dance your heart out program booklet 2013

Dance Your Heart Out is presented by Ausdance Victoria in association with Dance Massive

MORNING DANCE CLASS SERIES

FAVELA VERA ORTIZ

KRISTINA CHAN

MONDAY 18 MARCH

FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE

10am - 11.30am

Intermediate/Advanced

$20 (Ausdance members $18)

TUESDAY 19 MARCH

LUCY GUERIN INC STUDIOS

10am - 11.30am



BYRON PERRY WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH


10am - 11.30am

Advanced


THURSDAY 21 MARCH

MALTHOUSE THEATRE

10am - 11.30am



FRIDAY 22 MARCH

CHUNKY MOVE STUDIOS

10am - 11.30am

Advanced/Pro


ANOUK VAN DIJK

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FAVELA VERA ORTIZ | INTERNATIONAL GUEST ARTIST

MONDAY 18 MARCH



Favela Vera Ortiz is a Finnish-Argentinian chore-

ographer based in Helsinki, Finland. She studied

choreography at the University of Dance in Stock-

holm, Sweden. Her works have been shown on both

national and international stages and festivals. Fave-

la has choreographed works for dance

companies in Buenos Aires and in Gothenburg & has

completed residencies in Berlin and Paris.

She is currently working in Melbourne for three

months in collaboration with the sculptor Annee Miron and filmmaker Anna Brown-

field. They are preparing a performance to be shown at Yarra Sculpture Gallery in

April 2013.

In this DANCE YOUR HEART OUT workshop, participants will get to work with the

movement material and ideas Favela is working with for her performance at the

Yarra Sculptire Gallery next month.

A BIT ABOUT FAVELA & HER CLASS…..

10am - 11.30am


FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE

45 Moreland Street | Footscray | 3011

$20

(Ausdance members $18)

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KRISTINA CHAN

TUESDAY 19 MARCH



Over the past 14 years Kristina has performed

throughout Australia, Canada, UK, USA, Asia, Is-

rael and Europe working with Australian Compa-

nies, Choreographers and Directors: Force Majeure,

Kate Champion, Australian Dance Theatre, Garry

Stewart, Chunky Move, Australian Ballet, Gideon

Obarzanek, Lucy Guerin Inc, Stephanie Lake, Sydney

Theatre Company, Theatre of Image, West Australian

Opera, Opera Queensland, State Opera South Aus-

tralia, Tasdance, Michelle Mahrer & Bernadette

Walong, Narelle Benjamin, Anton & Tanja Liedtke.

Currently Kristina is exploring her own choreographic work. In 2011 she presented a

short solo work Carnivorous at Solo Festival of Dance and Lost and Found as a part of

iOU Dance at UNSW and then presented in Spring Dance Festival 2012 at the Sydney

Opera House. In September 2012, Kristina premiered her 1st full length work Kingdom

Mourning for 3rd year students at Adelaide College of the Arts. Kristina has been

awarded the Helpmann Award 2011 ‘Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical

Theatre Production’ for Narelle Benjamin’s In Glass and two Australian Dance

Awards 'Outstanding performance by a Female Dancer’ for both of Tanja Liedtke’s

full length works: 2006 for Twelfth Floor and 2008 for construct. Dance Your Heart Out is presented by Ausdance Victoria in association with Dance Massive

A BIT ABOUT KRISTINA & HER CLASS…..

10am - 11.30am



28 Batman Street | West Melbourne

$20






BYRON PERRY

WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH



A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, By-

ron has toured extensively developing and perform-

ing roles with Douglas Wright, Leigh Warren, Chunky

Move, Paul Selwyn Norton, Lucy Guerin, Ballet Lab,

DV8 Physical Theatre, Force Majeure, Antony Hamil-

ton Projects and KAGE Physical Theatre. In 2006 he

received an Australian Dance Award for 'outstanding

performance by a male dancer' and won ‘Best Male

Dancer’ at the Greenroom Awards. During

2010/2011 he worked as associate director with both

Force Majeure & Lucy Guerin Inc. In 2011 he was awarded the inaugural Harold

Mitchell fellowship for professional development in direction & choreography. He has

also been nominated for a Greenroom Award for best original choreography.

In 2009 he was commissioned by Chunky Move to create ‘I Like This’ for their Next

Move program with co-director Antony Hamilton, touring nationally and international-

ly. In Oct 2011 he premiered a sold out season of new work, ‘Double Think’ in Mel-

bourne International Arts Festival. In 2012 he presented ‘One Show Only’, a collabora-

tion between Singapore based co. Frontier Danceland & Arts House Melbourne.

A BIT ABOUT BYRON & HIS CLASS…..

10am - 11.30am

Advanced


28 Batman Street | West Melbourne

$20







LUKE GEORGE

THURSDAY 20 MARCH



Luke George is a Melbourne based dance artist who

grew up in Tasmania and currently finds himself

working a lot in New York City. George is a graduate

of the Victorian College of the Arts. His practice as

performer, choreographer and collaborator has tak-

en him throughout Australia, Europe, Asia and North

America.

George is best known as a performer for his work

with Phillip Adams BalletLab, Jo Lloyd and Gideon

Obarzanek/Chunky Move, as well as with Miguel

Gutierrez and the Powerful People (NYC), Stephanie Lake, Frances d’Ath, Shelley La-

sica, Jerril Rechter, ITOH Kim (Tokyo) and Deborah Hay (solo performance project). He

received a Greenroom Award for Best Male Dancer (body of work) in 2011.

As a choreographer George’s work has been presented by Arts House, Dancehouse, PI-

CA, Dance Massive, Next Wave festival, Melbourne Fringe, 10 Days on the Island and he

has performed short pieces in New York City (AUNTS, Abrons Arts Centre) and Tokyo

(Kagurazaka die pratze). Choreographic highlights include NOW NOW NOW, LIFESIZE

and HOME all of which have received Australian Dance and Green Room award nomi-

nations. George has received several commissions including work with the Syd-

ney Opera House and Lucy Guerin Inc. Dance Your Heart Out is presented by Ausdance Victoria in association with Dance Massive

A BIT ABOUT LUKE & HIS CLASS…..

10am - 11.30am


MALTHOUSE THEATRE

113 Sturt St | Southbank | 3006

$20






ANOUK VAN DIJK

FRIDAY 22 MARCH



In July 2012, Anouk van Dijk assumed the role of

Artistic Director of Chunky Move. Her debut work for

the company, An Act of Now, was awarded The Age

Critics’ Award for Best New Australian Work in the

2012 Melbourne Festival.

In 1998 van Dijk formed anoukvandijk dc, her own,

Amsterdam based, company - producing twenty

full-length works that have toured the globe,

attracting broad audiences and critical acclaim.

Australian tours of her work include STAU at the

Adelaide Festival &Sydney Opera House in 2006 and TRUST at the Perth International

Arts Festival in 2011. In 2012 van Dijk was awarded the prestigious Golden Swan

(Gouden Zwaan) Award – the Netherlands’ most prestigious arts award.

In this DANCE YOUR HEART OUT class, Anouk van Dijk will be teaching

Countertechnique, the movement system she developed during her career over the last

20 years. A Countertechnique class consists of recurring, simple exercises that lead in-

to fluid movement phrases. Countertechnique classes can help dancers focus on and

explore the many elements that are operating and influencing the body and mind when

preparing for rehearsal and performance.

A BIT ABOUT ANOUK & HER CLASS…..

10am - 11.30am

Advanced/Pro

CHUNKY MOVE STUDIOS

111 Sturt St | Southbank | 3006

$20






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