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1999 Dance Graduation Performance

Gelebraling 21 years of Vance

PROPELLED

By Looking

by Paul Old

Interior

by Csaba Buday

Blatant Misdemeanour

by John Utans ·

- 20 minute interval-

Etudes A new view

by _ Harold Collins MBE

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Foreword

Welcome to Propelled, the 1999 Dance Graduation season. Tonight, you will see on stage some of Australia's top dance students, performing on the eve of their professional careers.

In addition to their study this year, these dancers have performed at two

international Festivals in 1999, touring to the Standard Bank National Arts Festival in South Africa (as part of Reaching the World, the 1999 Olympic Arts Festival) and the ?lh International Youth Dance Festival in Macau. The students received high acclaim for their performances in the media and from colleagues and patrons. This is one more example of QUT's participation and excellence in an international community and we are justly proud of the success of our students.

This year marks several important milestones for QUT and Dance within the Academy of the Arts.

QUT is celebrating 10 years as a university in 1999, but our roots go back to the beginnings of vocational technical education in Queensland from the mid 1800s.

The different educational institutions that eventually became QUT evolved in Brisbane alongside and serving the needs of business, industry and government over 150 years. We have ennjoyed promoting the great contribution QUT has made to this society through its teaching and service over those 150 years.

In addition to this anniversary, QUT is celebrating 21 years of Dance. Established in 1978, Dance at QUT's Academy of the Arts quickly developed a reputation as Australia's leading tertiary dance school and, as a result, graduating students have an envious employment record.

Past staff and students have been invited to be part of the celebrations over the four nights of Propelled and congratulations are extended to all those, past and present, who have played a part in creating this history.

Finally, congratulations to those students graduating this year. We wish them all the best for the future and hope that they will remain close to the University.

Please enjoy the evening.

Cherrell Hirst Chancellor

Queensland University of Technology

Academy of the Arts - Dance

Acting Head of Dance I Jude Smith BA and BAIBEd (Dance) Coordinator

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Kristen Bell

Administration Officer

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Colleen Brydges Lecturers in Dance I Shaaron Boughen

Susan Caulfield-Leclercq Janet Donald

Evan Jones John Utans

Part-time Lecturers

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Harold Collins MBE Fiona Cullen Chael Hilton Diana Laska-Moore Rachel Mathews Guest Lecturers

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Ron Adie

Alison Brazier Michele Buday Tracey Carrodus TonyGeeves Christopher Gillard Sylvia Glasser Dale Johnston Stefan Karlsson Colin Kratzing

Costumier Marlene Lind Accompanists Lavinia Dickens

Gary Dionysius Stephen Francis David Muller Chi Wang

Physiotherapist Cheryl Ellison Sport Psychologist Tracey Brickell

Brian Lucas David McNamara Denise Richardson Deborah Saxon Rosanna Seravalli Anthony Shearsmith Leah Shelton Delia Silvan Jean Tally Sally Wicks

BY LOOKING

CHOREOGRAPHER Paul Old

REHEARSAUPRODUCTION ASSISTANT John Utans I Shaaron Boughen LIGHTING DESIGNER David Whitworth

MUSIC Arvo Part: Fratres COSTUME DESIGN Marlene Lind Choreographer's notes:

In using Arvo Part's "Fratres" which is a piece in eight even sections, I have attempted to approach a similar movement vocabulary from different visual perspectives. Part uses chime like interludes to signal a new hour cleaning the space for a new layer to enrich what has come before. In "By Looking" I have concentrated on how we alter our perspective and focal point by giving a fresh point of view to the same situation or object. The predominant physical structure within the piece has been the use of a rotatiing wheel which gives the impression of an ever changing shape, viewing details which can become infinitely more

microscopic and leaving the form alone to view the alluding energy it gives off.

Cast:

17 & 19 November 18 & 20 November

Julia Bruce Lizzie Chittleborough

TimOhl Rachael Osborne

Shannon Rackley Rosalyn Hunt

SarahToso Dejan Jovanovic

SharonToso Sunday Thompson

Glen McCurley Francesca Peniguel

Anna Lind Jordana Cammisa

Kristen Duffus Lenee Riley

Genevieve Osborne Chanthalah Webster

Emily Barnes Caroline Martin

Asahi Matsushima Asahi Matsushima

Josephine Williams Anna Behnke

Tzu-Chun Ko SarahToso

Gavin Thorley Katy Parratt

INTERIOR

Csaba Buday

CHOREOGRAPHER

REHEARSAL ASSISTANTS SET DESIGN & COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN LIGHTING REPRODUCED BY MUSIC

Janet Donald I Susan Caulfield Leclercq Csaba Buday

Norman Kupke David Whitworth

Henry Torgue & Serge Houppin

* INTERIOR was commissioned by Dance North in 1994 for the company's 1Oth Anniversary program.

horeographers notes:

Interior is a work which looks at the issues of cultural displacement and loss of land and language through colonisation. It focuses on the emotion, struggle, drive and perseverance that is generated in the effort to maintain identity, language and sacred sites. This displacement has unfortunately been and continues to be, provoked by the colonists zeal to explore, survey and white peg, excavate, codify and thus subdue and

"conquer" every inch of Australia. Perhaps one day we may witness the "hat of power"

being transferred from the head of a colonist to the head an indigene.

"We are the custodians of the earth and its life forms which we must respect and protect.

We own nothing. Our Earth Mother teaches us that the earth owns us". (Oodgeroo, 1972)

"Interior" contains imagery and movement phrases created from quotes from the

following publications: "The Last Pack of Dingoes" ( B. Wongar); "Stradbroke Dreaming"

(Oodgeroo); and "The Wailing" ( Stuart Rintoul).

1. inner, inside, internal, inward 2. central, inland, remote, upcountry 3. secret, spiritual

4. centre, heartland

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(In order of appearance) Monarchy/Missionary Figure The Indigenous People

17, 19 & 20 Nov CarlieAngel Jesse Bates Melissa Feather Sally Winton Tina Priestley Jason Northam Anthony Di Vito Nathan Tight Amber Moeller Julieanne Bergmann Chia Ling Ko Yuan Yaun Huang

18Nov Carlie Angel Cameron Reid Hsin Yi Lin Monica Wensing 1-FenTung Matthewloh Ryan Funnell Erin Peters Wen Shan Kuo Ya-Ting Chiu Alana Tribe Chia-Yuan Kao

BLATANT MISDEMEANOUR

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CHOREOGRAPHER John Utans

REHEARSAL ASSISTANT Shaaron Boughen

LIGHTING DESIGNER David Whitworth

MUSIC Josh Abrahams I Gus Gus COSTUME DESIGN Marlene Lind I Shaaron Boughen

Choreographer's notes:

" ... Now something's happening .. .There's a pattern forming here ... a certain

freedom does exist within boundaries ... as you well know ...

.. . too confusing ... Can't work it out... Teo cryptic... Just like a Rubik's

cube ... " " .. .fucm." " ... ummm ... I think it's about moving ... Relax ... sit back ... trust ... "

Cast:

17 & 19 November

Anna Behnke Lizzie Chittleborough Rachael Osborne Sunday Thompson Francesca Peniguel Rosalyn Hunt Jordana Cammisa Lenee Riley

Chanthalah Webster Caroline Martin

18 & 20 November

TimOhl

Melanie Hornick Genevieve Osborne SarahToso

SharonToso Shannon Rackley Gavin Thorley Kristen Duffus Josephine Williams Julia Bruce

ETUDES A new view

(In Homage to Harold Lander)

CHOREOGRAPHER Harold Collins MBE

BARRE SECTION CHOREOGRAPHED BY Evan Jones REHEARSAL ASSISTANT Evan Jones

LIGHTING DESIGNER David Whitworth COSTUME DESIGN Marlene Lind

MUSIC Knudage Riisager after Carl Czerny

tltoreographer's Notes:

I took care to tailor the piece to the particular talents that make up the dancers of the Academy in 1999 and also provide a challenge for them. The last

movement is a defile which is a form used in Europe but not in our country. It is a time when a company or theatre pays tribute to the artists who are of course the reason for us being in the theatre.

Cast:

Carlie Angel Jesse Bates Anthony Di Vito Melissa Feather Ryan Funnell Matthewloh Amber Moelter Amerie Omaglosh Erin Peters Cameron Reid ahanTight ._naTribe

Monica Wensing Sally Winton Julieanne Bergmann Jason Northam

Julia Bruce Jordana Cammisa Lizzie Chittleborough Caroline Martin Genevieve Osborne Rachael Osborne Francesca Peniguel Sunday Thompson Gavin Thorley SarahToso SharonToso

Chanthalah Webster Josephine Williams Dejan Jovanovic Asahi Matsushima Glen McCurley Katy Parratt Samara Skubij Tzu-Chun Ko TimOhl

Shannon Rackley

PAUL OLD

Born in Mt lsa, Queensland 1964, Paul trained at the Australian Ballet School 1980-83. He has worked with the Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Netherlands Dans Theater, Rambert Dance Company and for the last four years he has been working as a freelance dancer/choreographer in Britain.

Paul started choreographing whilst in Rambert with his work Stilldance being toured extensively throughout Britain by the company. In 1995 he presented a program of his work in Adelaide. In 1996 he created Elective Affinities for a group of dancers from Prague National Ballet and in the same year participated in the International Choreographic Course ul}iir the direction of Lloyd Newson. Since then he has been creating works on his own dan- whilst working as a dancer with Siobhan Davies Dance Company, Mark Baldwin Dance Company and Jeremy James and Dancers. He was commissioned by the Laban Centre to create a work, Stack, an 18 minute duet which was performed as part of the "Island to Island" program in the Brisbane Bloch Tertiary Dance Festival in 1998.

CSABA BUDAY

A graduate of the Australian Ballet School, Csaba performed with the Australian Ballet, the Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet and the Australian Ballet Dancers' Company before joining the Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) in 1984. During his 9 years with ADT he danced in numerous works by Australian and International choreographers including world acclaimed dance maker William Forsythe (Frankfurt Ballet) as well as choreographing four works for ADT and one for the State Opera of South Australia. In 1992 he was the only National choreographer chosen to represent Australia at the prestigious Susan Della! International Dance Competition, Tel Aviv, l s l.l.

Csaba joined Dance North in 1993 and choreographed five works during his time t including "Interior", commissioned for the company's 10th Anniversary season. In 1995 e returned to Adelaide to become a member of Leigh Warren and Dancers and also took up the position of Artist-in-Residence at the Centre for the Performing Arts (CPA). In 1996 he created his first full length work "CELSIUS-Caught in the wave" for the CPA's second year dance students. Later in that year he spent 3 months in residence with the National Institute for the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan and was company teacher for Cloud Gate Dance Theatre.

In 1997 Csaba, along with a colleague, formed his own project company Gender M Productions Inc which gave its first informal showing in that year. Other choreographic projects in 1999 have included "Beneath Zero", a new full length work for the CPA Adelaide,

"Stella" a Dance/Theatre and music performance for the International Barrossa Music

Festival and also another new commission for ADT. He is a 1999 Choreographic Fellowship recipient from the Choreographic Centre, Canberra. Csaba has performed, choreographed and had his works presented in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Israel, Vietnam, Scotland, England, Korea and Taiwan.

JOHN UTANS

John has choreographed for and performed with various dance companies throughout Australia including the West Australian Ballet Company, the Australian Opera, the Australian Contemporary Dance Company, the Dancers Company of the Australian Ballet, Human Veins Dance Theatre, Australian Dance Theatre, Danceworks and Expressions Dance Company. As an independent performer/choreographer he has worked on performance projects with Don Asker, Lyndal Jones and Nanette Hassall. In 1998 John was a participating choreographer in the International Course for Professional

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Choreographers and Composers held in Yorkshire, England.

91s currently lecturing at QUT and is completing a new performance work-"reading light"- which will be performed by some of Australia's leading dancers later this month.

HAROLD COLLINS MBE

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 produc- tion of Giselle.

He then travelled overseas to dance throughout England, Europe, United States and Japan working with some of the best compa- nies, teachers and choreographers including Sir Frederick Ashton, Rudi Can Dantzig, Sir Robert Helpman and Sir Kenneth McMillan.

Harold also danced with the San Francisco 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.

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Harold returned to Brisbane taking up an invitation to become principal dancer with ttie 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

recently has accepted a commission for a new work from The Houston Ballet II, USA.

In 1999, Harold has been choreographer-in-residence at QUT.

Associate Degree in Dance- Graduates 1999

Jordana Cammisa Melanie Hornick

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Julia Bruce Lizzie Chittleborough

Genevieve Osborne Francesca Peniguel

Caroline Martin Rachael Osborne Sunday Thompson

Sarah Toso

Gavin Thorley Sharon Toso

ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN DANCE -FIRST YEAR Carlie Angel

Jesse Bates Ya-Ting Chiu Anthony Di Vito Melissa Feather Ryan Funnell Yuan Yuan Huang

Chia Ling Ko Chia-Yuan Kao Wen Shan Kuo Hsin-Yi Lin Matthew Loh Amber Moelter Amerie Omaglosh

Chanthalah Webster

Erin Peters Cameron Reid Nathan Tight Alana Tribe 1-Fen Tung Monica Wensing Sally Winton

Bachelor of Arts (Dance)- Performance Graduates 1999

Anna Behnke Emily Barnes Kristen Duffus Rosalyn Hunt

Tzu-Chun Ko Ko-Pei Lin Anna Lind

TimOhl Shannon Rackley Lenee Riley

BACHELOR OF ARTS (DANCE)- PERFORMANCE SECOND YEAR Dejan Jovanovic

Asahi Matsushima Glen McCurley Katy Parratt Samara Skubij

BACHELOR OF ARTS (DANCE) -PERFORMANCE FIRST YEAR Julieanne Bergmann

Jason Northam Tina Priestley

Production Staff

Production Manager Lighting Designer

Assistant Lighting Designer Sound Operator/Operator Stage Manager

Deputy Stage Manager Lighting Operator Wardrobe Co-ordinator Costumier

Set Construction SetASM

Academy Production Staff

Technical Production Course Co-ordinator Production Manager

Senior Promotions Officer Promotions Officer

Gardens Theatre Staff

Theatre Manager Front of House Manager Box Office Manager Senior Theatre Technician Head Lighting Technician

Special Thanks to:

Susan Caulfield-Leclercq Shaaron Boughen David Whitworth Peter Simpson Michael Lockyer Chris Philippi Suraya Rasid Carla Sernia Andrew Gable

Susan Caulfield-Leclercq Marlene Lind

Brendan Wright George Meijer

Stafford Mortensen Matt McKendry Karen Willey Sarah Perrott

Paul Dellit Deirdree Wallace Joon-Yee Kwok Sam Parisi Jono Perry

Dance North; Andrew Renaud; Norman Kupke;

Sonja de Sterke and Leon Frainey, QUT- Photography;

Jason Tweedie, QUT Publications; Sandra Elphinston; Phyllis McPerson

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.