Administrator Production Manager Production Designer Lighting Designer Sound Recording
STAGE MANAGEMENT Senior Stage Manager Asst Stage Manager
Deputy Stage Manager (studenO Asst Stage Manager Lighting (student) Asst Stage Manager Sound
Asst Stage Manager (Wardrobe)
MARKETING, PROMOTION, LAYOUT Publicity and Promotions Photographer
Graphic Designer
WARDROBE Wardrobe Supervisor Costume Construction
Graeme Collins Sue Caulfield-Leclerq Ross Buchanan Len McPherson Bill Haycock David Whitworth Warrick Brooks (QPAT)
Len McPherson Wendy McPherson Amanda Keane Ben Lynch Angela Clegg Dimity Vowles
Jenny Kidd and Karen Willey Leon Frainey
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Sue Caulfield-Leclerq Marlene Lind
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Patrons are advised that the Performing Arts Complex has an EMERGENCY
EVACUATION PROCEDURE, a FIRE ALARM sytem and EXIT passageways. In case of an altert patrons should remain calm, look for the closest EXIT in GREEN, listen to and
comply with directions given by the inhouse trained attendents and move in an orderly fashion to the open spaces outside the Complex.
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Acknowledgment
The Queensland Performing Arts Trust is partially funded by the Queensland Government, Minister for Justice and Attorney -General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for
Arts The Honourable Matt Foley MLA.
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