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DANCE MASSIVE

MELBOURNE 15–27 MARCH

2011

AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY

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CONNECTED / CHUNKY MOVe 2 - 3

STEREOSCOPIC / BILLY COWIe 4 – 5

SUNSTRUCK / HeLeN HeRBeRTsON 6 – 7

NO ONE wILL TELL US... / ROsALIND CRIsp AND ANDReW MORRIsH 8 – 9

THE wEIGHT OF THE THING LEFT ITS MARK / sHAUN MCLeOD 10 – 11

IN GLASS / NAReLLe BeNJAMIN 12 – 13

MUSIC FOR IMAGINED DANCES / MADeLeINe FLYNN AND TIM HUMpHReY 14 – 15

DISAGREEABLE OBjECT / MICHeLLe HeAVeN 16 – 17

DANCE ON FILM / ReeLDANCe 18 – 19

SwEAT / BRANCH NeBULA 20 – 21

NOw NOw NOw / LUKe GeORGe 22 – 23

EVENT PLANNER 24 – 25

HAPPY AS LARRY / sHAUN pARKeR 26 – 27

AMPLIFICATION / BALLeTLAB 28 – 29

DUAL REPERAGE IN THREES / DeANNe BUTTeRWORTH 30

THOUSANDS / MATTHeW DAY 31

I COULD PRETEND THE SKY IS wATER / TReVOR pATRICK 32 – 33

FAKER / CHUNKY MOVe 34 – 35

BECKY, jODI AND jOHN / JOHN JAspeRse COMpANY 36 – 37

DRIFT / ANTONY HAMILTON 38 – 39

NOT IN A MILLION YEARS / FORCe MAJeURe 40 – 41

DANCE MARATHON / BLUeMOUTH INC. 42 – 43

AUSDANCE NATIONAL FORUM 44

DANCE YOUR HEART OUT / RESIDENCY 45

TICKETING 47

VENUE DETAILS 48

WElCoME to thE SECoND DANCE MASSIVE MElBoURNE

Australia boasts a vibrant, international reputation for producing dynamic contemporary dance and we are thrilled to have assembled for you this exhilarating collection of works from some of Australia’s finest contemporary dancers and choreographers.

This March, Melbourne will be electrified by over 200 artists in 22 performances and events over 14 days across our 3 host venues. Many of these artists are pushing the aesthetic envelope and blurring the boundaries between forms. From world premieres to a re-vamped cult classic, intimate solo works, dance on film, participatory events and ensemble productions, Dance Massive will take you places you hadn’t even imagined.

Alongside our performance program we are proud to be associated with the inaugural National Dance Forum – a lively gathering of Australian and international presenters and practitioners over two days and nights – as well as the Ausdance Victoria Dance Your Heart Out class and workshop series and the Tanja Liedtke Fellow in residence.

The Dance Massive collaborating partners; Arts House, Malthouse Theatre, Dancehouse and Ausdance Victoria would like to thank our supporters the City of Melbourne, the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Victoria.

Whether you are an avid dance supporter or looking to experience something new, Dance Massive Melbourne is for you!

Australia is home to the oldest living culture on earth. Respect and engagement with this ancient culture and its contemporary lineage continues to make a unique contribution to creativity in this place and inspire our collective consciousness and understanding. Dance Massive acknowledges and respects the customs and traditions of Indigenous Australians and their special relationship with the land. The artists and organisers respectfully acknowledge that this program takes place on the land of the traditional owners of the Kulin Nation.

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A geometry of nature.

In their sell-out, international sensations Glow and Mortal Engine, Chunky Move transcended the limits of earthly form by immersing dancers in an illusory world of motion tracking and projection technology. In their newest work, Connected, this dynamic is flipped on its back and digital technology is side-stepped in favour of pure mechanics.

Teaming up with Californian artist, Reuben Margolin, Chunky Move’s Gideon Obarzanek animates both the body and the machine through physical connection between the dancers and Margolin’s purpose-built, kinetic sculpture.

Margolin’s startlingly live sculptural works - constructed from wood, recycled plastic, paper and steel – transcend their concrete forms once set into motion, appearing as natural waveforms in a weightless kinetic flow. suspended by hundreds of fine strings receiving information from multiple camshafts and wheels, his sculptures reveal in articulate detail the impulses of what they are coupled to. In this world premiere of Connected, it is people – athletic and agile dancers’ bodies twisting and hurtling through space, as well as real people in recognisable situations.

Beginning with simple movements and hundreds of tiny pieces, the dancers build their performance while they construct the vast sculpture in real time. During the performance, these basic elements and simple physical connections quickly evolve into complex structures and relationships.

“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.” Aldous Huxley

Director/Choreographer: Gideon Obarzanek sculpture: Reuben Margolin Composers: Oren Ambarchi, Robin Fox Lighting Designer: Bluebottle - Benjamin Cisterne Costume Designer: Anna Cordingly performers: Stephanie Lake, Alisdair Macindoe, josh Mu, Marnie Palomares, Harriet Ritchie

Connected was made possible by the New england Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.

Image: john Drysdale/Getty Images

FRIDAY 11 – SUNDAY 20 MARCH Previews Fri 11 & sat 12, 7pm Tue 15 & Wed 16, 7pm Thu 17, 1pm & 7pm Fri 18, 7pm sat 19, 2pm & 7pm sun 20, 5pm

60 minutes no interval

TICKETS Preview/Matinee Full $40 senior/Group $34 Conc $30 students $23 In Season Full $49 senior/Group $42 Conc $37 students $23

BOOKINGS dancemassive.com.au or 03 9685 5111

C.U.B MALTHOUSE, MERLYN THEATRE 113 sturt street southbank

chunkymove.com

A CHUNKY MOVE pRODUCTION CO-pReseNTeD WITH MALTHOUSE THEATRE

“CHUNKY MOVe DO IT WITH A HARD-eDGeD IMpACT AND DesIGN ORIGINALITY THAT MAKes THeM pARTICULARLY MeMORABLe.” Manchester Evening News

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wORLD PREMIERE 2/3

In a suite of three exquisitely crafted 3D installations, Billy Cowie's cinematic vignettes alter perceptions of reality, voyeurism and intimacy.

In the Flesh, The Revery Alone and Tango de Soledad combine Cowie's sophisticated choreography, original sound scores and text with highly specialised film-making techniques to create a mesmerising and provocative encounter.

The multi-award winning Cowie's life-sized installations offer a close-up and intimate experience while maintaining the corporeal presence and physicality of a live performance.

Director/Choreographer/Composer: Billy Cowie performers: Sara Popowa (In the Flesh), Eleonore Ansari (The Revery Alone), Amy Hollingsworth (Tango de Soledad)

Billy Cowie is presented in association with Ten Days on the Island and the British Council

Image: In the Flesh-Matt Andrews

MONDAY 14 – wEDNESDAY 16 MARCH NORTH MELBOURNE TOwN HALL In the Flesh 4mins Tango de Soledad 5mins

wEDNESDAY 16 – SATURDAY 19 MARCH ARTS HOUSE, MEAT MARKET The Revery Alone 7mins

Check the website for session times

FREE

ARTS HOUSE, NORTH MELBOURNE TOwN HALL 521 Queensberry street North Melbourne

ARTS HOUSE, MEAT MARKET 5 Blackwood street North Melbourne

wARNING The Revery Alone contains nudity

billycowie.com

pReseNTeD BY ARTS HOUSE

“A JeWeL OF A VIDeO INsTALLATION.” Il Manifesto, BolognaStEREoSCoPICBILLY COwIE

4/5

Inside a landscape of isolation and absence, two dancers inhabit a series of interconnected, physical scenes. A dense interrelationship of body/landscape, people/place mixes with the glorious sounds of live cello and violin in an intimate performance experience rich with resonance.

Long time collaborators Helen Herbertson and Ben Cobham join forces with some of Australia’s finest artists in a performance structure to challenge their collaborative history. ever changing, unique to each performance, an active score unfolds and adjusts in front of you. Like a dream half remembered, a future half imagined, Sunstruck is a poetic elegy for light, dance and sound to slide into the imagination.

Concept Collaboration: Helen Herbertson, Ben Cobham Devised & Directed: Helen Herbertson Design & Light: Ben Cobham physical Realisation: Helen Herbertson, Trevor Patrick, Nick Sommerville performance: Trevor Patrick, Nick Sommerville set Realisation: Alan Robertson soundscape: Livia Ruzic Violin & Cello: Tamil Rogeon, Tim Blake production: Bluebottle - Frog Peck Management: Moriarty's Project

Sunstruck has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and is supported by Arts Victoria and the Faculty of VCAM, University of Melbourne

Image: Heidrun Löhr

MONDAY 14 – wEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 7pm & 8.15pm


TICKETS Full $30 Conc $25



SUNStRUCkHELEN HERBERTSON BEN COBHAM

pReseNTeD BY ARTS HOUSE, HELEN HERBERTSON AND BEN COBHAM

“TRULY MeRITs THe TeRM sUBLIMe... THeATRICAL MAGIC AND THe sHeeR WONDeR OF THe LIVING BODY.” RealTime

6/7

since 2005, between Australia and France, Rosalind Crisp has been developing d a n s e, an ongoing project of movement research. The d a n s e project deals with the way movement is produced by the dancer. Through the practice of a dynamic set of movement-making tools, the dancer’s attention is held by how the movements are forming, by the creating of movement rather than the representation of it.

No one will tell us... is a continuation of the research work d a n s e, at the same time, opens the project up to a new questioning through the dialogue with other performance forms. Rosalind Crisp has invited two performer-artists equally engaged in their own particular artistic inquiries, the swiss musician-performer, Hansueli Tischhauser, and the Australian performer, Andrew Morrish, to collaborate on a work that takes them all to the edge of their capacities, stripped back, living by their wits, not waiting for the end...

No one will tell us… is supported by The Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication/Drac Ile-de-France (projects), the City of paris, CulturesFrance, TROIs C-L (Luxembourg), and the Ménagerie de Verre (paris) in studiolab program, Centre national de la danse (pantin) for studios and Tanzhaus Zurich.

Rosalind Crisp is an associate artist of the Atelier de paris-Carolyn Carlson. Rosalind Crisp benefits in 2010 and 2011 from a shared residency period at La Norville and the Atelier de paris, which receives the support of the DRAC Ile-de-France, the Conseil général de l’essonne and the Conseil régional d’Ile-de-France within the framework of the permanence artistique et culturelle of the Atelier de paris.

Choreographer/performer: Rosalind Crisp Live performance: Andrew Morrish Live Music: Hansueli Tischhauser Lighting/Technical Director: Marco wehrspann production: Rosalind Crisp-Omeo Dance Co-producers: Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson, CDC/Biennale nationale de danse du Val-de-Marne, CDC Paris Réseau (Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson, L'étoile du nord, micadanses-ADDP, studio Le regard du Cygne-AMD XXe), Ministère de la culture et de la communication / DRAC Ile-de-France

Image: Patrick Berger

TUESDAY 15 – THURSDAY 17 MARCH Tue 15 & Thu 17, 7.30pm Wed 16, 9.30pm


TICKETS Full $25 Conc $20 Dancehouse Members $15


DANCEHOUSE 150 princes street Carlton North

omeodance.com losdos.ch andrewmorrish.com atelierdeparis.org

No oNE WIll tEll US…ROSALIND CRISPwITH ANDREw MORRISH AND HANSUELI TISCHHAUSER

pReseNTeD BY DANCEHOUSE

“A TeCHNIQUe seeN NOWHeRe eLse… WHAT COULD AppeAR As AN exeRCIse IN sTYLe IN THe HANDs OF AN AppReNTICe CHOReOGRApHeR Is LIFTeD TO THe LeVeL OF GReAT ART.” Marie-Laure Rolland, Luxemburger Wort

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 8/9

The weight of the thing left its mark frames improvised dance through the relationship between the dancers, live soundscape and masses of cutlery. The simple, evocative design of the space suggests farmhouse domesticity, but the atmosphere is taught as the dancers negotiate the psychological and physical interactions that determine their improvisations.

Director/Choreographer: Shaun McLeod performers/Choreographers: Olivia Millard, Paul Romano, Sophia Cowen, Luke Hickmott sound: Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey

The weight of the thing left its mark has been supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria

Image: Dianne Reid

TUESDAY 15 – THURSDAY 17 MARCH Tue 15 & Thu 17, 9.30pm Wed 16, 7.30pm





thE WEIght of thE thINg lEft ItS MARkSHAUN MCLEOD


“THe DUeTs IN THE wEIGHT... WeRe MORe THAN DIALOGUe. THeY CReATeD FeeLINGs AND ATMOspHeRes WHICH BeLONGeD TO A NeW UNIsON, ONe FORMeD BeTWeeN AND ACROss THe TWO BODIes.” Phillipa Rothfield, RealTime

10/11

Looking at a mirror is looking into a mirror.

The mystery of reflection, and our relationship to it, has inspired as often as it has confounded the human imagination: from the myth of Narcissus to those, like Alice, who stepped through the polished surface to enter a world reversed. When we gaze into the mirror, do we merely stare at the mute image of our body?

Or at something else – someone else?

Two of Australia’s finest contemporary dancers, paul White and Kristina Chan, have united with acclaimed choreographer Narelle Benjamin, to discover what it is when reason is confounded, when one person ends and another begins - what it is to be In Glass.

Haunting shapes and hovering spectres overlap and intersect in Benjamin’s kaleidoscopic choreography. In exquisitely realised images, dances are doubled or made incorporeal; motion travels from one form to another.

Kristina Chan and paul White have both been awarded top honours by the Australian Dance Awards while garnering a legion of devoted fans; Kristina for Twelfth Floor and Construct; and paul for Malthouse Theatre’s The Oracle and Honour Bound.

Choreographer: Narelle Benjamin Composer: Huey Benjamin Visual Designer: Samuel james Costume Designer: Tess Schofield Lighting Designer: Karen Norris producer: Rosalind Richards performers: Kristina Chan, Paul white

Image: Regis Lansac

TUESDAY 15 – SUNDAY 20 MARCH Tue 15 – Fri 18, 8.30pm sat 19, 4pm & 8.30pm sun 20, 5.30pm




C.U.B MALTHOUSE, BECKETT THEATRE 113 sturt street southbank

IN glASSNARELLE BENjAMIN

pReseNTeD BY MALTHOUSE THEATRE

“THIs DeLICATe essAY IN MOVeMeNT Is BeAUTIFULLY CONCeIVeD, CHOReOGRApHeD, COMpOseD, DesIGNeD AND DANCeD… IT Is A FORM OF pOeTRY IN DANCe AND MUsIC.” Sydney Morning Herald

12/13

A dance piece created through the act of listening.

A sound exhibition for possible dance.

An infinite encounter in a small room.

Music for Imagined Dances creates a space for expansive listening. From a vast archive of historic and contemporary compositions, each interaction spontaneously generates a unique music compilation triggering the inner choreographer in each participant.

each compilation creates a unique and personal musical score and prompts the possibilities of dance within everyone.

Creators: Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey Technical support: jesse Stevens Lighting Designer: Niklas Pijanti

Music for Imagined Dances is supported by the New Music Network, 3MBs and Owen McKern

Visual Identity: Letterbox

wEDNESDAY 16 – SUNDAY 20 & wEDNESDAY 23 – SUNDAY 27 MARCH Open daily 1pm – 9pm

On the half hour

FREE


musicforimagineddances.com madeleineandtim.net

MUSIC foR IMAgINED DANCESMADELEINE FLYNN TIM HUMPHREY


“I AM A GReAT ADMIReR OF THe WORK OF MADeLeINe AND TIM. THeY HAVe BRAVeLY WALKeD THeIR OWN pATH, OFTeN HAVING TO CLeAR IT WITH A MACHeTe FIRsT.”Graeme Leak: composer/performer/inventor

wORLD PREMIERE 14/15

DISAgREEABlE oBJECtMICHELLE HEAVEN

Below stairs is a world of differing speed Morning. Noon. Night she eats. . .blackout peas He craves . . .peas

A tall short tale where taste may equal . . .

Blackout

Choreographer/performer: Michelle Heaven Collaborator/performer: Brian Lucas Collaborator/Design: Ben Cobham, Bluebottle Composer: Bill Mc Donald Costume Design: Louise McCarthy

disagreeable object has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory.

Development and previous presentation has been supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria; Arts House, City of Melbourne; Chunky Move; and the Besen Family Foundation.

Image: pea drawing by Carlo Golin

wEDNESDAY 16 – SATURDAY 19 MARCH 7pm & 8.15pm


TICKETS Full $30 Conc $25 standing $20



pReseNTeD BY MICHELLE HEAVEN IN AssOCIATION WITH ARTS HOUSE

“BIZARRe, MACABRe, HILARIOUs.” Hilary Crampton, The Age

16/17

Over two locations at Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall, ReelDance brings to Dance Massive two programs that showcase Dance on Film.

Location 1: The Foyer

The ReelDance Moving Image Collection is a unique collection and record of the Dance on screen form by Australian artists. This collection tracks and celebrates the growth of some of the most prominent choreographers across the country, and celebrates the prolific activity of local dance on screen. This program also celebrates the collaborations with filmmakers, composers, set designers and performers including Claudia Alessi, Narelle Benjamin, stephen Cummins, Gina Czarnecki, Brett Daffy, sue Healey, sandra parker, Margie Medlin, sam James, sean O’Brien and Ros Warby.

Location 2: Outside Cinema

since 2000 ReelDance as part of its biennial festival, has been running a competition for the most outstanding Australia and New Zealand dance screen works. There now exists six, one hour programs, comprising of unique dance works. These works continue to tour world wide collecting awards and high praise. As part of the 2011 Dance Massive, ReelDance is proud to present eight nights of screenings that are made up of these fabulous works. popularity and exploration in the form can be seen by the growth of numbers of the applicants. In 2010, 159 local works applied to be part of the Awards program. These programs celebrate the growth of the dance screen discipline, the relationship of our choreographers and their curiosity for technology as part of their work. Works by artists such as Cordelia Beresford, Gideon Obarzanek, Narelle Benjamin, Margie Medlin and Michelle Heaven.

Image: Michaela Pegum, Siobhan Murphy, Dominic Redfern

wEDNESDAY 16 – SATURDAY 19 & wEDNESDAY 23 – SATURDAY 26 MARCH 8.30pm

Location 1: Looped Location 2: 60 minutes

FREE



DANCE oN fIlMREELDANCE

pReseNTeD BY ARTS HOUSE AND REELDANCE 18/19

SWEAtBRANCH NEBULA

Sweat is Branch Nebula’s new dance theatre production, a darkly humorous performance which takes its audience into the world of those who do the dirty work.

Combining popular movement forms to create a unique audience experience, dance, parkour, Bboying, acrobatics, martial arts and football merge in a choreographic score that shifts through and around the audience. performing live, Japanese

“Noisician” Hirofumi Uchino drives the action with a taut and dynamic electronic noise-scape.

Sweat explores the power dynamics between those who serve and those who are served. It focuses on workers within the service industry and the intimate role they play in our lives whilst remaining totally anonymous, raising questions of power, class and race within our contemporary society.

For the last decade Branch Nebula have been developing distinctive, hybrid movement-based performance combining dance, theatre, acrobatics, music and design to create powerful and visceral experiences for audiences. Sweat is Branch Nebula’s latest major ensemble work after the critical acclaim and success of their Helpmann nominated Paradise City.

Co-creators: Lee wilson, Mirabelle wouters performers/Devisors: Claudia Escobar, Erwin Fenis, Ali Kadhim, Ahilan Ratnamohan Noisician/Live sound: Hirofumi Uchino Dramaturg: john Baylis production stage Manager: Abbie Trott producer: Performing Lines

Sweat has been developed with the support of the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, the NsW Government through Arts NsW, Besen Family Foundation and performance space and Arts House through the TransLab Intercultural Theatre Initiative. Sweat premiered at performance space on 21 October 2010.

Branch Nebula is supported by Managing and producing services (MAps) NsW, a joint initiative supported by the Australia Council and Arts NsW. MA ps NsW is managed by performing Lines.

Image: james Brown

FRIDAY 18 – SATURDAY 19 MARCH Fri 18, 7pm sat 19, 2pm & 7pm





wARNING Audience will be standing for the duration – comfortable footwear recommended. Contains occasional loud music and nudity.

branchnebula.com

pReseNTeD BY ARTS HOUSE AND BRANCH NEBULA

“…A COLOURFUL, INTRIGUING, THOUGHT-pROVOKING AND THOROUGHLY eNTeRTAINING expeRIeNCe, LIKe NO OTHeR.” Crikey

20/21

NOw NOw NOw is experiment-as-performance that explores energy, time and consciousness. Three performers undertake conceptual live attempts to experience the question: can we be in the now?

people seek to be in the moment, yet through the pursuit of this, move further and further away from it. NOw NOw NOw is drawn from the paradox of this notion and how it parallels the act of performance – which happens, in real time between the audience and the performer, yet is highly constructed. In this piece, the performers are not characters representing a greater humanity or society - they are themselves,

In NOw NOw NOw, Luke George explores the question; “can we be in the now?”

Choreographer: Luke George performers: Kristy Ayre, Timothy Harvey, Luke George Design/production: Bluebottle Dramaturg: Martyn Coutts Costumes: Ede Strong and the cast

Image: jeff Busby

SATURDAY 19 – SUNDAY 20 MARCH sat 19, 9.30pm sun 20, 2pm & 7pm





lukegeorge.net

NoW NoW NoWLUKE GEORGE


“…LeAN, pOLIsHeD AND WITH UNexpeCTeD eMOTIONAL GRAVITAs - LUKe GeORGe’s seCOND MAJOR DANCe WORK NOw NOw NOw LeFT A CApACITY AUDIeNCe TINGLING WITH INTeRNAL ANIMATION KNOWING THeY HAD JUsT expeRIeNCeD sOMeTHING As INNOVATIVe As IT WAs AUTHeNTIC.” Arts Hub

22/23

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AMpLIFICATION 28 – 29 BALLeTLAB MALTHOUse THeATRe * * * * *

BeCKY, JODI AND JOHN 36 – 37 JOHN JAspeRse COMpANY DANCeHOUse * * * *

CONNeCTeD 2 – 3 CHUNKY MOVe MALTHOUse THeATRe * * * * * *

DANCe MARATHON 42 – 43 DANCe MARATHON ARTs HOUse *

DANCe ON FILM 18 – 19 ReeLDANCe ARTs HOUse * * * * * * * *

DIsAGReeABLe OBJeCT 16 – 17 MICHeLLe HeAVeN ARTs HOUse * * * *

DOUBLE BILL – DUAL RepÉRAGe IN THRees/THOUsANDs

30 – 31 DeANNe BUTTeRWORTH AND MATTHeW DAY DANCeHOUse * *

DRIFT 38 – 39 ANTONY HAMILTON ARTs HOUse * * * *

FAKeR 34 – 35 CHUNKY MOVe MALTHOUse THeATRe * * * * *

HAppY As LARRY 26 – 27 sHAUN pARKeR COMpANY ARTs HOUse * *

I COULD pReTeND THe sKY Is WATeR 32 – 33 TReVOR pATRICK ARTs HOUse * * * *

IN GLAss 12 – 13 NAReLLe BeNJAMIN MALTHOUse THeATRe * * * * * *

MUsIC FOR IMAGINeD DANCes 14 – 15 MADeLeINe FLYNN AND TIM HUMpHReY DANCeHOUse * * * * * * * * * *

NO ONe WILL TeLL Us… 8 – 9 ROsALIND CRIsp AND ANDReW MORRIsH DANCeHOUse * * *

NOT IN A MILLION YeARs 40 – 41 FORCe MAJeURe ARTs HOUse * *

NOW NOW NOW 22 –23 LUKe GeORGe DANCeHOUse * *

sTeReOsCOpIC 4 – 5 BILLY COWIe ARTs HOUse * * * * *

sUNsTRUCK 6 – 7 HeLeN HeRBeRTsON AND BeN COBHAM ARTs HOUse * *

sWeAT 20 – 21 BRANCH NeBULA ARTs HOUse * *

THe WeIGHT OF THe THING LeFT ITs MARK 10 – 11 sHAUN MCLeOD DANCeHOUse * * *

AUsDANCe NATIONAL FORUM 44 ARTs HOUse * *

24/25

Many Dance Massive performances have been scheduled to allow you to see two (or three) performances in one day or evening. some events fall outside of the Dance Massive program and therefore may not appear in this schedule. Check the individual event pages for details.

Happy as Larry is a dynamic, playful and beautifully layered new dance work which investigates the elusive nature of human happiness.

Created by award-winning choreographer shaun parker, this powerful performance combines an intoxicating, free-flowing mix of ballet, break-dance and highly physical contemporary dance. Accentuated by a vibrant electro/acoustic score, the performers bring fun and danger to the fore in this innovative and moving dance work.

Happy as Larry fuses gritty urban realism with jaw-dropping performances to create an uplifting exploration of the human condition. Following national and international tours, parker has developed a reputation for choreography which combines a “fat dose of funny” with a visionary dance aesthetic.

Director/Choreographer: Shaun Parker Dramaturg: Veronica Neave Music Director: Nick wales Composers: Nick wales, Bree Van Reyk Designer: Adam Gardnir Lighting Designer: Luiz Pampolha sound Consultant: Kevin Davidson performers/Devisors: Matt Cornell, Dean Cross, Ghenoa Gela, joshua Mu, Marnie Palomares, jana Castillo, Miranda wheen, joshua Thomson, Lee wilson production Manager: David Brown stage Manager: Natasha james

Happy as Larry has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., sydney Festival, perth International Arts Festival, Brisbane Festival and Adelaide Festival.

Image: Branco Gacia

TUESDAY 22 – wEDNESDAY 23 MARCH Tue 22, 7.30pm Wed 23, 2pm & 7.30pm





wARNING Brief nudity, mild haze effects

hAPPy AS lARRySHAUN PARKER & COMPANY

pReseNTeD BY ARTS HOUSE AND SHAUN PARKER & COMPANY

“HAPPY AS LARRY Is BRILLIANTLY CHOReOGRApHeD, FLAWLessLY AND JOYOUsLY peRFORMeD, AND THOROUGHLY eNTeRTAINING FROM sTART TO FINIsH. I LITeRALLY sAT ON THe eDGe OF MY seAT.” Australian Stage

26/27

For more than a decade, phillip Adams’ company BalletLab has been surprising everyone - quite possibly even himself – with its marathon reach into the possibilities of dance and performance, from the sacred to the profane, the sublime to the messy. Over a dozen major works, he has collided dance with colossal origami sets, choirs of harmonicas, floating buddhas, axemen, hulking yowies, and tiny taxidermied beasts.

In short, there’s no way of predicting what compulsively engaging images and experiences will infiltrate Adams’ work as BalletLab has grown to be one of the most respected and creative dance companies in Australia, with an international touring history as adventurous as their repertoire including: UsA, China, scotland, Denmark, Germany, england, Romania, Korea, Mongolia and Bulgaria.

We invite you to revisit – or perhaps acquaint yourself anew – with the work that started it all.

It was 1999 when BalletLab launched itself with Amplification, knocking a city off balance with the force of the collision. The subject of the work: the 1.6 seconds of mental disassociation and frozen time behind the wheel as a car crashes.

All of this is transformed into a turbo-charged work of unbridled physical extremity accompanied by a fierce, live mix by Lynton Carr and performed by five of Australia’s most daring dancers.

Amplification is the shocking skid, the frozen moment, the aftermath, the emergency ward amplified through image, sound and the raw body on stage. Amplification is a seduction and an assault for all the senses.

Choreographer: Phillip Adams Composer/Turntablist: Lynton Carr set/Lighting Designer: Bluebottle Costume Designer: Graham Green performers: Timothy Harvey, Rennie McDougall, Carlee Mellow, Brooke Stamp, joanne white

Balletlab is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria.

Image: jeff Busby

TUESDAY 22 – SATURDAY 26 MARCH Preview Tue 22, 7pm Wed 23, 8pm Thu 24, 1pm & 7pm Fri 25, 7pm sat 26, 2pm & 7pm




C.U.B MALTHOUSE, MERLYN THEATRE 113 sturt street southbank

wARNING Nudity, dynamic soundtrack, strobe light effects

balletlab.com

AMPlIfICAtIoNBALLETLAB

A BALLETLAB pRODUCTION pReseNTeD BY MALTHOUSE THEATRE

“A RAW AND pOWeRFUL WORK WHICH AT TIMes Is CONFRONTING TO THe pOINT OF DIsCOMFORT… AMPLIFICATION Is NOT FOR THe FAINT-HeARTeD OR THe pRUDIsH.” Herald Sun

28/29

DOUBLE BILL

Dual Repérage in Threes is a solo work in three episodes. each performance reveals only two parts while the third remains unseen.

Although the third episode exists, it remains private, allowing the audience to accept what they see and know, contemplate the missing component and imagine the future.

Choreographer/performer: Deanne Butterworth sound: Michael Munson Light: Rose Connors Dance

Dual Repérage in Threes was developed at Bundanon through the artist in residence program and at performing Arts Forum, France.Nominated for a Green Room Award.

Image: Belinda Strodder

presenting a series of quiet moments and details in an exquisitely poised and controlled performance by Matthew Day, Thousands simultaneously suggests many time zones and individuals. Its slow, unfurling rhythm creates a powerful sense of stillness, opening up new spaces between performer and audience.

Choreographer/performer: Matthew Day sound: james Brown Lighting: Travis Hodgson Dramaturgy: Martin del Amo, Deborah Pollard, Yana Taylor

Thousands has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Image: Gareth Hart

“AN eNTRANCING seGMeNT IN WHICH sHe pLAYs WITH HeR OWN sHADOW... sHe OsCILLATes BeTWeeN BeAUTIFUL MeLODIes OF WRITHING, BALANCING AND sTReTCHING.” The Age

“IT’s LIKe DIsCO BUTOH IN A GOLD WAsH. THAT’s ABOUT THe BesT I CAN DesCRIBe IT.” John Bailey

DUAl REPéRAgE IN thREESDEANNE BUTTERwORTH

thoUSANDSMATTHEw DAY

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TUESDAY 22 – wEDNESDAY 23 MARCH 8pm

Dual Repérage in Threes 24 minutes Interval Thousands 45 mins (starts at 8.45pm)

TICKETS Double Bill Full $25 Conc $20 Dancehouse Members $15 Single Show Full $20 Conc $15 Dancehouse Members $10




DoUBlE BIll

I Could Pretend the Sky is water is a poetic reverie on a small catastrophe in dance, words, set, light and image projections. As an heroic journey towards a myth, none of what is imagined may finally prove to be true.

Choreographer/performer: Trevor Patrick Costume Designer: Peter Allan Film production: Rhian Hinkley AV Designer: Efterpi Soropos sound Designer: Livia Ruzic set Designer: Bluebottle

I Could Pretend the Sky is water has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

still from video: Michelle Heaven

wEDNESDAY 23 – SATURDAY 26 MARCH 7pm




ARTS HOUSE, MELBOURNE TOwN HALL 521 Queensberry street North Melbourne

I CoUlD PREtEND thE Sky IS WAtERTREVOR PATRICK

pReseNTeD BY TREVOR PATRICK IN AssOCIATION WITH ARTS HOUSE 32/33

“ONe OF THe MOsT seNsITIVe AND WONDeRFUL DANCeRs... YOU KNOW He Is OVeR 50 NOW!”Seamus Hughes, Art Cast, Dublin Dance Festival

wORLD PREMIERE

The show about the show that never happened.

Gideon Obarzanek is internationally celebrated for his highly accomplished and unpredictable, genre-defying, dance productions. After twenty years of making work for individuals, groups and for his own company, Chunky Move, Obarzanek has created Faker, a disarmingly personal solo performance of his own.

Faker arose out of a two week workshop Obarzanek undertook with a young dancer. Despite best intentions, not everything went to plan.

success, experience and earned respect count for little when pitted against the doubts that haunt an empty studio. In Faker we find Obarzanek at his computer reading an email he received from the young dancer letting him know, in the most brutally honest language, her thoughts on the time spent working with him.

Frank and darkly humorous, Faker exposes the expectations and disappointments, the creative aspirations and personal doubts of dance and theatre making.

In this tour-de-force performance of startling intimacy and revelation, Faker sees its own maker putting himself in the firing line - a rare insight into the mind of one of Australia’s most acclaimed creators.

Creator/performer: Gideon Obarzanek Lighting Designers: Gideon Obarzanek, Chris Mercer Creative Consultants: Lucy Guerin, Antony Hamilton, Tom wright

Image: Heidrun Löhr

wEDNESDAY 23 MARCH – SATURDAY 2 APRIL Preview Wed 23 April, 8.30pm Thu 24 – sat 26, 8.30pm sun 27, 5pm Tue 29, 7:30pm Wed 30 – sat 2, 8:30pm




C.U.B MALTHOUSE, BECKETT THEATRE 113 sturt street southbank

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fAkERCHUNKY MOVE

A CHUNKY MOVE pRODUCTION CO-pReseNTeD WITH MALTHOUSE THEATRE

“DeepLY INVOLVING… FAKER DOes IT expeRTLY AND MeMORABLY.” The Australian

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Becky Hilton, Jodi Melnick and John Jasperse met through dancing over 20 years ago. While their paths have brought them to varied places, they remain friends.

Becky, jodi and john is a poetic portrait of these individuals, a celebration of their varied senses of humour and their commitment to dance. Through this project, Jasperse and his peers address the issue of sustaining a performing career past forty.

Becky, jodi and john was commissioned and supported by Dance Theater Workshop (New York) and The Myrna Loy Center (Helena, MT) in partnership with the National performance Network Creation fund sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Altria, and the National endowment for the Arts.

The music for Becky, jodi and john was commissioned by the American Music Center Live Music for Dance program. The project received support through Maximised by Chunky Move, Melbourne, Australia.

Image: Alex Escalante

Creators/performers: Becky Hilton, john jasperse, jodi Melnick with virtual appearance by Chrysa Parkinson Choreographer/Director: john jasperse Music: Hahn Rowe Lighting Design: john jasperse, joe Levasseur set Assistance: Hannah Price Lobby Video: Ben Speth Funk Instructrice: Trish Squire skype Video: john jasperse

THURSDAY 24 – SUNDAY 27 MARCH Thu 24 – sat 26, 8pm sun 27, 5pm





EXTENDED SEASON PERFORMANCE DATES Becky, Jodi & John is appearing at Dancehouse in an extended season with performances from March 31 - April 3. www.dancehouse.com.au

MORNING CLASSES AND AFTERNOON wORKSHOPS John Jasperse, Jodi Melnick (New York) and Rebecca Hilton (Melbourne) 30 March to 2 April Dancehouse

johnjasperse.org

BECky, JoDI & JohNjOHN jASPERSE COMPANY


“THIs Is ART BY AND FOR ADULTs: DeepLY sILLY AND MOVING AND sMART.” Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times

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DRIFT is a poetic musing on a topographical phenomenon; the urban wasteland.

performed at one of the city's forgotten derelict sites, DRIFT is a ‘drive-in’ performance where the audience views the work from the seats of their cars.

Created by Antony Hamilton, DRIFT imagines vast constructed environments as ancient forsaken monuments to human existence. Monuments that collectively malign the cities of the earth, like some epic catacomb for the industrial age. These colossal artifacts, glorious and tragic, appear dormant, destitute relics of a culture extinguished.

employing retro technology, sound artist Robin Fox’s austere and spartan noise will be transmitted live through the audience car radio, bringing the distant rumblings of the space outside into the driver's seat.

DRIFT invites us to meditate on the majestic beauty of this remote and hidden world; to gaze out into a haunting, romantic derelict environment, where a fragile human presence is felt.

Creator/Director: Antony Hamilton sound Designer: Robin Fox Costume Designer: Paula Levis performers: Alisdair Macindoe, josh Mu, Lily Paskas, Melanie Lane production: Bluebottle producer: Kate Ben-Tovim project Management: Moriarty’s Project

Image: Byron Perry

THURSDAY 24 – SUNDAY 27 MARCH 7.30pm & 9pm

60 minutes including travel time

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TICKETS $75 per car 3 people per car is optimum viewing (5 people maximum). Limited single tickets available $25. Car provided



DRIFT takes place at a secret location a short distance from Arts House. Meet in the Arts House foyer at North Melbourne Town Hall at the listed start time.

Directions to the site will be provided.

DRIftANTONY HAMILTON PROjECTS

pReseNTeD BY ANTONY HAMILTON PROjECTS IN AssOCIATION WITH ARTS HOUSE

“ABsOLUTe ABsURDITY, BReATH-TAKING CHOReOGRApHY AND A VAsT INsIGHT INTO THe CReATIVe GeNIUs.”Australian Stage Online (about I Like This)

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Not In A Million Years is insightful, intense and visually arresting dance theatre.

The performance weaves together the almost unbelievable - yet true - stories of people who have survived, endured and created extraordinary experiences during their life time.

Do such experiences make us question our own abilities to cope and endure? Are we inspired, or rendered inferior by such ‘once in a lifetime’ events?

Not In A Million Years uses Force Majeure’s trademark synthesis of fluid movement, images and words to explore the myriad of thoughts, opinions and sensations of life lived in moments of extreme circumstance.

Director: Kate Champion Assistant Director: Roz Hervey Designer: Geoff Cobham Composer/sound Designer: Max Lyandvert performers: Vincent Crowley, Sarah jayne Howard, Elizabeth Ryan, joshua Tyler

Image: Stu Spence

SATURDAY 26 – SUNDAY 27 MARCH sat 26, 7.30pm sun 27, 2pm & 5pm





forcemajeure.com.au

Not IN A MIllIoN yEARSFORCE MAjEURE

pReseNTeD BY ARTS HOUSE AND FORCE MAjEURE

“A sTRONG, HAUNTING pIeCe ABOUT LIFe, DeATH AND FATe. FORCe MAJeURe HAVe pRODUCeD A... MINI MAsTeRpIeCe. see IT.” ArtsHub

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pReseNTeD BY ARTS HOUSE

DANCE MARAthoNBLUEMOUTH INC.

Now it’s your turn to dance. Come celebrate the end of the Massive with Dance Marathon.

Dance the night away in this performance event based on the American dance marathons of the 1930s. It’s part theatre, part social experiment and essentially a dance contest in which you the audience can mix with stunning performers under the direction of floor judges and the ticking of the clock.

presented by Canada’s award winning interdisciplinary theatre collective, bluemouth inc. (who will give lessons for dances including the box step and lindy hop). Dance Marathon also features a live band, games, special guest stars, prizes and lots of breaks (thankfully). This is a night to remember - those with two left feet can simply sit back and watch the fancy footwork.

Dance Marathon was commissioned through Fresh Ground at Harbourfront Centre, Toronoto, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts.

This tour of Dance Marathon is presented in association with Ten Days on the Island.

Image: Nancy Paiva

Creators: bluemouth inc. in collaboration with Elijah Brown, Sandrine Lafond, Daniel Pettrow Choreography: bluemouth inc. sound Designer/Composer: Ciara Adams, Richard windeyer Video Designer: Cameron Davis with additional content by Douglas O'Connell Dramaturg: Bruce Barton Lighting Designer: David Duclos Technical Director: Carey Dodge stage Manager: Billy Hiscoke performers: Ciara Adams, Cass Bugge, Steven Charles, Clayton Dean Smith, Stephen O'Connell, Lucy Simic, Richard windeyer bluemouth inc. is Ciara Adams, Stephen O'Connell, Sabrina Reeves, Lucy Simic, Richard windeyer

SATURDAY 26 MARCH 8pm

3 hours plus intervals




wARNING participatory event, dancing shoes a must!

bluemouthinc.com

“TO sAY THAT DANCE MARATHON BReAKs DOWN THe FOURTH WALL – THe IMAGINARY WALL THAT sepARATes THe AUDIeNCe FROM THe peRFORMANCe IN A TRADITIONAL THeATRe – Is AN UNDeRsTATeMeNT. IT eLIMINATes IT…” Vancouver Sun

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pReseNTeD BY AUSDANCE VICTORIA

NATIONAL DANCE FORUM 2011

The National Dance Forum will gather together some of Australia’s most exciting dancers, choreographers, curators, critics and collaborators in a lively discussion over two days. The first national forum of its kind for many years, its overarching aim is to provide an opportunity for the dance sector to reflect on the state of dance practice in Australia now, and to chart a course for the future.

Through keynote conversations with established artists, and a series of interactive panel and roundtable sessions, the forum will invite participants to explore the many ways we practise and refine our artform: in and out of the studio, and both in and outside the process of making performance work. Topics to be explored will include understanding and articulating one’s practice, feedback and reflection, career development, collaboration, dramaturgy, new media and the digital technologies, hybrid and interdisciplinary practice, dance on film and dance in communities.

speakers at the National Dance Forum will be drawn from across the country and from across cultural backgrounds and practices, with a sprinkling of special overseas guests. Featuring Keynote speakers Raymond Blanco, Kate Champion and Pichet Klunchen (Thailand). emerging artists will have a voice through a dedicated panel and broad representation across the event.

who should attend? > Dance artists > Tertiary students > Academics > Curators, programmers and festival directors > producers, company managers, arts workers and funders

Registration and further information Register online at nationaldanceforum.net.au. Latest program details, speaker information and session times available online. email [email protected] to join the forum mailing list.

The National Dance Forum is a partnership of Ausdance National and the Dance Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.

nationaldanceforum.net.au ausdance.org.au

SATURDAY 19 – SUNDAY 20 MARCH


Arts House and Dance Massive are pleased to host the 2011 Tanja Liedtke Fellow, Katarzyna sitarz, polish dancer and choreographer currently based in Holland. sitarz will travel to Australia in March 2011 where she will direct a creative residency project at Arts House in Melbourne, involving local independent artists, attend Dance Massive Melbourne, and participate in the development of a new collaboration directed by Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin.

pReseNTeD BY AUSDANCE NATIONAL AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

NAtIoNAl DANCE foRUM

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DANCE YOUR HEART OUT will offer classes catering to a range of levels from beginners to professionals taught by the best Australian dance teachers and artists during March 2011 and corresponding with two significant events; Dance Massive and the National Dance Forum.

Classes will be held at three of the best dance studios in Australia - the Australian Ballet, Chunky Move and Victorian College of the Arts and Music and will be fully accessible and centrally located.

DANCE yoUR hEARt oUt

The project will provide an opportunity for anyone to dance with over 19 of the best dance artists and teachers in Australia along with a handful of exceptional international artists involved in Dance Massive. Classes will be offered by these dance leaders for beginners right through to students and professionals.

For more info visit: victoriandancedirectory.com.au

DANCE RESIDENCyTANjA LIEDTKE FELLOw

sAVe MAssIVe-LY! THe MORe YOU see THe MORe YOU sAVe

gREEN INfo

GREENING MALTHOUSE Malthouse Theatre's company-wide strategy toward ecological sustainability is entering its fourth year. since launching Malthouse Greenlight in 2007, the company has made considerable headway through changes in their behaviour, culture and to its heritage building.

One ongoing initiative of this strategy is a 50c carbon surcharge placed on all tickets sold to Malthouse Theatre productions. Monies raised are directly invested in projects that involve global best-practice renewable energy technologies, such as wind-farms in India and energy efficient cook-stoves for remote communities in Cambodia. Many of these projects contribute to increased jobs and income for these local communities.

As a patron of Dance Massive productions for Malthouse Theatre, you will contribute directly to these communities and offset the carbon emissions of your theatre experience. Indeed, since 2007 Malthouse Theatre has been carbon positive through your patronage.

For more information on Malthouse Greenlight please visit malthousetheatre.com.au (search Malthouse Greenlight).

ARTS HOUSE GReeN TIx FOR NIx Arts House is continuing our commitment to reducing Green House emissions by encouraging our audiences to get to our performances using a planet friendly mode of transport. Help offset our production's carbon footprint and redeem cultural credits!

Arts House will exchange free entry to a performance on proof of an emission-free mode of transport:

a) a tram/train ticket b) a bike helmet, or c) increased heart rate and sweaty pits from walking, running, skipping or skating!

We have limited tickets available across the Arts House, Dance Massive season. Bookings are essential and can be made online at artshouse.com.au using the promo code GReeN or by phoning (03) 9322 3713.

DANCEHOUSE Dancehouse makes every effort possible to reduce its impact on the environment. Our initiatives include energy awareness notices placed around the building and a considered approach to recycling, reducing, reusing and rethinking our use of office and venue resources.

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tICkEtINg INfoRMAtIoN

If you pre-purchase tickets to 3 or more productions throughout Dance Massive, you are eligible for a whopping 20% discount off all full price and concession tickets.

This multi-buy discount is exclusively available online, by completing the sAVe MAssIVe-LY order form at dancemassive.com.au

Any questions? Call Arts House (03) 9322 3713

NB. This offer is available for any performance in any venue across the Dance Massive program.The workshop and National Dance Forum are not eligible for this offer.

BOOKINGS Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or in person at venue box offices.

Online: dancemassive.com.au Ticketing agencies vary according to venue. Fees may apply

Phone: Arts House – 03 9322 3713 Malthouse Theatre – M-Tix 03 9685 5111 Dancehouse – 03 9347 2860

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Arts House, Malthouse Theatre and Dancehouse have made every effort to offer wheelchair and limited mobility access throughout the program. please contact each venue for further information.

DANCEHOUSE 150 princes street, North Carlton Tel: 03 9347 2860 Melways Ref: 2B H4

MALTHOUSE THEATRE AT THE C.U.B MALTHOUSE 113 sturt street, southbank Tel: 03 9685 5100 Melways Ref: 1D Q10

ARTS HOUSE NORTH MELBOURNE TOwN HALL 521 Queensberry street, North Melbourne Tel: 03 9322 3713 Melways Ref: 2A J10

ARTS HOUSE, MEAT MARKET 5 Blackwood street, North Melbourne Tel: 03 9322 3713 Melways Ref: 2B A9

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Cover photo: Michael Norris printed on Tudor Rp Recycled

Dance Massive is supported by the Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body, through its Arts Development Division section and by the Victorian Government through the Community support Fund.

Arts House is a City of Melbourne contemporary arts initiative

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