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“Unparalleled in reach, profound in impact and abundant in opportunity, it is truly game-changing what STRUT Dance is doing for the Australian contemporary dance sector.”Independent Artist & STRUT Member

STRUT DANCE SNAPSHOT

Image Credit: Simon Pynt

STRUT STATISTICS 2018

1. 3037 dance artists engaged in the STRUT 2018 program- 90% in more than two program elements and 70% in morethan four.

2. In 2018 STRUT delivered:

• 9 master workshops

• 137 professional and 104 public classes

• 37 performance outcomes - From lo-fi studio eventsand site-specific locations up to the Heath Ledger Stageof the State Theatre Centre of WA

• 12,158 audience members - Benchmark experiencesfrom WA and around the world

3. Significant interstate participation across all our 2018major programs, reflecting STRUT’s rising profile in thenational sector.

STRUT STAKEHOLDERS 2017-19

• The WA Department of Local Government, Sports andCultural Industries - Continues to recognise STRUT as anestablished organisation allocating ongoing support via theDepartment’s Organisation Investment Program with extrastrategic funding towards large performance outcomes

• Australia Council for the Arts - Annual funding (100K) forthe STRUT Dance program. STRUT has received annualprogram funding from the Australia Council every year since2009

• Creative Partnerships Australia - Plus 1 Fundingfor William Forsythe’s One Flat Thing Reproduced andPunchdrunk‘s SUNSET

• City of Perth - Sponsorship of STRUT Dance / WilliamForsythe’s One Flat Thing Reproduced and Punchdrunk’sSUNSET

• Feilman Foundation - Pathways to Success ScholarshipProgram providing recent graduates financial support andaccess to the STRUT program

• Sidney Myer Fund - Capacity Building for 2018 & 2019

• Philanthropy - Unger Family Foundation / MinderooFoundation / STRUT Donor Circle Campaigns now targetmajor choreographic training programs Gaga: OhadNaharin’s Movement Language, (2016), William Forsythe(2017) and Punchdrunk’s Maxine Doyle (2018)

STRUT DANCE - SNAPSHOTWhere we are - Where we are heading

4. Record retention of graduates, interstate participantsand artists returning to WA. This is due primarily to thelevel of excellence, aspiration and exclusivity of the STRUTprogram.

5. 2016 - 2018 STRUT members now creating anddeveloping work with:

• Sydney Dance Company - Rachel Ogle, TyroneRobinson, Richard Cilli

• Punchdrunk Shanghai - Olivia McPherson, Sam Hall

• Batsheva Dance Company Ensemble (IS) - MichaelSmith, Olympia Kotopoulos

• Jacopo Godani / William Forsythe Company (DE) - JoelSmall, Samuel Harnett-Welk

• Performing Lines WA - Laura Boynes, Sally Richardson

• Tasdance - Isabella Stone, Robert Tinning, Rachel Ogle

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50% is female

35% identify as LGBTQI

30% are professional artists

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2016

Decadance Perth 2016 by Ohad Naharin

• Presented on a cohort of 16 independent artists from across the STRUT Gaga: OhadNarharin’s Movement Language program. The crowning event of the 2016 MoveMe Festivalattracted capacity houses to the Heath Ledger Stage of the State Theatre Centre of WA. 245artists engaged in the program 2014-16.

2017

One Flat Thing, Reproduced by William Forsythe

• A benchmark space activation event presented in the Courtyard of the State Theatre Centreof WA offered a series of firsts: Performed by cohort of 14 independent artists from acrossSTRUT’s Forsythe development program. 252 artists engaged in this program 2015-17.

• Presented outside and in the round for a mobile audience of more than 4000 and galvanisedthe city of Northbridge with significant uptake at local hospitality outlets, driving local economy.

2018/19

SUNSET by Maxine Doyle/Punchdrunk

• Championed by State Government to spearhead the inaugural activation of the SunsetHeritage Precinct with a large-scale, immersive dance theatre spectacle - STRUT enabled alocal team of 43 artists, designers, and managers to develop a brand new work from globallyrecognised artist Maxine Doyle for Perth Festival. 273 independent artists participated theprogram since 2016.

Opera in the Pinnacles with Stephanie Lake and the WA Opera

• Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake designed a promenading choreography for the WAOpera’s open air season in the Pinnacles Desert.

2020

In Your Rooms by Hofesh Shechter

• Shechter’s seminal work to be co-commissioned and presented by the Perth Festival. To date160 artists have engaged in this program

STRUT PARTNERS 2017-19

Western Australia

• Perth Festival - SUNSET presented as an outcome of STRUT’s three-year strategic partnership with Punchdrunk’s Maxine Doyle (UK) in the 2018/19 Festival program. Hofesh Shecter to be presented in partnership with the WA Symphony Orchestra in 2020. STRUT also delivers all Perth Festival Connect dance workshops - building capacity and engagement across the sector

• Perth Theatre Trust - Continued support for STRUT’s Collaborations program, providing unique on-stage cross art-form development opportunities for young and emerging artists

• WA Venues - State Theatre Centre of WA, PICA, The Blue Room Theatre

• TURA New Music - Partners for STRUT site specific performance program, Collaborations Program with composers and Maxine Doyle / Perth Festival

• WA Museum, West Australian Symphony Orchestra - Partners for Hofesh Shechter presentation in Perth Festival 2020

• WAAPA - Professional development positions into the STRUT program, building capacity and future engagement

2021 – 2023 Multi-year Partnerships

STRUT continues to build a robust and vibrant dance sector across the nation and world:

STRUT PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Global• Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (BE)• Sharon Ayal (IS)• Peeping Tom (BE)• Handspring Puppet Theatre (SA)• Rubberband Dance (CA)• Daniel Kok (SN)• Ben Wright / Candoco (UK)• Rauf Yasit / Rubberlegz (US)

Local • Lucy Guerin (VIC)• Legs on the Wall (NSW)• Rachel Arianne Ogle (WA)• Annette Carmichael (WA)• Justin Shoulder (NSW)• DADAA (WA)• pvi-collective (WA)


Pathways through the STRUT Program

Funding - Commission - Touring - Exchange - Employment

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400 - 550 ARTIST/YR

12,000 - 15,000 PUBLIC/YR

IMPACT - Artist pathways of development through STRUT

59% is female

19% identify as LGBTQI

92% are professional artists

Indonesia - Ongoing Partnerships

• Ongoing exchange programs with Indonesian artists and organisations, underpinned by the Australia-Indonesia Council through DFAT.

• Indonesian artists and managers sponsored to engage in STRUT program • Australian artists resident in Salihara Art Centre (Jakarta) and presented in the Kaba and

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6% is of Asia-Pacific first nations

9% is culturally and linguistically diverse

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RECURRING PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

SHORT CUTS The popular platform of independent choreographic work where artists are provided with resources to develop and present new ideas in a studio setting. Performance Dates Apr 11 - 13

VenueStudio 3, King Street Arts Centre

Participation EOI and selection procedure by a panel of industry experts.

It all started with Short Cuts. Such a wonderful springboard into the independent scene! – Independent Dance Artist and STRUT Member

IN SITU In partnership with Tura New Music

In SITU is an annual season of original site-specific works. It is a unique opportunity for dance and music artists to explore an exciting model of presenting independent performance in enticing and unexpected locations throughout the cities of Perth and Fremantle.

STRUT and Tura New Music offer a facilitated and co-creative space for choreographers and composers to share practice, resources and presentation platforms.

Beginning as a pop-up performance in Uncle Joe’s Mess Hallin King Street in 2014, In SITU then travelled to Fremantle ArtsCentre, the Courtyard of the State Theatre Centre of WA,St George’s Cathedral and most recently, the Old Girls School in East Perth.

In SITU also provides the opportunity for WA emerging producers to flex their muscles around site-based curating. To date Unkempt Dance, Emma Fishwick and Kynan Hughes have held this post. In 2019, the In SITU baton passes to a new team of curators: Serena Chalker, Daisy Sanders and Geordie Crawley. Performance Dates Dec 4 - 7

VenueTo be announced later in the year.

Participation EOI and selection procedure by a panel of industry experts and In SITU production team.

With thanks to the following partner:

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WINTER SHORTS A new partnership between The Blue Room Theatre and STRUT Dance. A program of four short choreographic works selected from STRUT’s 2019 Short Cuts and The Blue Room Theatre’s micromove seasons, underpinned with extra development, technical and marketing support, Winter Shorts will be presented as part of The Blue Room Theatre Winter Nights program. Performance Dates Jul 23 – Aug 3

Participation EOI and selection procedure by a panel of industry experts and stakeholders.

AND THEN SOME A new partnership pathway between STRUT Dance, Co:3 Australia, the State Theatre Centre of WA and The Blue Room Theatre. An initiative to increase the pipeline of development and presentation opportunities for the independent dance sector. And Then Some is core to these organisations’ commitment to developing pathways for independent artists to present longer work with higher production values.

In 2019, And Then Some will be a fully produced evening of independent contemporary dance – a double-bill from two choreographers/choreographic teams in the State Theatre Centre’s Studio Underground. The intention is that And Then Some will become an annual offering to the sector, with one of the works selected to receive a further development and presentation opportunity as part of Co:3 Australia’s 2020 Performance Season on the Heath Ledger Stage.

Performance Dates Oct 30 – Nov 2

VenueState Theatre Centre of WA - Studio Underground

And Then Some Application EOI and selection procedure by a panel of industry experts and program stakeholders.

Work considered for And Then Some will be drawn from the following pathways or programs:_ Short Cuts – the 2019 program_ Winter Shorts or micromove – either of the 2019 seasons_ STRUT SEED Residencies – all SEEDs from 2018 and 2019 undertaken prior to the EOI are eligible _ Co:3’s Co:Lab and associated programming – from either the 2018 or 2019 development programs _ Independent choreographic developments funded through external sources and organisations, with development undertaken in either 2018 or 2019

** NOTE: works presented in both Short Cuts and micromove have two pathway options – either directly into And Then Some or through the Winter Shorts platform. Selection for each will be dependent on project readiness and will be panel driven. Artists may choose to apply for both opportunities. 2020 Co:3 Performance Season Opportunity: Curated from the 2019 And Then Some season by a panel of program stakeholders.

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A STRUT and Perth Festival co-commission world premiere.

SUNSETBy Maxine Doyle

Presented in association with Tura New Music.

Leave your comfort zone and enter a mysterious world where you wander with the spirits of Perth’s colourful past. Discover forgotten secrets in the dusty shadows of one of our city’s most intriguing and significant heritage sites, Sunset down by the iconic Swan River.

From the renowned UK director-choreographer Maxine Doyle (co-director of Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man, Sleep No More) comes a visceral dance-theatre performance that is epic in reach but intimate in experience. Inspired by the riverside precinct’s rich and unique history and the bushland that surrounds it, SUNSET transforms the former Sunset Old Men’s Home into a waiting room between worlds, where classical myth collides with WA stories and local heroes can waltz with gods.

SUNSET will bring together a stunning cast of Australian artists, an original score by WA composer Rachel Dease, set and costume design by Bruce McKinven and light design by Matt Adey.

SUNSET also will be the inaugural event to launch the Heritage Precinct as a new performance venue for Perth and is the outcome of STRUT's three-year partnership with lead artist Maxine Doyle; an exclusive artform development program that, since 2016, has seen more that 210 artists from all over Australia engage with Maxine’s vision and methodology.

Performance Dates / TimesFeb 7 / 8pmFeb 8 - 10 / 8pm & 9.15pmFeb 13 / 8pmFeb 14 - 17 / 8pm & 9.15pm

Duration 60mins

Pre Show ConversationThu 14 Feb 7pm

We thank the following partners:

With special thanks to Prof. Ian Lawrance and the STRUT Donor Circle.

VenueSunset Heritage Precinct, Nedlands

Price $59 - $65

Book HERE.

Image: Simon Pynt


STRUT Dance Artists working with STRUT 2021 - 2023

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (BE) Sharon Ayal (IS)Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, is the most prolific Belgian artist of his generation. He has created his own language of movement and developed a philosophy of dance entirely his own. As director of his company East Man and the National Ballet of Flanders, Cherkaoui fuses all forms of dance with theatre, opera and visual arts into a compelling stage art that is in demand by major companies, festivals and film directors.

Sharon Eyal developed under the umbrella of the Batsheva Dance Company, as a dancer and choreographer and then as associate Artistic Director. 2013 Eyal launched L-E-V with her long-time collaborator Gai Behar to support her own creative work and touring the world with her visceral and theatrical performances. Her creations now sit on most of the major dance companies in Europe and America.

http://www.east-man.be/ https://www.sharoneyaldance.com

Peeping Tom (BE)

Handspring Puppet Theatre (ZA)

Founded by Gabriela Carrizo (I/AR) and Franck Chartier (F), Peeping Tom’s hallmark dance-theatre work the creates hyper-realistic aesthetics populated an unstable universe that defies the logic of time and space. They paint an unconscious world of nightmares, fears and desires, that creators deftly use to shed light on the dark side of a character or a community. Since its foundation in 2000 in Brussels, Peeping Tom has presented its creations around the world.

Best known for their National Theatre production of “Warhorse”, Handspring Puppet Company is based in Cape Town, South Africa. The company provides an artistic home and professional base for a core group of performers, designers, theatre artists and technicians. Handspring’s work has been presented in more than 30 countries.

http://www.peepingtom.be/en/

http://www.handspringpuppet.co.za/

Rubberband Dance (CA) Rauf Yasit/Rubberlegz (US) In 15 years, Victor Quijada and RUBBERBAND have not only redefined breakdance codes within an institutional context and enlivened the Quebec dance scene, but have opened the way for new creators fascinated by this dance form. Armed with a technique he conceived for dancers, the RUBBERBAND Method – an electrifying vocabulary combining the energy of Hip Hop, the refinement of classical ballet, and the angular quality of contemporary dance .

Rauf Yasit is a Los Angeles based choreographer and dancer with kurdish roots who was born and raised in Celle, Germany. He has worked with William Forsythe, National Opera of Paris. The main thrust of his work is through Wewolf, a Los Angeles based multi-disciplinary dance collective that is focused on creating and working on different projects that bring their methods of dance and visual arts together.

https://rbdg.ca/en/ https://www.wewolfworks.com/


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Daniel Kok (SN) Ben Wright/Candoco (UK) Daniel is the artistic director of Dance Nucleus, a space for creative development forindependent dance in Singapore. He studied Advanced Performance and Scenography Studies (APASS, Brussels, 2014). His work explores critical spectatorship through specific figures of performance. Daniel is engaged as dramaturg for many independent artists in the Asia Pacific region and across Europe.

In addition to his role as Artistic Co-Director at Candoco Dance company, Ben is an independent choreographer working in contemporary dance, Opera and Theatre. He trained at The Ballet Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and worked primarily as a performer between1991 - 2006.

http://www.diskodanny.com/

http://candoco.co.uk/

Lucy Guerin (VIC)

Legs on the Wall (NSW)

Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI) is an Australian contemporary dance company established in Melbourne in 2002 by Artistic Director Lucy Guerin to create and tour new dance works. Renowned for the skill of its creative team and the originality of its productions, LGI is dedicated to researching, challenging and extending the art of contemporary dance.

The thriving heart of physical theatre in Australia, Legs are known nationally and internationally for our bold exuberance, and our stories told with depth, humour and intelligence. Celebrating and exploring the capacity of the physical body in motion, we use physical metaphor to explore stories. Narrative text-based stories, visual stories, abstract stories; all are linked by the body and its capabilities as the central vehicle for making work.

https://lucyguerininc.com/

https://www.legsonthewall.com.au/

Annette Carmichael (WA)An award-winning dance artist and creative producer, Annette specialises in large scale community arts productions that unite a diverse mix of people through their shared experience of dance, sound, movement and performance. She has worked with a diverse array of arts organisations, including West Australian Ballet, STRUT Dance, Perth Festival and Denmark Arts in her hometown on Western Australia’s south coast.

http://annettecarmichael.com.au/index.html

Justin Shoulder (NSW)Justin Shoulder is an artist working in performance, sculpture, video and nightlife/community events production. Shoulder uses his body and craft to forge connections between queer, migrant, spiritual and intercultural experiences. His work explores the intersections of art, performance and film. Shoulder is a current recipient of a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship. He has performed and exhibited internationally and across Australia.

http://insitearts.com.au/justin-shoulder/

DADAA (WA)DADAA is a leading arts and health organisation that creates access to cultural activities for people with disability or a mental illness. They offer targeted programs that include a broad range of traditional and new media projects in Western Australian communities. Their programs range from entry-level workshops for those with no arts experience to professional mentorships for advanced artists.

https://www.dadaa.org.au

pvi-collective (WA)pvi collective create agitational, participatory artworks that are intent on the creative disruption of everyday life. Every artwork aims to affect audiences on a personal and political level and is geared towards instigating tiny revolutions. The company aims to make activists of their audiences by creating playfully subversive performances that invite genuine engagement, transforming our perceptions of space, cities and environment.

http://pvicollective.com/




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