WARNINGS Strobe lighting, Smoke machine Dance 11 Dance Graduation

Program 1 (16 to 17 Nov)

The Waiting Room Jane Pirani

Dancing with Gardot Csaba Buday

Gardens Theatre 2 George Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 Ph. (07) 3138 4455 or [email protected] Program 2 (22, 23, 24 Nov) www.gardenstheatre.qut.edu.au

PATRONS PLEASE NOTE in between spaces Shaaron Boughen & Elise May 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. • A single cough measures approximately 65 decibels of sound. The Eve of Feasting • 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. Riannon McLean & Richard Causer

EVACUATION Raw - EDC (Expressions Dance Co)

PATRONS are advised that GARDENS THEATRE has an EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE, a FIRE ALARM Natalie Weir 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 One Apart Natalie Weir CRICOS No. 00213J © QUT 2011 Produced by QUT Precincts FOREWORD QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DANCE STAFF 2011, SEMESTER 2

It is a pleasure to welcome you to Dance 11, our graduation season. The QUT Dance performance students Full-time have been fortunate to have had many valuable performance experiences this year. CSABA BUDAY Lecturer in Contemporary Technique, Choreography SUSAN CAULFIELD-LECLERCQ Production Coordinator, Lecturer in Ballet 2011 marks the first year in a formal partnership agreement between QUT Dance and EDC (Expressions Dance AVRIL HUDDY Lecturer in Contemporary Technique, Alignment Company). This rare opportunity will provide our graduating students with valuable knowledge and authentic EVAN JONES Lecturer in Ballet experiences as they transition into the industry. Twelve students performed alongside the company in July in the RACHEL PEDRO Study Area Coordinator, Dance Theory, Latin Dance, Acting Discipline Head R&J season at QPAC, and our collaboration continues with Dance 11. KYM STEVENS Lecturer in Dance Education

As a result of our partnership with EDC, we are delighted to present our graduation season in a new format Sessional this year, with two distinct programs. The first program showcases the talents of our first and second year MARK BRINKLEY Ballet Technique / Pas de deux performance students with works by guest choreographer Jane Pirani and QUT resident choreographer Csaba TRACEY CARRODUS Ballet Technique / Repertoire Buday. Program two privileges our graduating students with a shared program of works from within the EDC FIONA CULLEN Contemporary Technique and QUT ranks. The program includes works by Shaaron Boughen, Richard Causer, Elise May, Riannon McLean NICOLE GALEA Academic Tutor, Ballet Technique and Natalie Weir. VANESSA MAFE-KEANE Choreographic Studies, Dance & Technology KEITH HAWLEY Jazz Natalie Weir, Artistic Director of EDC, is a QUT Dance graduate and Creative Industries Faculty 2009 Outstanding KYM STOKES (Majestic) Duo Alumni Award winner, and we are delighted to be developing our relationship with Natalie and the company. LES LIVESLY (Majestic) Duo We offer our hearty congratulations to Natalie on winning three major arts awards this year; the 2011 Australian WENDY LARAGHY Pointe Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a Company – Where the Heart Is, and two 2011 Helpmann Award RUDI MINEUR Acrobatics for Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production and Best Ballet or Dance Work – Where the CHARLOTTE CUTTING Digital Media Heart Is. We also congratulate former EDC company member, Richard Causer, a QUT Dance graduate, for his KATIE JOEL Choreographic Studies nomination for Most Outstanding Male Dancer for Dance Awards and award of Best Male Dancer JOHN SANDURSKI Ballet Technique for the Helpmann Awards, and current EDC member and QUT Dance graduate, Elise May, who was nominated NATHAN TIGHT Yoga for Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer in the . MELISSA TATTAM Ballet Technique LISA WILSON Contemporary Technique Also on this note of congratulation, we are very pleased to acknowledge QUT Dance student Michelle Barnett as ZAIMON Vilmanis Contemporary Technique the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Patricia Macdonald Memorial Foundation Scholarship for excellence in her LIZZIE Vilmanis Contemporary Technique studies. RYAN MALES Contemporary Technique LEAH TILNEY Tumbling / Acro In addition to their work with EDC, in July the third year performance students toured to the Guangdong Modern CHANTHALAH WEBSTER-TIGHT Yoga / Architecture of the Body Dance Festival in China. They attended master classes and workshops, and performed Shaaron Boughen’s …as velvet empties into purple… to an international audience. For the first time the festival also offered the DANCE ADMINISTRATION opportunity for students to present their choreographic work and we were delighted that three QUT works were AISHA DIXON selected for public performance. The Brisbane Festival also provided the third year performance students with an opportunity to work with international artists. In collaboration with QUT’s School of Design, our students PASS Team (Peak Achievement Skills and Strategies) performed with Israel’s Tami Dance Company as part of Under the Radar, a context for experimental work within JAN SMITH Physiotherapist, Anatomy Lecturer the festival. DR. GENE MOYLE Sports and Dance Psychologist VALQUIRA OLIVEIRA Massage Therapist Lastly, and very importantly, the Dance staff would like to welcome into the world Felix Wade, born to our colleague Avril Huddy and her partner Michael, and offer our heartfelt congratulations. Accompanists BRIAN ADAMSON We hope you enjoy the evening and thank you for your ongoing support. LOVINIA DICKENS STEVE FRANCIS Rachel Pedro BRETT FOWLER Discipline Leader, Dance DAVID MULLER ALICE TROTTER PRODUCTION TEAM BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (DANCE)

1st year Performance 2nd year Performance Dance Production Coordinator SUSAN CAULFIELD–LECLERCQ Ena Besic Chloe Lanham Shauna Browne QUT Precincts Production Coordinator JEFF WARNICK Asher Bowen-Saunders Zachary Lopez Hsiao Ya Chen ANDREW MEADOWS Skye Burkin Georgina Munton Luke Currie-Richardson Costume Designer SHAARON BOUGHEN Jake Chapman Amelia Skin Robert Flehr Costume Maker EMMA PRICE and PING Hsiao Ting Chen Michael Smith Yu-Ching Kuo Caitlin Cross Georgia White Isobel Larkin Production Stage Manager THOMAS EDMISTON* Rebecca Giles Cindy Wilson Sharon Lee Deputy Stage Manager (Dance to Gardot) Samantha Morrison* Jake Harrison Khadi Wolf-Brooke Matthew Nguyen Deputy Stage Manager (Waiting Room) HARLEY MANN* Hayley Kerr Deputy Stage Manager (One Apart) LAUREN MAKIN* Deputy Stage Manager (Eve of Feasting) Anthony Spinaze* Deputy Stage Manager (Raw and in between spaces) STEPHANIE DOBSON* Assistant Stage Manager JASON PAIGE* Production Assistant - Set KANE ERNST* Program 1 (16 to 17 November) Flys KANE ERNST* The Waiting Room Head Electrician WHITNEY EGLINGTON* Production Electrician SHANNON YENDALL* Choreographer Jane Pirani Lighting Operator ANDREW STEPHENS* Floor Electrician CARO LAKOS* Rehearsal Directors Sue Leclercq and Csaba Buday Sound/AV Coordinator SCOTT CHIVERTON* Lighting Designer Andrew Meadows Sound/AV Operators KYLA QUILL* and PHILIPPA LOTH* Costume Designer Shaaron Boughen Music Vivaldi, Shostakovich, Glass, Schifrin, Art of Noise, Arvo Part, Kilar, Kats Chernin Cast 1st and 2nd year BFA Dance Performance * Indicates Creative Industries Technical Production student Scene Plot 1. Waiting Room Full Cast QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL PRODUCTION STAFF 2. Queue Full Cast

3. Which way Sharon, Zac, Luke & Michael Technical Production Coordinator George Meijer 4. Patience Jake, Matt, Jake, Ena, Ada, Isobel Lecturer - Technical Production / New Media MATT DELBRIDGE 5. Panic ada Lecturer - Stage Management Carly O’Neill 6. Platform 1 Caitlin, Georgina, Chloe, Vera & Kahadi 7. Collision course Jake, Matt, Caitlin, Georgina, Chloe, Vera & Kahadi PRODUCED FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FACULTY BY QUT PRECINCTS 8. Picking up the pieces Vera 9. Impatient Kahadi, Caitlin, Isobel, Chloe, Ena

10. Wait for me Shauna & Sharon Executive Director PROF. SUSAN STREET 11. Platform 2 Full Cast Operations Manager JILL STANDFIELD 12. Solace ada, Zac, Vera, Luke, Isobel, Matt, Sharon & Jake Marketing Officer JACLYN Taylor 13. Together ada & Luke Technician ANDREW EARLE 14. Moving On Full Cast Workshop Supervisor BRENDAN WRIGHT Customer Service Manager CIARN ARMOUR Like an orchestra with complementary harmonies and intended discord the waiting begins. Patience Front of House Officer Tali Warmington wanes and the race begins - against time, each other and themselves. We are all waiting for something Administration Officer EMMA CAIN be it abstract - love, joy, satisfaction or concrete - appointment, train, 5pm, dinner. This work brings 24 dancers into a space to wait. Together they out the game - sometimes patiently, sometimes with a ACKNOWLEDGEMENT fever but always with dreams, fears and collected stories - but no matter what - they will collide and connect as they discover themselves in the journey through the waiting room.

Keith Clark

Program 1 cont...

ANDREW MEADOWS - Lighting Designer Andrew has worked as Lighting Designer for many of Brisbane’s arts companies including Theatre Company, , Queensland, Queensland Interval Orchestra, La Boite and EDC. He was lighting operator and systems tech on 20 minutes (Disney) South Africa,Taiwan in 2007/08. Andrew has a strong connection with independent performing arts in Brisbane and has worked as a Production Manager and Lighting Designer on Teuila Postcards, Rat Trap (Polytoxic), The Brides of Frank, Mondays (Tom Greder, Scott Witt), X-Collective (Queensland Orchestra), Often I find that I am naked (National tour) (Jo Thomas), Performance Anxiety (Brian Lucus) and Girl Fest to name a few. Andrew is currently Head Electrician at Opera Queensland. He recently designed for EDC’s Solo, lighting works of local and national choreographers. Dancing with Gardot

Choreographer Csaba Buday

Lighting Designer Andrew Meadows Music Melody Gardot Costume Designers Shaaron Boughen Cast 1st and 2nd year BFA Dance Performance

The sublimely cool and smoldering elegance of Melody Gardot’s songs is the inspiration and driving force of DANCE TO GARDOT. This work, in 11 sketches, echoes the sultry moods and yearning sensations of Gardot’s tunes - intimations of suffering and resolve. A classic jazz chanteuse, Gardot’s rich-toned voice along with luscious orchestrations, provide a stylish sonic expression of the place were music meets life. EMMA PRICE - Seamstress / Assistant Costume Designer Emma graduated with a BFA (Fashion) at QUT and also completed her Honours in 2010. Her ABOUT GARDOT Honours project explored zero waste design and garment construction. Over the past few Every artist has a story. Melody’s is at the heart of her music. When she was 19, Melody was hit by a car. In the years Emma has worked in local design rooms for established Brisbane designers before accident she suffered serious head and spinal injuries and her pelvis was broken in two places. Because of these undertaking the construction of costumes in the Dance wardrobe this semester. severe injuries she was confined to her hospital bed for a year. During her recovery she used music as a form of therapy, even recording and releasing tracks while still in the hospital. Once out, she started playing around Philadelphia. Before long Universal Records signed her. Her first full-length album, Worrisome Heart, displayed her gift for transforming the traditions of jazz and blues with her intimate and personal sound. It also set a soulful artist with a small but strong following onto the world stage.

(Melody Gardot Home Page) NATALIE WEIR - Choreographer Natalie Weir is an established and acclaimed choreographer, known internationally for Graduating Students her highly physical partner work, her organic movement style and her touching insight BFA (Dance Performance) into human nature. Natalie has created over 150 professional works in her 20+ year career. She was a founding member of EDC and was offered her first choreographic commission by Maggi Sietsma. Natalie has created works for the country’s major classical and contemporary dance companies including Queensland Ballet, Australian Ballet, , Dancenorth and Tasdance. Career highlights include creating Petrushka (Queensland Ballet), Dark Lullaby () and a solo work for star, Ethan Stiefel. Natalie has created works for international companies such as , , and American Ballet Theatre. Natalie was appointed Artistic Director of EDC in January 2009 and continues to create work that balances artistic risk with accessibility, and that speaks of humanity. Her works for EDC include the award-winning Where the Heart Is, While Others Sleep and 2011’s R&J. Natalie was awarded two Helpmann Awards in 2011 and one Australian Dance Award.

Emma Barnet Michelle Barnett

Riannon McLean — Choreographer Riannon completed a Diploma in Dance Performance at the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington. She has worked with Merenia Grey Dance Company, Dance North Dance Company, Australian Dance Theater, Restless Dance Company and LDTX Beijing. Riannon joined Expressions Dance Company in 2007 and has performed and toured in 12 company productions; most recently performing Natalie Weir’s solo Herself for Solo Festival of Dance. Riannon choreographed her first work for Dance North Dance Company in 2002 as part of Original Spins. She then went on to work with ‘Red - i’ Dance Company that she founded with fellow dancer Nadine MacLean, choreographing in London for the Place’s Annual Resolution series 2005-2006. Riannon created Gold solo for Cecchetti medal tests in 2009 and Contemporary Tableau for Cecchetti conference 2010.

Danika Butler Siobhan Dumigan

RICHARD CAUSER — Choreographer Richard completed a BFA (Dance) (QUT) in 2004. In 2005, Richard’s choreographic work Delirium opened the national design conference ‘4um? Advertising and Design Asia Pacific’ and was also presented at the 2005 Malaysian Dance Festival in Kuala Lumpur.

Richard was a member of Expressions Dance-In-Education team from 2006 and joined Expressions Dance Company (EDC) in 2007 performing in the Brisbane season of Memory and Jigsaw. With EDC Richard played principal roles in Maggi Sietsma’s On Thin Ice and Natalie Weir’s Where The Heart Is. Richard has embarked on several Queensland tours as well as international tours to Guangzhou (China), Brooklyn (New York), Busan (South Korea) and on a cultural exchange with LDTX Modern Dance Company in Beijing (China). Richard has recently choreographed two works Pitch and Entity for ACPA. In 2011 Richard choreographed his own solo for EDC’s Solo Festival. Richard has featured in music film clips by John Butler Trio, , , The Living End, and Sleepy Jackson. This year Richard was nominated for Most Outstanding Male Dancer for the Australian Dance Awards, and Best Male Dancer for the 2011 Helpmann Awards. Lauren Grow Christine Hayes ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

SHAARON BOUGHEN — Choreographer, Costume Designer MA Uni of Kent, BA(Hons) Laban Centre, UK Shaaron Boughen is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT. She recently retired from the Head of Dance position at QUT end of 2010 and is currently involved in research projects and postgraduate supervision. Shaaron has an extensive practice as a choreographer, designer and curator. She has collaborated with architects, musicians, fashion designers and digital media forms and has an extensive design background from theatre works to product launches to pyrotechnics also designing costumes for works by many leading Australian choreographers. Shaaron is the Queensland dance critic for The Australian and has published in Realtime, Innovation In Australian Arts Media & Design and Currency Companion To Music And Dance In Australia.

Jake Kuzma Katrina Little

Csaba Buday — Choreographer Dip (Dance) ABS, Master of Arts (Research) QUT Csaba Buday is a Lecturer in Contemporary Dance and Resident Choreographer in the Creative Industries Faculty (Dance) at QUT. A graduate of the Australian Ballet School, Csaba had an extensive career as a performer, choreographer and teacher spanning over 25 years. He has worked with many leading professional dance companies (Ballet and Contemporary) performing numerous works by notable Australian and International choreographers including world acclaimed dance maker William Forsythe (Forsythe Company and Frankfurt Ballet). Csaba has toured extensively throughout Australia, Asia and Europe, performing at major International Arts Festivals, as well as undertaking music video clip and motion picture engagements. Csaba has taught for numerous professional dance companies including; Australian Dance Theatre, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Chunky Move, Dance North Australia, Expressions Dance Company, Leigh Warren & Dancers, Queensland Ballet, City Contemporary Dance Co (Hong Kong), Cloud Gate Dance Theatre 1 & 2 (Taiwan), Modern Dance Company of Emma Marren Ashleigh Musk Beijing, Guangdong Modern Dance Company (China) and Vietnam Opera Ballet Theatre.

JANE PIRANI — Choreographer Jane performed in a contemporary company in France for two years and then returned to Australia to help establish Dance North with her mother Ann Roberts. She performed with the company in its development and later became a choreographer, director and teacher. Jane founded Extensions, the youth arm of Dance North which she led for 11 years and then directed Dance North for eight years. During this time Jane created over 30 major works, toured extensively in Australia and overseas. She freelanced making works for companies and tertiary colleges in Australia and New Zealand. Jane has choreographed numerous musicals and taught movement to actors at the James Cook University. Since 2005 Jane and her husband Andre have been the directors of the Ann Roberts School of Dance. They founded Ulysses, a performance Jaslyn Reader Portia Risson group for senior students that produces a major season every year and serves as a choreographic research and development tool for Jane and the dancers. Tehillah Ross Catherine Ryan

Courtney Scheu Trudy Schofield

2011 Guangdong China, Dance Study Tour 3rd year BFA Dance Performance students, Lecturer Sue Leclercq and QUT Technical Production students Clark Corby and Kirby Elmsly

Jacob Williams Kellie Wilson 3rd year Performance The Eve of Feasting Emma Barnet Ashleigh Musk Michelle Barnett Jaslyn Reader Choreography Riannon McLean and Richard Causer Danika Butler Portia Risson Siobhan Dumigan Tehillah Ross Lauren Grow Catherine Ryan Rehearsal Director Sue Leclercq Christine Hayes Courtney Scheu Lighting Design Ben Hughes (July 2011) remounted by Andrew Meadows (Nov 2011) Jake Kuzma Trudy Schofield Costume Design Shaaron Boughen Katrina Little Jacob Williams Music Rene Aubry, Cibo Matto, Steve Jablonsky, Michael Galasso Emma Marren Kellie Wilson Cast 3rd Year BFA Dance Performance

‘They consumed their pleasure & devoured their sorrow & on the Eve of the feast, their taste was of sin’.

Thank you to all the students for their hard work, effort and dedication into this remount. Also thank you to EDC, QUT staff and of course a very special thanks to Sue Leclercq.

Interval 20 minutes

Raw Program 2 (22, 23, 24 November) Choreographer Natalie Weir in between spaces Lighting Design Andrew Meadows Music John Debney, Mel Gibson, , Hans Zimmer Costume Designer Libby McDonnel (female costumes) construction by Ditto Dancewear - Nathalie (male Choreographer Collaboration between Shaaron Boughen and Elise May costumes) Dancers Riannon McLean, Elise May, Samantha Mitchell, David Williams, Jack Ziesing, Kevin Privett Performer Elise May Videography Elise May Set design Shaaron Boughen and Elise May One Apart Our collaboration has been in the form of a research project exploring the process of reversioning where Choreographer Natalie Weir we have taken data – set materials, dance vocabulary, music etc from previous works and used it to make anew for this solo. Investigating the creation of authentic movement material has also driven the Original Design (2001) Michael Pearce development of a vocabulary for this work. This is the first iteration of this research which will have its second Rehearsal Director Sue Leclercq iteration mid-2012 in Taiwan. Video Remount Tracey Carradous Original Lighting Designer Jason Organ remounted by Andrew Meadows Music Global Vibrations Costume Designer Shaaron Boughen Cast 3rd Year BFA Dance Performance & Robert Flehr (2nd Year BFA)