Presented by QUT Precincts for the Creative Industries Faculty CRICOS No. 00213J © QUT 2014. Produced by QUT Precincts

4 – 8 NOVEMBER 2014

GaRdENS ThEaTRE

2 George Street

BRISBaNE QLd australia 4000

Ph. (07) 3138 4455 or gardenstheatre@qut.edu.au

www.gardenstheatre.qut.edu.au

PaTRONS PLEaSE NOTE

To ensure that all patrons enjoy the performance Management asks you to note:

• Camera, tape recorders and paging devices should not be used inside the auditorium.

• Switch off alarms and mobile phones prior to the performance.

• Management reserves the right to refuse admission, also to make any alterations in the program which may be

rendered necessary by illness or other unavoidable causes.

EVaCUaTION

PaTRONS are advised that GaRdENS ThEaTRE has an EMERGENCY EVaCUaTION PROCEdURE, a FIRE aLaRM

system and EXIT escape signs. In the case of an alert, patrons should remain calm, look for the closest EXIT sign in

GREEN, listen to and comply with the directions given by theatre staff, and move in an orderly manner to the open

spaces outside GaRdENS ThEaTRE

INdUSTRY PaRTNERShIPSQUT dance acknowledges the ongoing collaborations and passion for dance that is shared with our industry partners - Expressions dance Company (EdC) and Queensland Ballet (QB). We are very proud of our relationships with these exceptional professional dance companies, and look forward to continuing to cultivate innovative initiatives that are of benefit to our organisations in addition to the broader dance community.

DURATIONaCT I: 40 minsINTERVaL: 20 minsaCT II: 45 mins

WARNINGSTheatrical haze

IMAGE CREDITSEssentially Dance 2014, Fiona Cullen

THANKS TO

FOREWORd

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AVRIL HUDDY Production Coordinator (dance)BEN HUGHES Lighting designerGLENN HUGHES Lighting designerROSA HIRAKATA Costume designer

AMY HAUSER* Production Stage ManagerDOMINIQUE PRINCE* deputy Stage Manager/Sound & aV Operator SKYE LILLISS* deputy Stage Manager/Sound Operator

KIERAN CERATO* Sound & aV designer / CoordinatorDAVID FAIRLESS* head ElectricianKATIE HURST* Lighting OperatorMICHEALA STURGESS* head of Set and FlysKEEGAN LONG* Technical assistant

* Indicates Creative Industries Technical Production student

QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL PRODUCTION STAFF

CARLY O’NEILL Technical Production Coordinator & Lecturer - Stage ManagementTONY BRUMPTON Technical Production LecturerBEN HUGHES Technical Production LecturerGEORGE MEIJER Technical Production Lecturer

PRODUCED FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FACULTY BY QUT PRECINCTS PROF. SUE STREET AO Executive directorJILL STANDFIELD Operations ManagerNHI PHAM Senior Marketing OfficerTHOMAS EDMISTON Production CoordinatorANDREW EARLE Senior Theatre TechnicianROSS AITKENHEAD Theatre TechnicianBRENDAN WRIGHT Workshop SupervisorROSa hIRaKaTa Wardrobe CoordinatorJESSICA WALSH Customer Service Coordinator HEATHER JAMES Front-of-house Officer

PROdUCTION TEaM

Welcome to QUT dance’s 2014 graduation season!

This end of year performance season is a wonderful celebration and an important marker for our graduating class as part of their transition into the industry. It is a culmination of three years worth of learning – both technically, artistically, and most importantly, as people with clearly identified values and beliefs about who they are, and what kind of contribution they would like to make to the industry they are passionate about.

Dance 14 again incorporates a varied number of works and choreographic processes that the third years have been exposed to. as part of their standard performance unit of study, two works have been commissioned to push these students in quite different directions – Gavin Webber’s My Number Is...

and Vanessa Mafe-Keane’s Trailing Touch. In addition to this, the students all received the opportunity to learn three excerpts of works by world renowned choreographers – Graeme Murphy aO (remounted by Tracey Carrodus) and EdC artistic director Natalie Weir. Replicating real-world scenarios, the students had to: balance learning and rehearsing five sets of repertoire throughout the semester; expanding their skills via picking up choreography directly from videos versus having new works created on them; working with a varied number of rehearsal directors and choreographers; and auditioning against their fellow graduates to be cast within the excerpts for the final Dance 14 shows. Whilst not all graduating students will get to perform in the three excerpt works, the key learning has actually already happened back in the rehearsal studio over the entire semester.

Whilst our final 3rd year students are featured in Dance 14, it additionally showcases the learning journey for each of the other year levels within the QUT BFa (dance Performance) course. The first year students had the wonderful experience of working with Jack Chambers on the energetic number Until Late... The students were very excited to have this opportunity and have loved every minute of it – even though for many it was the first time they had done a jazz/commercial number or even worn chorus shoes! The second years, performing in In-Scripted by QUT dance Team member Jenny Roche, demonstrated an excellent level of commitment and openness to exploration of both movement and other disciplines. Engaging in creative writing activities was one component of the development process for this work, and they reported an increased level of mind-body engagement and skill development as a result.

as with any of our performance seasons, a great number of individuals, teams, and departments have made significant contributions to getting Dance 14 up and running. a heartfelt thank you to: QUT Precincts, drama – Technical Production, QUT/CIF Marketing, QUT Media, the School of MECa, and the Production, artistic, dance, and dance health teams respectively.

Lastly, thank you very much for your patronage, support and encouragement of our students as audience members, family and friends. They have worked very hard to make the most of the opportunities presented to them, and we are very proud of the results. We hope you enjoy the show!

Associate Professor Gene Moyle ARAD MAPShead of discipline – danceSchool of Media, Entertainment and Creative artsQUT Creative Industries Faculty

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GENE MOYLEhead of discipline - dance, Postgraduate Study area Coordinator

CSABA BUDAY Lecturer in Contemporary, Resident Choreographer, Undergraduate Study area Coordinator

AVRIL HUDDY Production Coordinator, Lecturer in Contemporary, alignment, Conditioning

EVAN JONES Lecturer in Ballet

RACHEL PEDRO Lecturer in dance Theory,Latin dance

DR JENNIFER ROCHE Lecturer in dance

KYM STEVENS Lecturer in dance Education

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORCHERYL STOCK Postgraduate Supervisor

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SHAARON BOUGHEN Postgraduate Supervisor

SESSIONALADAM BLANCH Guest artistSHAARON BOUGHEN CompostionDAVID CARBERRY TumblingTRACEY CARRODUS Ballet TechniqueFIONA CULLEN Contemporary TechniqueJACK CHAMBERS academic LecturerJESS CHAMBERS academic LecturerHEATHER CLARKE academic LecturerKAREN DONOVAN Ballet TechniqueMICHAEL EDGE Jazz ROD FERGUSON Tai ChiANTONINA FISCHER hip hopNICOLE GALEA academic LecturerLUCIA HARKIN alexander TechniqueRACHELLE HICKSON Contemporary Technique SUSAN HOGARD Pointe/VariationsERICA-ROSE JEFFERY academic LecturerBESSY KABAMBA hip hopWENDY LARAGHY Ballet TechniqueMATTHEW LAWRENCE Guest artist BREE LE CORNU TumblingVANESSA MAFE-KEANE academic Lecturer/Ballet Technique/Pointe ELISE MAY Guest artist/ExaminerSORAYA MCDONALD Latin FitnessGRANT MCLAY Contemporary Technique

RIANNON MCLEAN Contemporary Technique/ConditioningSOPHIE NORTHAM Conditioning ALICE OWEN academic LecturerSONJA PEEDO Ballet TechniqueRENEE PLACE dance EducationLUIS PINTO FunkJASON ROBERT Commercial dance/ExaminerCOURTNEY SCHEU academic LecturerKERRY SCHREIBER Guest ExaminerEDWINA SHAW YogaANTHONY SHEARSMITH Ballet Technique/Male Coaching/Pas de deuxCHRISTAN TATCHEV Guest Examiner JADA DE GOEY TEATINI-CLIMACO Guest ExaminerKALMAN WARHAFT Guest artist GAVIN WEBBER Contemporary TechniqueJANINE WHITE academic LecturerLISA WILSON Contemporary Technique/academic LecturerJACOB WILLIAMS academic LecturerLIZZIE VILMANIS Contemporary Partnering ZAIMON VILMANIS Guest artist

DANCE HEALTH TEAMASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GENE MOYLE Performance PsychologistMARNI HIETBRINK Provisional Psychologist(UQ Placement)MELANIE FULLER Physiotherapist & Exercise Physiologist (Pondera)

ACCOMpANISTS BRIAN ADAMSONLOVINIA DICKENSSTEVE FRANCISBRETT FOWLERJOHN REEVES

CI MECA ADMIN TEAMKRISTINE BLACKSUE DANCEAISHA DIXSONAMANDA FRANCISJENNY GREDERKAREN HENDRYSANDRA KAMINSKISAMANTHA KENNY BETH PINEL RENUKA SHARMA STEPHEN STUART

QUT CREaTIVE INdUSTRIES daNCE TEaM SEMESTER 2, 2014

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SOPhIa GUIdOChLOE haMBLETONMadISON hENdRYISaBELLa hOOdJaCLYN JONESJULIa LaMKEBRIaNNa LaW

JESSICa LaWTON

LaURa MCNaLLYNadIa MILFORdGRaCE NIChOLS

FELIX PaLMERSONELLEN PEPPERTIaNa PINNELL

LaUREN ShERLOCKELIZaBETh TaLTYJaCOB WaTTON

OLIVIa WILLISabsent: daVId MCdOWaLL

aLLY FRaZER

SaMUEL MaRCON

NOELIa SOSa JUaREZ*Study Abroad Student

ChLOE LINdBECKaIdEN BIRNEY-KILNERCLaIRE BaThGaTE-PETERSEN

GEORGIa TaYLORBONNIE ROSS

CaRa BETTY

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BEN hUGhES, LIGhTING dESIGNERBen has created the lighting for over 100 productions including works for Queensland Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, The danger Ensemble, La Boite Theatre Company, Queensland Ballet, Expressions dance Company, hothouse Theatre, JUTE Theatre, QPaC, Sydney Festival, Brisbane Festival, QUT, Gold Coast arts Centre and Kooemba Jdarra. as associate Lighting designer his work includes productions with Meryl Tankard, Elision Ensemble, Expressions dance Company, Opera Queensland, Queensland Ballet and Queensland Theatre Company. Ben is associate artistic director of The

danger Ensemble and in 2014 is an affiliate artist with Queensland Theatre Company. Ben currently lectures in Lighting design and Techincal Production at QUT.

TRaCEY CaRROdUS, REhEaRSaL dIRECTORBrisbane-born Tracey Carrodus trained with the Queensland Ballet School and received an associate diploma in dance from QUT. She spent six years dancing at Expressions dance Company before joining Sydney dance Company in 1996 where she was Principal for nearly 14 years. her high profile in the arts has been publicly rewarded through multiple awards and nominations as Best Female dancer and Outstanding Performances by an Individual via the Critics’ Choice awards, australian dance awards, australian Green Room awards, helpmann awards, and MO awards. Tracey has performed extensively throughout the

world during her 20-year career. Since retiring at the end of 2007, Tracey has been teaching and coaching Professionals and Pre-Professionals in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Technique at Sydney dance Company, australian Ballet, Expressions, Queensland Ballet, QUT, 2ballerinas, Prodance, ausdance and The australian and Queensland Opera. She was also Rehearsal director for the collaboration of Queensland Ballet and Expressions for 2012 Brisbane Festival. her greatest achievement is being a Mum to her daughter and son.

GLENN hUGhES, LIGhTING dESIGNERGlenn has worked as a Lighting designer for many companies including the Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland Theatre Companies, Playbox, Victorian arts Centre, Queensland Performing arts Centre, Sydney Opera house, RealTV, La Boite, Bangarra dance Theatre, Queensland Ballet and the Melbourne and Sydney Festivals. after training in adelaide he travelled to London, working initially in the West End and then four years at the National Theatre of Great Britain, as a lighting technician. he joined the Victorian arts Centre in 1983 as head Lighting Technician and subsequently held the positions of Lighting Master (1984-86) and

Production Manager (1987-93). he spent a year with Melbourne Theatre Company in 1994 as touring Lighting designer before joining the Queensland Theatre Company as Production Manager (1995-97). he has continued to work widely as a freelance Lighting designer since 1998. Recent lighting credits include: A Chorus of Disapproval, Essentially Dance (2013 - 2014, QUT), The Glass Menagerie (La Boite), Tall Man (RealTV/La Mama), Half and Half (Jute), Spirit of the Lore, Stolen (aCPa), Kin (GOMa/Malthouse), Tales of the Underground (Creative Regions).

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ChaRLES BaLL

LEaNE UNGERER

TZU YU PaNCLOUdIa ELdER

TRISKa COOPER

NaTaLIE KOLO-BaRIC

LISa BaRRY

ChIU-JU WaNG

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JENNY ROChE, ChOREOGRaPhEROriginally from Ireland, Jenny Roche has danced with choreographers such as Rosemary Butcher, Jodi Melnick, John Jasperse, Yoshiko Chuma and in work by dominique Bagouet (Les Carnets Bagouet, France). She was a founder member of Fabulous Beast dance Theatre. Jenny co-founded and directed Rex Levitates dance Company, Ireland with choreographer Liz Roche, touring with the company to the Meet in Beijing Festival and the Baryshnikov arts Centre, New York among other venues. She completed a practice-led Phd at Roehampton University in 2010. From 2007 to 2011 she was dance adviser to the arts Council of Ireland.

GaVIN WEBER, ChOREOGRaPhERGavin is co-artistic director of ThE FaRM, a dance-theatre collective based on the Gold Coast and Berlin. Throughout his career Gavin has worked between australia and Europe and directed theatre, dance, circus, film and installation. he spent the majority of his early performance career with Meryl Tankard adT and Belgian company Ultima Vez. as artistic director of dancenorth in 2005 to 2009, he took the company from regional australia to national and international touring and his work has received many awards including six Greenroom awards in a single year. he was co-founder of Collaborative ensemble Splintergroup and

animal Farm Collective, early incarnations of ThE FaRM, whose work has been seen across four continents. ThE FaRM currently have three shows in the making; Cut Away, Cockfight and Project Q.

JaCK ChaMBERS, ChOREOGRaPhERJack was the first So You Think You Can Dance winner in australia in 2008. he was trained in Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Ballet & hip hop, and alongside his dance training learnt to sing and act. Theatre credits include: Singing in the Rain, The Sound of Music; Project X - Singapore arts Festival & holland dance Festival (Raw dance Company); Spring Gala 2010 - hosted by Liza Minnelli (The Kennedy Center, Washington dC) Hairspray The Musical - Melbourne & Sydney (dainty Consolidated Group), where he was nominated for best supporting role as Link Larkin at the Sydney Critics awards, Burn The Floor – London/West End,

Japan, South Korea, China. Jack has worked as a choreographer and teacher internationally, including at the Joffrey Ballet School and Peridance Capezio Centre in NYC. his latest adventure was assisting disney’s associate Choreographer, Geoffrey Garratt, and Tony award Winning Choreographer, Christopher Gattelli, on the London auditions for hit Musical Newsies.

VaNESSa MaFE-KEaNE, ChOREOGRaPhERVanessa Mafe-Keane, independent choreographer, was a professional dancer with The Queensland Ballet, Geneva Ballet, Cie-Noemi Lapzeson and co-founder of performance group Co-MSK in Switzerland. She has created works for EdC Expressions dance Company, The Brisbane Festival and QUT dance where she regularly lectures and is currently undertaking a Phd in dance. Vanessa enjoys teaching adults to dance across all levels of experience, and currently teaches at the aboriginal Centre for Performing arts and 2Ballerinas.

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UNTIL LaTE...Choreographer JaCK ChaMBERSRehearsal director EVaN JONESLighting designer BEN hUGhESCostume designer ROSa hIRaKaTaMusic Tango For A Spy – TaPE FIVE, Swing Set – JURaSSIC 5Cast 1st YEaR BFa daNCE PERFORMaNCE

Thank you to the students for all their hard work towards this piece. It was pleasure working with you all and I wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Chookas!

WhERE ThE hEaRT IS (Excerpt)Choreographer NaTaLIE WEIR Originally performed by RIaNNON MCLEaNRehearsal director CSaBa BUdaYLighting Remounted by BEN hUGhESOriginal design BRUCE MCKINVENMusic JOhN ROdGERS, featuring PEaRLY BLaCK (vocals), ERKKI VELThEIM (strings) and MaRC haNNaFORd (piano) Cast 3rd YEaR BFa daNCE PERFORMaNCE – ChaRLES BaLL or CLOUdIa ELdER or NaTaLIE KOLOBaRIC or TZU YU PaN

This solo is part of a larger work, Where the Heart Is, which premiered in 2010. Where the Heart Is is deeply imbued with a sense of place and memories of home as experienced through a young mans recollections. This solo, originally created as a female solo, exposes a mother’s grief as her younger son leaves home, under dysfunctional family circumstances.

JaNET VERNON aM, ChOREOGRaPhERadelaide-born Janet Vernon studied at The australian Ballet School and has danced with The australian Ballet, Ballets Félix Blaska (France) and Sydney dance Company. In 1976 she was appointed, along with Graeme Murphy, to the artistic helm of Sydney dance Company, where they remained for 31 years. Graeme created roles for Janet including: Shéhérazade, Daphnis and Chloé (Lykanion), Some Rooms (The Bathroom), After Venice, Nearly Beloved, King Roger (Queen Roxanna), Berlin, The Protecting Veil, Salome (herodias) and The Trojans

(andromeque) – a collaboration with Opera australia. Creative associate credits include: Swan Lake, Nutcracker--The story of Clara, Firebird, The Silver Rose, Romeo & Juliet and The Narrative of Nothing (The australian Ballet); Tivoli (a Sydney dance company and The australian Ballet co-production); Hua Mulan (a Sydney dance Company and Shanghai Song & dance Ensemble co-production); Die Silberne Rose (Bayerisches Staatsballet, Munich); Water (Shanghai Ballet); Forty Miles–A River of Dreams (Tasdance); Ainadamar (The adelaide Festival of arts); Aida (Opera australia); the movie Mao’s Last Dancer and the andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies. awards include: an aM for Services to dance (1989); Sydney Opera house honours (1993); dance australia named her ‘One of australia’s Five Best Female dancers Ever’; Green Room award for Concept and Realisation, Swan Lake (2003); Centenary Medal for services to society and dance; Lifetime achievement, australian dance awards (2006); Green Room award, Outstanding Contribution to dance (2006) and the Fred & adele astaire award for Excellence in Choreography in Film for Mao’s Last dancer (New York, 2011).

NaTaLIE WEIR, ChOREOGRaPhERChoreographer Natalie Weir is known internationally for her highly physical partner work, her organic movement style and her touching insight into humanity. Natalie trained at QUT and was a founding member of Expressions dance Company, receiving her first choreographic commission by EdC’s artistic director, Maggi Sietsma, at 18. Natalie has created over 160 professional works in her 25+ year career, including major international collaborations with companies such as houston Ballet, Singapore dance Theatre, hong Kong Ballet and american Ballet Theatre.

Natalie was appointed EdC’s artistic director in January 2009, fulfilling her dream to build an ensemble of dancers and contribute to the future of australian dance. Natalie Weir received QUT’s Outstanding alumni award in 2009 as well as 2011 helpmann awards for Best Choreography in a dance Production, Best Ballet or dance Work and Outstanding Performance by a Company and the 2012 australian dance award for Outstanding achievement in Choreography.

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MY NUMBER IS...Choreographer GaVIN WEBBER in collaboration with the dancersRehearsal director CSaBa BUdaY, aVRIL hUddYLighting designer BEN hUGhESCostume designer ROSa hIRaKaTaMusic Your Russia (Dance Without Arms) – WOVENhaNd, The Things That I Used To Do – GLOVE aNd SPECIaL SaUCE, Strange Times – ThE BLaCK KEYS, Walking Man – SEaSICK STEVE, Dance Yrself Clean – LCd SOUNd SYSTEM, Good Fortune – PJ haRVEYCast 3rd YEaR BFa daNCE PERFORMaNCE

“If you live long enough you really can say ‘I have transformed from a baby into an adult’. But even beyond that, from an adult to another adult to another adult. If you live long enough you will transform.” david Cronenberg

a graduation is a major transformation in anyone’s life and so I have made this piece for the people who will perform it, the third year students. The work is a document of the time we spent together and has a playlist that matches our time in the studio. We only had a short period working together but these students immersed themselves wholeheartedly and unreservedly. any credit for the performance goes to them. We made a piece about the moment in time in which these students find themselves, to show them as they are, with all their fears, desires, fragilities and strengths on display. dance can be a bridge to the human spirit, a physical manifestation of what lies inside a human being, so this is a dance of about a group of individuals about to embark on the next transformation in their lives. Special thanks to Kate harman and hsin-Ju Chiu for their help.

INTERVaL (20 minutes)

IN-SCRIPT-EdChoreographer JENNY ROChELighting designer BEN hUGhESCostume designer ROSa hIRaKaTaMusic Peeling Venus – dENIS ROChE Of the sea & Bond that does not break – RIChaRd SKELTONCast 2nd YEaR BFa daNCE PERFORMaNCE

This piece is inspired by the notion of a Palimpsest, that is a manuscript that is wiped clean to be re-written over but still reveals the original script beneath. Writing informed these ideas, as did the way in which movements become inscriptions that imprint upon dancing bodies. I worked collaboratively with the dancers, weaving in their movement compositions and adaptations within the broader structure of the work. Special thanks to the dancers for their contributions, Sarah holland-Batt for her support with our writing investigations and to the production team for helping to bring these ideas to the stage.

GRaEME MURPhY aO, ChOREOGRaPhERGraeme Murphy aO was born in Melbourne and studied at The australian Ballet School. he has danced with The australian Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Ballet (London) and Ballets Félix Blaska (France). In 1971, he received an australia Council Grant to study overseas. he returned to australia in 1975 as a freelance choreographer. The following year, he was appointed artistic director of Sydney dance Company (then known as The dance Company NSW), a position he held until 2007. during his 31-year tenure, he created more than 50 works, including 30 full-length productions.

Graeme is the recipient of an aO (2012) for distinguished service to the performing arts, and three honorary doctorates – hon. d. Lit. Tas (1990), hon. d. Phil. Qld (1992) and hon. d. Lit. UNSW (1999).

he was honored at the Inaugural Sydney Opera house honor’s (1993) and named a National Living Treasure (1999) by the National Trust of australia. he has received a helpmann award for Best Choreography, Body of Work – a Retrospective (2001); the prestigious James Cassius award (2002); the Green Room award for Concept and Realisation, Swan Lake (2003); a Centenary Medal (2003); named Cultural Leader of the Year by the australian Business arts Foundation, receiving the dame Elisabeth Murdoch award (2004) and was listed among australia’s 50 Most Glamorous Exports at a special celebration hosted by the australian Government and austrade (2005). he received the award for Contribution to Cultural Exchange by the Ministry of Culture, the People’s Republic of China (2008) and the Fred & adele astaire award for Excellence in Choreography in Film for Mao’s Last Dancer (New York, 2011).

Graeme’s directing and choreographic credits include Metamorphosis, Turandot, Salome, The Trojans, Aida (Opera australia); Ainadamar (The adelaide Festival of arts); Beyond Twelve, Nutcracker-The Story of Clara, Swan Lake, Firebird, The Silver Rose, Romeo & Juliet and The Narrative of Nothing (The australian Ballet); Tivoli (a Sydney dance Company and The australian Ballet co-production); VAST (The australian Bicentennial authority); Hua Mulan (a Sydney dance Company and Shanghai Song and dance Ensemble co-production); Die Silberne Rose (Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich); Water (Shanghai Ballet); Forty Miles–A River of Dreams (Tasdance); Embodied (Mikhail Baryshnikov) and The Torvill and dean World Tour Company. he also choreographed Death in Venice (Canadian Opera Company); Samson et Dalila (The Metropolitan Opera, New York); the movie Mao’s Last Dancer and the andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies.

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aIR aNd OThER INVISIBLE FORCES (Excerpt)Choreographer GRaEME MURPhY aOCreative associate JaNET VERNON aM Remounted by TRaCEY CaRROdUSRehearsal director CSaBa BUdaYOriginal Lighting design daMIEN COOPEROriginal Set design GERaRd MaNIONLighting Remounted by BEN hUGhESOriginal Costumes aKIRa ISOGaWaMusic MIChaEL aSKILL, GIYa KaNChELICast 3rd YEaR BFa daNCE PERFORMaNCE – TZU YU PaN/ ChaRLES BaLL or CLOUdIa ELdER/SaMUEL MaRCON or NaTaLIE KOLOBaRIC/ChaRLES BaLL

Air and Other Invisible Forces takes the audience on an emotional journey of dance sequences that are both innovative and hauntingly beautiful with resonant allusions to asia and the West.

SaLOMÉ (Excerpt)Choreographer GRaEME MURPhY aOCreative associate JaNET VERNON aMRemounted by TRaCEY CaRROdUSRehearsal directors CSaBa BUdaY, aVRIL hUddYOriginal Lighting design JOhN RaYMENTOriginal Set design GRaEME MURPhY, JOhN RaYMENTLighting Remounted by BEN hUGhESOriginal Costumes aKIRa ISOGaWaMusic MIChaEL aSKILL Cast 3rd YEaR BFa daNCE PERFORMaNCE – CLOUdIa ELdER, NaTaLIE KOLOBaRIC, TZU YU PaN, LISa BaRRY, ChIU-JU WaNG, and LEaNE UNGERER or TRISKa COOPER

Murphy’s internationally acclaimed Salomé is a breathtaking interpretation of the fascinating biblical tale of Salome and her dance of the seven veils.

TRaILING TOUChChoreographer VaNESSa MaFE-KEaNE in collaboration with the dancersLighting designer GLENN hUGhESCostume designer ROSa hIRaKaTaMusic CaRTER BURWELL and hILdUR GUdNadOTTIRCast 3rd YEaR BFa daNCE PERFORMaNCE

This work plays with the idea of imperfect patterns that form clusters and disperse through the space, or crisscross in swirling waves of tulle skirts. It is inspired by the lyrical use of arms found in ballet. It is an abstract work, but hints at fragments of stories between the dancers’ bodies. Inevitably, these moments only appear, to fade away. Thank you to Glenn hughes for generously agreeing to light this work. I also wish to acknowledge the 3rd Year dance performance students for their contribution to the choreographic process through generating movement sequences and sharing their insights. Thank you to QUT dance for this opportunity and to Grant Mclay for his kind assistance.

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