(Un)Tethered

DISRUPTOR

Humbled by the lineage of all who came before, in this work we pay respect to street dance as a gift allowing us means for self-expression, community, play and protest.

Working with complex scores and rapid-fire choices, no two runs are the same. The dancers are faced to make choices, using freestyle dances (Hip hop freestyle & Krump), to reflect the reality they want to see, whilst tending to the collective responsibility.

Audiences are invited to move in close, pay attention and HYPE!

Choreography
David Prakash

Dancers
Indiana Gordon
Stephanie Kewley
Anastassia Krstevska
Jaden Lal
Elliana Martelli
Toby McKnight
Kamryn McRae
Bei Preston Taylor
Opal Russell
Melody Zhang

Rehearsal Director
Nicole Corea

Composer
Merrick Craven

Set & Costume Designer
Sarah Browne^

Lighting Designer
Finnegan Comte-Harvey^

Associate Vision Designer
Jimmy Dikranian^

Stage Manager
Alicia Guiney

DRIFT

“They come to be woken up.” Christopher Nolan, Inception.

DRIFT exists in the magical, mystical, ever-shifting realm of the dream-space. It ponders disguised fears, desires and potentials hidden within our dreams, nightmares and memories, and proposes the possibility of multiple realities. It asks:  Where do we go when we sleep? Who are the selves we find? Which reality is more real?

Through consideration of the movement quality and within the thematic content, DRIFT hopes for personal and collective transformation. Through this deeply pondered state of being, that we still know very little about, perhaps are we more connected than we know.

Next time I’m dreaming, I will remember that I’m dreaming…

Choreography
Chimene Steele-Prior in collaboration with the dancers

Dancers
Madeline Belli
Alyse Canton
Yinuo Chen
Tash Dotti
Tessa O'Toole
Ebony Olsen
Wen Chen Ong
Rena Sangawa
Lily Turner
Emily Yamashita

Rehearsal Director
Nicole Corea

Sound Designer
Damian Meredith

Set and Costume Designer
Sarah Browne^

Lighting Designer
Finnegan Comte-Harvey^

Stage Manager
Alicia Guiney

Sum of it

Bodies lose their edges, overlap, coexist, slip between forms and temporalities. Working across movement, materials, video and light, this assembled choreography is  an ecology of parts, versions, assembled & reassembled - human & non-human - finding patterns of unintentional coordination, multiform, multi-temporal collaboration.

Choreography
Sarah Aiken 

Dancers
Madeline Belli
Anastassia Krstevska
Jaden Lal
Elliana Martelli
Ebony Olsen
Wen Chen Ong
Bei Preston Taylor

Understudies - Yinuo Chen, Indiana Gordon and Melody Zhang

Rehearsal Director
Nicole Corea

Set and Costume Designer 
Tallula Davis^

Lighting Designer
Finnegan Comte-Harvey^

Video Designer
Alice Huxtable^

Associate Vision Designer
Jimmy Dikranian^ 

Stage Manager
Rhianna Sander

Music
Original compositions by Daniel Arnott
Clouds by Makeda
A  sample from I’m Your Empress Of  by Empress Of

Time Under Tension

Used for many different purposes in all cultures around the world, rope is a dynamic material that lends itself to explorations in complex human relationships. Ropes are strong and tough, as well as soft and gentle. They support weight, connect things, and hold things in place, but also move freely, and help other objects to be moved. A sensitive and dynamic material, rope might also act like a conductor between people, intensifying relational physicalities and responsibilities to one another, which require deep bodily listening and trust. The term, time under tension, refers to the amount of time a muscle is held under resistance during physical training. This piece is a study of time under tension - rope and duration - dancers and watchers; the body and attention.

Thanks to: The Dancers, Daniel Kok, and Thomas Petersen.

In memory of the late Jane Mortiss (artist and former VCA Dance faculty teacher)

Choreography and Ropework Design
Luke George

Dancers
Alyse Canton
Tash Dotti
Stephanie Kewley
Toby McKnight
Kamryn McRae
Tessa O'Toole
Opal Russell
Rena Sangawa
Lily Turner
Emily Yamashita

Rehearsal Director
Nicole Corea

Soundtrack
The Peach Tree Next Door Grew Over The Fence - Dylan Henner
Stonemilker (Patten Rework) - Bjork
Total Control - Martha Emily Davis, Jeff Jourard

PRODUCTION TEAM

Technical Manager
Georgie Donnelly^

Head Electrician
Madelaine Garwood

Deputy Head Electrician, Lighting Programmer & Operator
Andrew Thompson

Lighting Crew
Karin Chen
Samantha Martin

Costume Manager
Alannah Citino

Costume Assistant
Asha Robinson

^Third year Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) student

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Artistic Operations Manager
Abe Watson

Producer
Alex Duffy

Production Coordinator
Tia Wojcik

Stagecraft Project Coordinator
Alan (Alby) Logan

Workshop Supervisor
Charlie Craft

Props Master
Elena Lyons-Dawson
Set Construction
Taylor Chen

Scenic Artist
Morgan Jones

Workshop/Stage Technician
Sasha Vulling, Al Brill, Mungo Mckenzie

Costume Supervisor and Costumier
Elizabeth Maisey

Costumiers
Chloe Simcox
Tessa Cleary Moore
Emily Lewis

ACADEMIC  STAFF

Head of Dance
Carol Brown

Head of Design and Production
Richard Roberts

Subject Coordinator
Nicole Corea

Design and Production Academic Consultants
Jacob Battista, Kris Bird, Michael Carr, Martyn Coutts, Peter Darby, Jo Evans, Dale Ferguson, John Ford, Amanda Hitten, Dani Kinn, Jen Langford, Lisa Mibus, Lisa Osborn, Leon Salom, Matt Scott

Dance Academic Staff
Megan Beckwith, Derrick Brown-Appenzeller, Nicole Corea, Julie Minaai, Phillip Adams, Rheannan Port, Anna Smith, Kialea-Nadine Williams, Gareth Belling, Carol Brown

Design and Production Academic Staff
Kris Bird, Jo Briscoe, Marco Cher-Gibard, Emily Collett, Anna Cordingley, Martyn Coutts, Jo Evans, Dale Ferguson, John Ford, Nell Hanson, Amanda Hitten, Lisa Mibus, Lisa Osborn, Richard Roberts, Leon Salom, Matt Scott, Christina Smith, Jethro Woodward

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