QUT 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.

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

GARDENS THEATRE

Gardens Point Precinct

2 George Street

BRISBANE QLD Australia 4000

(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:

• Cameras, photography or recording equipment, and electronic 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

◊ 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 the building.

© 2018 QUT. CRICOS No. 00213J. Produced by QUT Precincts. Information correct at time of printing, subject to change without notice.

5–9 JUNE 2018

Cover image: Fiona Cullen

Warnings

Theatrical Haze

Duration

90 minutes (including interval)

EVENT DETAILS

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It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Essentially Dance 2018!

It’s that time of the year again where our Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance

Performance) students have the opportunity to get a sense of what a

career in the performing arts is all about – performing in a professional

environment and being able to connect directly with public audiences.

Not only do they have the wonderful opportunity to learn and perform

repertoire from a diverse range of professional choreographers,

they work alongside production and design teams from across the

performing arts industry.

Situated half-way through their current year of studies, Essentially

Dance presents each year group with the challenge of adapting

to different dance genres, experiencing varied approaches to

choreography, and learning the nuances of the creative process – all

important skills to be successful in the real-world.

We are very grateful for the support and assistance of various disciplines and departments across QUT that

assist in putting on this show – Drama (Technical Production), QUT Precincts, and the School of Creative

Practice. Furthermore, a huge thank you goes to all the choreographers, designers, and the QUT Dance Team

without whom this performance season could not be mounted. Finally, we are grateful to you the audience

for your support and encouragement of our students through your patronage of this performance event. The

students have worked hard to rise to the challenges presented to them and we are very proud of their progress

to-date.

Enjoy!

Dr Mark Radvan

Discipline Leader – Dance, Drama and Music

School of Creative Practice

QUT Creative Industries Faculty

WELCOME

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40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

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DR MARK RADVAN (Discipline Leader)

CSABA BUDAY (Lecturer in Contemporary Dance / Resident Choreographer / Production Coordinator)

AVRIL HUDDY (Study Area Coordinator / Lecturer in Contemporary Dance / Lecturer in Anatomy & Conditioning)

DR STEPHANIE HUTCHISON (Lecturer in Dance)

MATTHEW LAWRENCE (Associate Lecturer in Dance)

VANESSA MAFE-KEANE (Associate Lecturer in Dance)

ELIZABETH OLD (Lecturer in Dance)

RACHEL PEDRO (Lecturer in Latin Dance / Lecturer in Dance Theory)

DANCE TEAM SEM 1 2018

Sessional Staff

GARETH BELLING (Ballet Technique)

HAO BIN (Ballet Technique)

SHAARON BOUGHEN (Contemporary Technique)

YASIM CORONADOS VERANES (Choreography)

FIONA CULLEN (Contemporary Technique)

ALICIA DE LA FUENTE (Contemporary Technique)

GRAEME COLLINS (External Examiner – Ballet Technique)

KATHERINE HANNA (Nutrition)

SUSAN HOGARD (Ballet Technique / Women’s Pointe & Variations / External Examiner – Ballet Technique)

BRAD McCRYSTAL (Dance Film)

RIANNON MCLEAN (Contemporary Technique / Extend Barre)

PROFESSOR GENE MOYLE (Performance Psychology)

DAVID PYLE (Film Capture and Editing)

NATHAN SCICLUNA (Fitness)

AARON SHAW (Contemporary Technique)

MICHAEL SMITH (Contemporary Technique)

AB SOW (Choreography)

NATHAN TIGHT (Yoga)

REA TURNER (Writing Skills)

ANNE WILBY (Pilates)

LISA WILSON (Contemporary Technique / Contemporary Partnering)

SANDI WOO (Teaching Artist)

Dance Health Team

MELANIE FULLER (Physiotherapist)

ED BARLOW (Provisional Psychologist – UQ Placement)

Accompanists

BRIAN ADAMSON (Piano)

BRETT FOWLER (Piano)

STEVE FRANCIS (Percussion)

CATHERINE YU (Piano)

School of Creative Practice Administration Team

RENEE BRIDGMAN (School Coordinator)

WENDY FREEMAN (PA to Head of School of Creative

Practice)

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BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS(DANCE PERFORMANCE) – 1ST YEAR STUDENTS

TOP

Savannah BARNES

Emily BARTLETT

Maddison CAMPBELL

Tahlia CRAIG

Lachlan DOHERTY

Rebecca GILL

Jodie HAMMERMEISTER

Samantha HARDING

Kirrah JOBST

BOTTOM

Alexia JOHANSEN

Holly JONES

Bronte MERRICK

Isabella PALMER

Rebecca SCHMIDT

Asher SIMKINS

Christiana STEWART

Eliza TURTON

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BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS(DANCE PERFORMANCE) – 2ND YEAR STUDENTS

Chloe CARTWRIGHTGeorgia BRADFORD

Alexandra DEWAR Sarah EDWARDS Kayla GELL

Rebecca JORGENSEN Tiara LOCKE Erin O’ROURKE

Kahlee WADDELL

Alivia BOYCE

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

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BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS(DANCE PERFORMANCE) – 3RD YEAR STUDENTS

Orla CHRISTIE Caitlin DABRON

Jessica DICK Brock FIEDLER

Lauren GRAHAM Candice GREEN

Lucy HOOD Matilda SKELHORN

LISA WILSONLisa Wilson has a twenty-year international career, working as a director,

choreographer, producer, performer, educator and mentor. Her body of work moves

across genres, having created for theatre companies, large-scale instillation work,

intermedia performances, opera, major company commissions and full-length

independent work. Lisa’s work has been nominated in numerous critics choice

awards, was a finalist at The Australian Dance awards, has toured nationally in

Australia to critical acclaim and showcased at national performing arts markets. As a

choreographer Lisa has been awarded numerous fellowships, grants and residencies

both in Australia and internationally.

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

GLENN HUGHES

Glenn has worked as a Lighting Designer for many companies including the

Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland Theatre Companies, Playbox, Victorian Arts

Centre, Victorian State Opera, Malthouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre,

Sydney Opera House, RealTV, La Boite, Jute, Barking Gecko, Queensland Ballet,

Melbourne and Sydney Festivals and Bangarra Dance Theatre. Glenn also has

extensive experience as a Production Manager for MTC, VAC and QTC and has

taught lighting design at RMIT, WAAPA and QUT. Recent lighting credits include:

Swan Lake (Queensland Ballet); Dance 17, and Essentially Dance 2013-17 (QUT);

Government Inspector, The Hot L Baltimore, The Man Who Came To Dinner, and A

Chorus of Disapproval (QUT); Tall Man (RealTV/La Mama); It All Begins With Love, and Tales of the Underground

(Creative Regions); Awakening, Heaven and Earth, Flight, Black Electric, Spirit of the Lore, and Stolen (ACPA).

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

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CSABA BUDAY Production Coordinator (Dance)

TOM EDMISTON Production Coordinator (QUT Precincts)

GLENN HUGHES Lighting Designer

CAITLYN KIDNEY* Sound and Vision Designer

LIZ EDWARDS Costume Designer

JACOB WALL* Head of Set and Flys

HELEN GILLESPIE* Production Stage Manager

SOPHIE WATKINS* Deputy Stage Manager

MEIKA CLARK* Assistant Stage Manager

MARY-ROSE O’MULLANE* Head Electrician

TESSA MARINELLI-CLARKE* Head of Sound and Vision/Operator

CHRISTOPHER CONWAY* Lighting Operator

ZACHARY NEVILLE*, KELLY HAU* Floor LX

RAJIV TAMANG* Sound Assistant

*Indicates Technical Production student

PRODUCTION TEAM

Produced for the Creative Indusries Faculty by QUT Precincts

PROFESSOR SUSAN STREET AO Executive Director

JILL STANDFIELD Operations Manager

ANDREW EARLE Senior Theatre Technician

JAMES MILLIS Theatre Technician

THOMAS EDMISTON Production Coordinator

ROSA HIRAKATA Wardrobe Supervisor

WARRICK PHILLIPS Workshop Supervisor

ALISON CLIFFORD Senior Marketing Officer

JESSICA BARRON Customer Service Coordinator

MALLORY CHASE Front of House Officer

Technical Production staff

TONY BRUMPTON Coordinator

CARLY O’NEILL Lecturer

TESSA RIXON Lecturer

CSABA BUDAYA graduate of the Australian Ballet School, Csaba has had an impressive career as a

performer, choreographer and teacher spanning over 34 years. He has worked with

many of Australia’s leading professional dance companies including The Australian

Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Dance North and Leigh Warren and Dancers,

performing numerous works by notable Australian and International choreographers,

including the work of world acclaimed dance maker William Forsythe (Forsythe

Company and Frankfurt Ballet). During this period Csaba toured extensively

throughout Australia, Asia and Europe, performing at major International Arts

Festivals, as well as appearing at the Turning World Festival in London. Csaba has

choreographed a total of 43 major works that have been presented in Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Europe,

the United Kingdom and the USA. Csaba is a 1999 Choreographic Fellowship recipient (Choreographic Centre,

Canberra). Between 2000 and 2003 Csaba held the position of Artist-in-Residence at the Hong Kong Academy

for Performing Arts. Csaba graduated from QUT with a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice and a Master

of Arts (Research) and the Australian Ballet School with a Diploma (Dance).

MATTHEW LAWRENCENew Zealand-born Matthew Lawrence began his dance career with the Australian

Ballet, where in 2004 he rose to the rank of Principal Dancer before relocating to

Birmingham Royal Ballet as a Principal Dancer in 2007. In 2013, he returned to

Australia under the draw of working with Queensland Ballet Artistic Director Li Cunxin

until 2014. Since then, Matthew has taught extensively in a variety of settings, from

the Australian Ballet and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), to Queensland

Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s program and as ambassador for the Royal Academy

of Dance’s Project B. Creatively, Matthew has choreographed works for Birmingham

Royal Ballet, Queensland Ballet, QUT and other leading dance institutions in Australia

and abroad. He is also a columnist for Dance Australia.

NATALIE WEIRNatalie Weir is an internationally-renowned Australian choreographer. Prior to her

appointment as Artistic Director of Expressions Dance Company (EDC) in 2009 she

was resident choreographer at the Australian Ballet and Queensland Ballet. She has

created over 170 professional works in her 30 year career, including new works for

West Australian Ballet, Houston Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Hong Kong Ballet

and American Ballet Theatre. Her EDC signature productions are where the heart is,

R&J, When Time Stops, The Red Shoes, 7 Deadly Sins and Behind Closed Doors.

During her time at EDC the company has earned 10 Helpmann Awards and Australian

Dance Award nominations.

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PROGRAM

The Female SideChoreographer NATALIE WEIR in collaboration with MICHELLE BARNETT

Music TRICHOTOMY with Vocalist KRISTIN BERARDI

Dancers BFA (DANCE PERFORMANCE) 3RD YEAR STUDENTS

Costumer Designer GREG CLARKE

The Female/Male Side is a scene from Natalie Weir’s 2017 signature work for Expressions

Dance Company, Behind Closed Doors. Set in a worldly hotel, Behind Closed Doors offers the

audience scintillating glimpses into the minds and lives of guests and staff, and what they hide

from the outside world, in a stylised late-night world.

In this scene, originally performed by Michelle Barnett, the dancing woman is the very essence

of dominant female energy. In the original full work, she embodies the liberated force that is

unleashed when the character of The Business Man wears female clothing and reveals his

inner longings. The anonymity of the hotel allows him to express his true gender identity.

For the QUT performance this solo is performed by both female dancers and a male dancer-

for the male, his gender identity is conflicted, torn between his masculine and feminine sides.

Pressure PointChoreographer LISA WILSON in collaboration with the 2ND YEAR DANCERS

Music GUY WEBSTER, BEN ELY and MATT CORNELL

Dancers BFA (DANCE PERFORMANCE) 2ND YEAR STUDENTS

Costume Designer LISA WILSON

Pressure Point is inspired by the connection between us and external forces or pressure. It

is a series of kinetic studies looking at the accumulation/build up, the pressure or break and

what remains. It is an abstract interpretation of internal forces and resonates with us on a

human level as well. Pressure Point will examine this unstable dynamic through choreography

between body, object, light and sound.

With my sincere thanks to the 2nd year dancers for their creativity and commitment through the

rehearsal process and the whole QUT production team.

Once Upon A …Choreographer CSABA BUDAY in collaboration with the 3RD YEAR DANCERS

Music PAN SONIC, DEBUSSY, NICK CAVE AND THE BLACK SEEDS

Dancers BFA (DANCE PERFORMANCE) 3RD YEAR STUDENTS

Costume Curation CSABA BUDAY

Once Upon A … draws its inspiration from tündérmesék (Hungarian fairy tales), folklore and

in particular, the mysterious and gripping writings of The Brothers Grimm. The choreographic

process has been informed by characters, themes, relationships and experiences embedded

within these archetypical stories, to draw parallels with our lives today. Once Upon A … is

a fragmented narrative that invites audiences to be creative and imagine their own world,

stimulated by the dancers, movement and multi layered visual and aural staging.

My heartfelt thanks to an AWESOME Team (Dance Students, Technical Production Students,

Glenn Hughes and Tom Edmiston) for the wonderful journey in bringing this work to fruition!

INTERVAL

Rain MakersChoreographer MATTHEW LAWRENCE

Music MAMADY KEITA

Dancers BFA (DANCE PERFORMANCE) 1ST YEAR STUDENTS

Costumer Designer MATTHEW LAWRENCE

Many indigenous cultures from Australia, North America, Africa, Europe and Asia, employ rain

dances to communicate with and effect nature. Influences for my piece come from artwork

and footage, which conveys these dances in varying forms, from group synchronicity to

individualism, vibrant colours, pagan ceremony and cultural motifs. Rain Makers is collage

of these flavours, set to the driving rhythms of djembe master drummer, Mamady KeÏta.

Thematically, I like the early Chinese Wu Shaman’s thoughts, of the dancer’s sweat producing

the rain. Philosophically, rain making represents a cause and effect rationale, of us provoking

nature, an ancient yet very modern consideration.

I would like to thank the dancers for their tireless effort and collaboration. And the technical

production students, led by Tom Edmiston and Glenn Hughes, for making me look better.