program

Dancenorth and Tasdance present
Threefold
.Webber .Hill .Huang Yi
TOWNSVILLE
7-10 August
MACKAY
13 August
CAIRNS
15-16 August
LAUNCESTON
21-23 August
HOBART
28-29 August
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Spanning the breadth of the country,
weaving international and Asian
influences, these three dance works
articulate the gutsy physicality of Gavin
Webber (AUS), the emotional power of
Raewyn Hill (NZ), and the technical
precision of Huang Yi (Taiwan).
INTRODUCTION FROM THE
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Selection of the choreographers for the
We welcome you to this memorable
occasion in Australian dance history;
the first ever collaboration between
Dancenorth and Tasdance. Threefold:
Webber / Hill / Huang Yi showcases
the works of these celebrated
choreographers, chosen for their own
unique voice and stylistic approach to
dance making in a season of diverse
contemporary dance theatre.
for Raewyn to revisit A dance for the forgotten
This project has been under consideration
since Raewyn’s appointment at Dancenorth
in 2010 when we spoke about the potential
collaboration between our two regional
companies. As artistic directors, we prioritise
opportunities to extend employment for our
talented ensemble of dancers and associated
creative personnel, and, equally, to provide
them fresh challenges through which to engage
with their artform. And, excitingly, this season
provides a rare opportunity for our dancers to
project was seamless. Annie was enthusiastic
(first choreographed for Tasdance in 2007)
as the work had resonated strongly with
Tasdance audiences in its initial Ten Days on
the Island season prior to a critically acclaimed
tour of New Zealand in the same year. From
the beginning of her tenure, Raewyn had
been looking for the right opportunity to
commission a new work from Gavin Webber
(her immediate predecessor at Dancenorth),
an important voice in Australian dance.
We are thrilled that we are able to present
Huang Yi’s work to Australian audiences for
the first time. We were aware of this talented
young Taiwanese artist who makes work
within a range of contexts, and pleased that
he accepted our invitation for him to join us
In
Continuing Yi’s interrogation of pure
movement works, Echo explores pulse
and impulse, action and reaction,
activity and stillness. Bodies are
set to connect and collide, a subtle
transference of energy where at times
figures move in tandem, at other points
spaced in deliberate opposition. From
duets to ensemble moments, Echo seeks
to ebb and flow as each individual casts
themselves in and through the shadows.
“I don’t believe anyone is a nothing.
There has to be something inside, if
only to keep the skin from collapsing”
A dance for the
forgotten
For Echo, Yi has devised a sound score
that is activated as a reflection of the
dancers’ action on stage. In many ways
Echo replicates the wider creative
process of this collaboration between
Dancenorth and Tasdance, where initial
movements in Townsville later resonated
in Launceston prior to settling together
again as a unified work.
CHOREOGRAPHY
黃翊 HuangYi and dancers
MUSIC
Huang Yi
COSTUME DESIGN
From the collection of Alistair Trung
LIGHTING DESIGN
We sincerely thank all who have had input
into this extraordinary collaboration, and in
particular, a heartfelt thanks to the dancers for
their generosity in the creative development,
Bringing together national and international
Artistically, our companies regularly
choreographic talent and stretching
our companies between Townsville and
Launceston, we proudly share with you our
joint commission (Huang Yi) alongside one
season of Threefold: Webber / Hill / Huang Yi.
piece commissioned for each company
– Annie Greig and Raewyn Hill
and Raewyn Hill – Tasdance).
Echo
PERFORMERS
another dance company.
independently (Gavin Webber – Dancenorth
THREE
Bosco Shaw
and the artistry they share in performance.
of a triple bill for this project enabled a
TWO /
for this season.
work in creative partnership with members of
program multi-work seasons, so the choice
ONE /
Sarah Fiddaman
Alice Hinde
Brianna Kell
Erynne Mulholland
Andrew Searle
Timothy Walsh
ALTERNATIVE CAST
Katherine Gurr
(John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley)
This is a piece made from the people
who will perform it; from the inside
out. Thanks to Andrew, Erynne, Bri,
Tim, Alice, Katherine and Sarah.
Also a special mention for Simone
Lapka who was with us every step
of the way, Lonii Garnons-Williams
who was there at the beginning,
and Kate Harman who helped as an
outside and inside force. You can find
remnants of them in there too if you
look closely enough.
And of course a big thank you to Ben
Ely who brought out the Hendrix in
all of us.
– Gavin Webber
CHOREOGRAPHY
Gavin Webber and dancers
MUSIC
Ben Ely
COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Harman
LIGHTING DESIGN
Bosco Shaw
PERFORMERS
Sarah Fiddaman
Alice Hinde
Brianna Kell
Erynne Mulholland
Andrew Searle
Timothy Walsh
A corridor of trauma lights the space.
Muted conversations gain voice. The
weathering of beauty through pain laid
bare as a challenge for survival. To step
back, to breathe, to seek and remember
those not forgotten.
A dance for the forgotten began at
Port Arthur, Tasmania in 2005, before
the premiere as a 60 minute work in
2007 as part of Ten Days on the Island.
Re-shaping the original work to this
much shorter version, I have sought to
dig more deeply into its heart, to strip
away pretence and reveal the visceral
subtext that I think was previously
absent. Assisting this process has been
the superb re-imagining of Giovanni
Pergolesi’s Marian Vespers by Eden
Mulholland, where the old is respectfully
redefined in the new.
Special thanks to the dancers who all
committed so much of themselves to the
work and to Trisha Dunn who has been a
part of this process since 2006.
– Raewyn Hill
CHOREOGRAPHY
Raewyn Hill and dancers
MUSIC
Eden Mulholland / Giovanni Pergolesi
(Marian Vespers)
COSTUME DESIGN
From the collection of Alistair Trung,
styled by Raewyn Hill
ALTERNATIVE CAST
LIGHTING DESIGN
Katherine Gurr
Bosco Shaw
PERFORMERS
Sarah Fiddaman
Alice Hinde
Brianna Kell
Erynne Mulholland
Andrew Searle
Timothy Walsh
ALTERNATIVE CAST
Katherine Gurr
ABOUT DANCENORTH
ABOUT TASDANCE
As Dancenorth approaches its 30th
year in 2015, the company can claim
an extraordinary breadth of repertoire
and exposure over the course of its
existence in Townsville.
of contemporary Australian dance works.
Based in Launceston, Tasmania,
Tasdance is a proud advocate for
contemporary arts practice in
regional Australia. Under the current
leadership of Artistic Director, Annie
Greig, Tasdance has cemented its
reputation as a company that balances
the presentation and touring of high
quality main-stage contemporary
dance works with internationally
respected education and
community programs.
Successive Artistic Directors have continued
An enduring priority of the company is the
The company was founded in 1969 as
The North Queensland Ballet and Dance
Company by Ann Roberts OAM FRAD
(1923-2002) before Cheryl Stock AM was
appointed the first Artistic Director of the
professional company in 1985, changing the
name to Dance North and instituting a policy
the legacy of supporting Australian
dance makers and touring nationally and
internationally. In 1997, Jane Pirani (daughter
of Ann Roberts) became the fourth Artistic
support and nurturing of young and emerging
creative talent in Australia, whether that is by
engaging directly with children through dance
workshops in schools or the commissioning of
Director leading the company for eight years
new choreographic work.
and touring to Japan, China and around
Founded in 1981, Tasdance was Australia’s
Australia. From May 2005 to February 2009,
first official dance-in-education company,
Gavin Webber was the fifth Artistic Director
conducting contemporary dance workshops
and cemented international partnerships and
and performances in schools. With over
touring opportunities, particularly in Europe.
33 years’ experience in delivering education
During Gavin’s directorship, the company
and community engagement programs
became known as Dancenorth, and the
throughout Tasmania and into the mainland,
company received a number of national awards
Tasdance is recognised as a national leader
including a Green Room Award for ‘Best
in building education sector capacity
Dance Ensemble’ in 2008 for Underground.
through in-service training and supporting
Appointed in 2010, Raewyn Hill became
creative art development in regional
Dancenorth’s sixth Artistic Director, and
Australian communities.
under her aegis, the company has toured
Originally known as the Tasmanian Dance
to Hong Kong, New Zealand and around
Company, the name was changed to Tasdance
Australia. Also established in this time has
in 1987 by founding Artistic Director, Jenny
been an extensive community and education
Kinder, who served in that position from
program which has seen Raewyn nominated
1981 to 1994. Karen Pearlman and Richard
for her services to dance education and a
James Allen followed in 1995-1996, then
nomination for the ‘Outstanding Achievement
Annie Greig from 1997 to the present.
in Youth or Community Dance’ in the 2013
In 2011, to celebrate the 30 years milestone,
Australian Dance Awards.
Tasdance launched Vault, the Tasdance Archive,
a digital record of the people and works
that have defined the company’s first
www.dancenorth.com.au
three decades.
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Annie Greig
Raewyn Hill
Gavin Webber
黃翊 HuangYi
TASDANCE ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR
DANCENORTH ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR AND
CHOREOGRAPHER
CHOREOGRAPHER
CHOREOGRAPHER
Webber started dancing relatively
late after many lost years spent
hitch-hiking, skiing, writing, camping
and studying. In 1993 he joined
Meryl Tankard Australian Dance
Theatre after training for three years
at the Centre for the Performing
arts in his hometown, Adelaide,
South Australia. Staying with Meryl
HUANG Yi is recognised as a young
choreographer with much potential.
In addition to choreography, he is
also involved in video recording,
photography and art installation.
He is adept at incorporating
multi- layered images and delicate
body movement. LIN Hwai-min,
founder of the prestigious Taiwanese
until 1998, he left a tour in Europe
later joining Wim Vandekeybus and
Ultima Vez in Belgium.
company Cloud Gate Dance
Theatre, once said, “HUANG is
an enfant terrible who reveals his
unlimited potential in the interweaving
of image and dance.”
Since her appointment as Artistic
Director in 1997, Annie has
developed the company into a vital
force in the cultural landscape
of Tasmania and contributing to
national arts practice. Under Annie’s
leadership, Tasdance has built a
reputation for high quality
main-stage presentations and
innovative community and
education programs, as well as
being lauded nationally as supporting
the growth and development of
young and emerging Australian
dance artists. Her curated
programs tour Tasmania annually
and are regularly selected for
regional interstate touring.
MEET THE TEAM
With an extensive career in the
arts industry, Annie was honoured
to receive a Bicentennial Medal
in 2003 for her services to dance
and placed on the Honour Roll for
Women in Tasmania 2010. Formerly
President of Ausdance NSW,
Annie additionally was National
Vice-President of Ausdance, the
Australian Dance Council. On
standing down she was awarded
an ‘Honorary Life Membership’ in
recognition of her services to dance
and to Ausdance.
Annie is currently the Secretary for
the Asia Pacific Performing Arts
Network, and has worked in many
capacities in New York, Sydney
and in Tasmania. She has served on
the Tasmanian Cultural Industries
Council and Advisory Committee
for the Australian Choreographic
Centre in Canberra. In 1979, Annie
received a Fulbright scholarship,
enabling her to complete a Master
of Arts Degree in Dance at New
York University.
Appointed in 2010, Raewyn has
created numerous critically acclaimed
works for Dancenorth including the
cry (2010), Black Crows (2010),
and MASS (2011). In 2013 Raewyn
co-directed Abandon with Opera
Queensland Artistic Director Lindy
Hume and Musical Director James
Crabb. In January 2014, Raewyn’s
A fall from Grace featured at the
National Art Gallery (Tokyo), a
collaboration with Japanese sculptor
Naoko Yoshimoto.
Alongside her main-stage work,
Raewyn has re-established
Dancenorth’s regional North
Queensland touring circuit,
strengthened venue partnerships
throughout the state, and developed
a comprehensive community and
education program that includes
working with individuals with disability
and young people marginalized from
mainstream education.
Raewyn has received a 2012 Helpmann
Award nomination for ‘Best Ballet or
Dance Work’ for MASS; Australian
Dance Awards 2013 nomination for
‘Services to Education’ and ‘Best
Community and Education Program’
for Small Dances//Big Stories. In August
2013, Raewyn was recognised in
the ‘Top 50 Most Influential’ people
in North Queensland, and made a
Queensland Cultural Champion by the
Queensland Government.
Before taking up the role at
Dancenorth, Raewyn worked
internationally as a choreographer
and educator. Her work has been
presented worldwide, including all
New Zealand Arts Festivals; at
Brisbane Arts Festival, Sydney Opera
House, Ten Days on the Island;
Hong Kong Arts Festival; Peter Sharpe
Theatre, Baryshnikov Arts Centre
(New York); Bolshoi Theatre (Russia).
Returning to Australia in 2001,
Webber started teaching and
choreographing. In 2005 Webber
was appointed Artistic Director
of Dancenorth in Queensland for
four years, creating and touring
seven works in this time. Webber
is co-founder of Splintergroup and
The Farm, based between Berlin and
Australia and with these collectives
has created four international
co-productions, lawn, roadkill,
Food Chain and Good Little Soldier,
which have toured extensively. In
2010 lawn and roadkill received 6
Greenroom awards in Melbourne.
Webber has created work, performed
and collaborated with Theater
Freiburg, Heidelberg and PVC in
Germany, Grayson Millwood and
co-directed with Swiss based theatre
director Christoph Frick. The Farm
premiered Good Little Soldier in
Berlin in 2013 and following that
Grayson Millwood, Jeff Wood
and Webber created Frontier, an
experimental film about dirt.
The Farm currently has three shows
in the making; Cut Away, Cock Fight
and Project Q.
Over the past 6 years Cloudgate 2
has invited Huang Yi to choreograph
several works; Body.Sound (2008),
Wicked Fish (2009), Floating Domain
(2010), Symphony Project - I.
Mechanical Violin (2011).
His Symphony Project and HUANG
Yi & KUKA won 1st place in the
digital performance competition
of the Taipei Digital Art Festival in
2010 and 2012 respectively. The
latter was performed at the Ars
Electronica, Linz, Austria in 2013.
HUANG is the first Taiwanese
artist invited to present at the
Ars Electronica 2013 Festival for
Art, Technology and Society in
Tabakfabrik, Austria. HUANG
received a grant from the Asian
Cultural Council to study in New
York in 2013 and created Under the
Horizon when he resided at the 3LD
digital arts center, and was selected
in the top 25 of choreographers to
watch by the US Dance Magazine.
Photo by Phillip Biggs, courtesy of The Examiner
ONE /
Echo
TWO /
In
THREE
A dance for
the forgotten
IN REHEARSALLLLL
Sarah Fiddaman
Alice Hinde
Brianna Kell
Erynne
Mulholland
Andrew Searle
DANCER (TASDANCE)
DANCER (DANCENORTH)
DANCER (TASDANCE)
DANCER (DANCENORTH)
DANCER (DANCENORTH)
DANCER (TASDANCE)
Sarah first joined the Tasdance
ensemble for the Identity season
in 2009 and has since performed
in Heart Matters (2010), Artery
(2011), Voltage (2012), Identity
(2012), and Luminous Flux
(2013). She has been engaged
in a choreographic capacity for
Tasdance’s education program
Alice is a performer,
choreographer and designer, with
a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
from the Queensland University
of Technology. In 2006 she
joined Dancenorth performing
in all works by Artistic Director
Gavin Webber and works by Meryl
Tankard, Antony Hamilton, Jo
Brianna is an independent artist
and choreographer based in
Sydney. Commencing her training
at the Victorian College of Arts
(2008), Brianna was exposed to
and inspired by internationally
and nationally renowned
choreographers, workshops,
training, and performance.
Brisbane born, Erynne studied at
the Queensland Dance School of
Excellence before training at the
New Zealand School of Dance,
graduating with a Diploma in
Dance Performance in 2003.
Originally from Adelaide, Andrew,
23, graduated from the New
Zealand School of Dance with a
Diploma in Dance Performance
in 2012.
Timothy is a Melbourne based
contemporary dance artist. Beginning
dance in Sydney at Newtown High
School of the Performing Arts,
Timothy attended VCA, and upon his
graduation was awarded the ‘Orloff
Prize’ for most outstanding talent.
Pulse (2010) and community
projects Young At Heart (2010),
In Your Dreams (2010) and Dance
Marinara (2011/12).
Stone, Paulo Castro and Ross
McCormack.
Sarah began her career as a ballet
dancer in Germany, graduating
from the Heinz Bosl Stiftung in
Munich in 2002 and then dancing
with the company Theatre Krefeld
Moenchengladbach (20022004).
Upon returning to Australia, Sarah
co-founded the contemporary
dance organisation DirtyFeet,
performing in works by Sydneybased choreographers and
becoming a major part of the
company’s infrastructure.
Sarah received nominations for
‘Most Outstanding Dancer’ in
Dance Australia’s Critics Survey
in 2013 and 2014 and was most
recently awarded ‘Most Audacious
Choreography’ at Short + Sweet
Dance Melbourne for her solo
work Shelf Life.
THE DANCERS
In 2009 she became a freelance
artist, working with Animal
Farm Collective, Stalker
Theatre Company, Force
Majeure and Physical Virus
Collective (Germany). Alice
was acknowledged within Dance
Australia’s Critics Choice Survey
as being ‘Most Outstanding
Dancer’ for her performance in
Underground in 2008.
Alice returned to Dancenorth in
2011 to work with Artistic Director
Raewyn Hill, most recently
performing in Abandon with Opera
Q and performing Flock in the
National Art Gallery in Tokyo
and Together into the abyss for the
Solos Festival in Brisbane in 2014.
Alice performed and cochoreographed her first
professional work This you
made of me in 2006, created
EXTRAordinary CONFESSIONS
for the 2009 graduating dance
students at QUT and in 2011
Let’s meet in a dream, a solo
work. Alice has also designed
and co-ordinated costumes for
Dancenorth, Force Majeure,
Animal Farm Collective and
The Australian Ballet.
In her graduating year, Brianna
was awarded the Orloff
Family Trust Award for ‘Most
Outstanding Talent’ 2010. Brianna
has worked with local and national
dance artists in Sydney based
DirtyFeet’s Choreographic
Labs, and performed in the
DirtyFeet/Chronology Arts’
production Vitality at the
Seymour Centre, 2013.
In 2011 Brianna began working
with Tasdance and has since
toured across regional Victoria,
NSW, and Tasmania. At Tasdance
Brianna has worked with notable
choreographers Anton, Frances
Rings, Larissa McGowan, Anna
Smith, Marnie Palomares,
Byron Perry and performed in
remounted work by Tanja Liedtke.
In 2014, Brianna worked on
Tasdance’s education performance
project Alter.
Brianna and collaborator
Alexandra Andrews won ‘Most
Outstanding Choreography’
for their work in development
Salt at the Sydney Short+Sweet
Dance Festival 2014. Brianna has
worked in Accessible Arts as a
workshop director and facilitator
with Shopfront Theatre’s Sensory
Games, Bodylines, DirtyFeet’s The
Right Foot Project and with SarahVine Vassalo for artists with and
without disability.
Since joining Dancenorth in 2013,
Erynne has performed in Black
Crows and Fugue, and in Abandon,
a collaboration with Dancenorth
and Opera Queensland with
performances in Townsville 2013
and Brisbane as part of the World
Theatre Festival 2014. In 2013
Erynne toured with MASS to
Wellington, New Zealand after a
return season in Townsville.
Erynne was a company dancer
with Footnote Dance (2004 2005), performing in Raewyn
Hill’s works, nest, in time of flight
and how ugly is that duckling.
In 2006 she joined Raewyn
Hill’s Angels with Dirty Feet
NZ tour and performed with
percussion group STRIKE as a
full time percussionist, touring
internationally before returning to
Footnote in 2007.
Throughout 2009-2012 Erynne
trained as a butcher and manager,
and has also performed in many
New Zealand and Australian arts
projects, most recently codirecting music video Body Fight
Time, and performing with awardwinning Rain & Lucky Dance
Theatre in Melbourne. Erynne
is a founding member of the
acclaimed production company
Mulholland Sound Ltd.
Since joining Dancenorth in 2013,
Andrew has performed in Black
Crows and Fugue which toured to
the Gold Coast and Ayr, as well
as in Abandon, a collaboration
with Dancenorth and Opera
Queensland with performances in
Townsville 2013 and Brisbane as
part of the World Theatre Festival
2014. In 2013 Andrew toured with
MASS to Wellington, New Zealand
after a return season in Townsville.
Andrew trained at Terry Simpson
Studios in Adelaide for 4 years
before moving to New Zealand
in 2010. Andrew has worked
with Australian Dance Theatre
sporadically over the last three
years. He also performed in
Tempo Festival in Auckland with
New Zealand School of Dance
choreographic season On The
Other Hand and in the World of
Wearable Arts in Wellington during
2012 as well as NZSD Graduation
Season 2012.
Timothy Walsh
Joining Tasdance in 2012, Timothy
has performed works by Larissa
McGowan, Byron Perry, Tanja
Liedtke, Anna Smith, Marnie
Palomares, Raewyn Hill, Gavin
Webber and Huang Yi. His work with
Tasdance led to a nomination for
most outstanding dancer in Dance
Australia’s Critics Choice survey.
Timothy has also worked with Phillip
Adams BalletLab, Stephanie Lake,
Shelley Lasica, Brooke Stamp, Luke
George and visual artists Mikala
Dwyer and Keith Deverell.
Timothy is developing a choreographic
practice, creating You Will Be
Unprepared for VCA Third year
students (2013), Remind Me Again in
24 Hours for Menagerie Collective
(2013) and De-mystifying the out-ofbody experience (2013) commissioned
as part of Lucy Guerin Inc’s P4SS
program. Timothy undertook an
internship with Chunky Move under
the mentorship of Stephanie Lake
for her Next Move commission
Aorta. He is recipient of the Australia
Council ArtStart grant allowing him
to travel to Iceland, Copenhagen and
New York to continue to develop his
choreographic work.
Bradley Chatfield
Trisha Dunn
Bosco Shaw
Eden Mulholland
Ben Ely
Katherine Gurr
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR
(DANCENORTH)
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR
(TASDANCE)
LIGHTING DESIGNER
COMPOSER (A DANCE
FOR THE FORGOTTEN)
COMPOSER (IN)
UNDERSTUDY DANCER
Bradley joined Dancenorth as
Rehearsal Director in 2010 after
having spent over 18 years as a
dancer at Sydney Dance Company.
Since joining Dancenorth, Bradley
has assisted in setting Raewyn Hill’s
repertoire the cry, Black Crows,
Fugue, MASS, A fall from Grace,
Trisha Dunn is a Tasmanian based
performer, choreographer, project
manager, teacher and rehearsal
director. Trisha was an integral
part of Tasdance for 13 years
engaged under various guises and
during this time worked with over
35 Australian and international
Brisbane born, Ben Ely is an
innovative Australian musician and
artist with a career spanning over
two decades in the industry. Ben
is best known for his work with
the indie / alternative rock band
Regurgitator, formed in 1993, and
which has received 8 ARIA Awards
and sold close to one million
Katherine graduated from
WAAPA in 2012 and was
awarded with the Hawaiian
Award for Dance for the most
outstanding graduating student
in Bachelor of Arts. Since
graduating, Katherine has worked
in Adelaide with Felecia Hick in
From Darkness the Day and Lisa
Allegories, The gates, Abandon and
A dance for the forgotten.
choreographers. These included
works from Tanja Liedtke, Leigh
Warren, Graeme Murphy, Sue
Healey, Lucy Guerin and Natalie
Weir. Trisha has performed
extensively throughout Tasmania
and Australia and has had the
opportunity to tour with Tasdance
to New Zealand, India, China and
Korea. Trisha has also performed
several seasons with New Zealand
based Raewyn Hill and Dancers,
Melbourne’s Chunky Move and
Sue Healey and Dancers.
albums in Australia. Experienced
composing for dance, Ben worked
on Gavin Webber’s 2009 Rock
Show, a 75 minute collaboration
between Regurgitator and five
contemporary dance artists.
Griffiths in her work Chance.
Bradley is recipient of numerous
awards including ‘Best Male
Dancer’ at the Green Room
Awards 2003, Australian Dance
Awards 2003 and Mo Awards
2004, and in 2009 was named in
Sydney Morning Herald’s ‘Top 100
Most Influential People in Sydney’.
Born in Victoria, Bradley trained
under Vivienne Dunn before
graduating from the Australian
Ballet School in 1990. Bradley
joined the Hong Kong Ballet prior
to Sydney Dance Company (SDC)
under the direction of Graeme
Murphy and Janet Veron in 1991.
At SDC Bradley was appointed to
the role of Deputy Dance Director
(2008) and then Dance Director
(2009).
Bradley starred as Mr Mistoffelees
in Really Useful Group and Seoul
& Co touring production of Cats
in South Korea 2003/04, and
performed in Worldwide Tour
Company’s Aida, and Garry
Stewart’s THWACK. In 2010, with
Brett Morgan, Bradley reproduced
Free Radicals for the Hong Kong
Academy of Performing Arts
graduation.
In March 2013 Trisha presented
Finding Centre, her first full
length solo work for Ten Days
on the Island. This performance
marked the culmination of three
years in which she undertook
several creative development
periods scattered between her
performance commitments
and the birth of twins. Trisha is
currently working on a new live
art work We find our feet; we
keep on walking focussing on the
audience/performer relationship.
Trisha looks forward to developing
a future where performance,
choreography and motherhood
can meet.
Bosco Shaw has worked for
companies and festivals in
Australia and around the world.
These projects vary from
independent works, to major
festival installations. Companies
include Australian Dance Theatre,
Adelaide Festival of Arts,
Windmill Performing Arts, Arts
Projects Australia, Dancenorth
and Bluebottle.
Working primarily as a Lighting
and Set Designer, Bosco has also
moved into visual art. His work
mainly uses video as a source
to drive conventional lighting
instruments, as well as video
projection using hardware and
software designed for projection
mapping and Vj.
Lighting design projects include;
Dancenorth Fugue and Abandon,
Womadelaide - 2010/2011/2012,
Restless Dance Beauty, The
Australian Ballet Halcyon,
Antony Hamilton/Lyon Opera
Black Project 3, Tim Darbyshire
More or less Concrete, Missy
Higgins Unashamed Desire - Film
Clip, ANAM and Paul Kelly
Conversations with Ghosts, Larissa
McGowan Skeleton, City of
Melbourne NYE 2012 Nests Live
Sites, Queensland Music Festival
Boomtown, Daniel Jaber/ADT
Nought, Hydrapoesis and Prompter,
Tristan Meecham and Aphids
Game Show, Chunky Move It
Cannot Be Stopped.
Eden is one of New Zealand’s most
respected and prolific composers
and producers for theatre, film
and contemporary dance. You’ll
find Eden these days travelling
extensively to and from NZ
and Australia working on new
commissions and projects.
Born in Christchurch, New
Zealand, Eden originally trained as
a contemporary and ballet dancer.
This background has allowed Eden
to approach composition with
a strong visual and kinesthetic
understanding. He has danced for
Black Grace, Ann Dewey, Michael
Parmenter, Sean Curham, Malia
Johnston and Touch Compass.
Eden was the winner of 2009 and
2010 Best Music at the Tempo
Dance Festival and nominated for
a Qantas Media award for ‘Best
Music for a TV series’ for his work
on World Kitchen TV series.
Eden recently released a solo
album Feed the Beast to critical
acclaim in Australasia with a flurry
of 5 star reviews and is set to tour
to the US in 2014, with standout
performances and festivals like
CMJ in New York. Eden also heads
popular Auckland band Motorcade
who have been champions of the
indie scene since 2009.
THE CREATIVES
With Regurgitator, Ely was involved
in the 2004 live performance
recording project BAND IN A
BUBBLE in Federation Square in
Melbourne. The band lived in a
purpose built glass house for three
weeks without leaving to record the
MISH MASH album.
Alongside his work with
Regurgitator, Ben has composed
numerous film scores, TV theme
music, re-mixes and live scores.
Highlights include composition
for the 2004 Australian film
Somersault (together with band
Decoder Ring) for which Ely
received AFI Award for ‘Best
Original Music Score’ and an
Australian Screen Music Award for
‘Best Original Song’. As well, Ben
composed the theme music for
Triple J TV.
Katherine spent time with
Tasdance assisting Dean Walsh
in the creation of a community
dance performance Sub Marine
- Shining Light into the Depths
as part of National Science
Week 2013. This year Katherine
took part in the ADT kickstart
mentoring program and was
the recipient of the Australia
Council for the Arts Artstart
grant, enabling her to join
Tasdance and Dancenorth
for the development and
touring of Threefold: Webber /
Hill / Huang Yi.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
DANCENORTH STAFF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lighting Design Bosco Shaw
ARTISTIC
Many thanks to all those who
have donated time, energy or
funds to the companies.
Production and Stage Manager
Wayne Tomas/Dancenorth,
Darren Willmott/Tasdance
Graphic Design Kieran Bradley
Photography Naomi Lee
(Dancenorth portraits),
Jenni Large (Tasdance portraits),
Paul Scambler (cover image),
Bradley Chatfield (rehearsal images)
Artistic Director Raewyn Hill
Rehearsal Director Bradley
Chatfield
MANAGEMENT
General Manager Trevor Keeling
Operations Manager Karin Palmer
Marketing Heidi Hatherell,
Crystal Clear PR
PRODUCTION
Artistic Director Annie Greig
Production Manager Wayne Tomas
Venue & Production Co-Ordinator
Yoshi Kenny
Rehearsal Director Trisha Dunn
COMMUNITY & EDUCATION
TASDANCE STAFF
General Manager
Richard Longbottom
Community & Education
Administrator Suzie van der Ham
CONTACT TASDANCE
197 Wellington Street
Launceston 7250 Tasmania
Phone 03 6331 6644
[email protected]
www.tasdance.com.au
CONTACT DANCENORTH
Cnr of Stanley and Walker Streets
Townsville QLD 4810
Phone 07 4772 2549
[email protected]
www.dancenorth.com.au
Production Manager
Darren Willmott
Administrative Assistant
Diane Stokes
Accounts Manager
Jane Murfett PRESENTED BY
Produced by Dancenorth and Tasdance. Dancenorth acknowledges the assistance of the Queensland
Government via Arts Queensland, and the support of Townsville City Council. Tasdance acknowledges
the assistance of Arts Tasmania through the Minister for the Arts. Both Dancenorth and Tasdance are
assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory
body, and the tour has gratefully received funding assistance via Playing Australia.
FUNDING PARTNERS
VENUE PARTNERS
TASDANCE SPONSORING PARTNERS
DANCENORTH SPONSORING PARTNERS