Launceston 15-16 March Devonport 19-20 March Hobart 26-27 March Parramatta 5-6 April 2013 Tasdance ~ a feisty, physical ensemble present choreography by Tanja Liedtke and Byron Perry

FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR I would like to acknowledge the original cast in I am always in awe of the originality the development of Enter Twilight and to the and creative energy of the current cast for their exacting reproduction. choreographers who realise my vision Our Rehearsal Director Kialea-Nadine for these productions. I feed them Williams has been guiding and refining them an idea and when they explore the closely with the precision and maintenance notion further it leads to amazing of both works, and Trisha Dunn and Sol physical and intellectual connections. Ulbrich have also been a great assistance. Byron Perry has created a new work The highly talented and dedicated Tasdance Light Entertainment, and we have ensemble bring so much of their personality remounted Enter Twilight from our to the stage and add another dimension to Light and Shade season in 2004 by the choreography. I thank them all for their Tanja Liedtke. individual contributions. Many people have sat and watched dance For this year’s production I chose the idea from the benches you will see in Tanja’s work of ‘light’. Light being the natural agent (the that have been in the Tasdance Studio these electromagnetic radiation of wavelength past 9 years, so it is wonderful to give them between about 390 and 740 mm) that another stage appearance. I thank Darren stimulates sight and makes things visible. Willmott for his Lighting Design and work on While Byron Perry has explored the physical the set and staging. nature of light, Tanja chose twilight or the Special thanks to Richie Longbottom, our space between the two as her starting Administrative Manager who worked tirelessly point. Byron is an ingenious choreographer behind the scenes to make it all happen. who looks at the microcosm of an idea and teases out the meanings for him. He is – Annie Greig playful and therefore the work is organic in improvisational aspects and yet structured in the play of light as entertainment in the second part of the work. Tanja Liedtke was an exciting young choreographer who described her work as being about breaking down the barriers between dance, theatre, and personal relationships and, above all, communicating ideas and feelings clearly and unpretentiously. Tanja’s work Enter Twilight looks at twilight or the grey zone between light and dark, day and night and has an original and highly textured sound track written by Adelaide based DJ Tr!p.

PART ONE PART TWO Enter Twilight Light "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." (Exo. 22:18) Entertainment He wakes to a mischievous game. Light Entertainment is an abstract Will they play with his body and mind? physical and theatrical exploration Innocent children or knowing witches. of light. Viewed through a prism of Corrupted and evil or harmless rhythm and repetition this hypnotic and sweet. work shifts perspective from wave Whispers and teases. to particle, observed to obscured, Scratch at the surface, unfold creases, animal to abstract, entertainment untie the knots, to architecture and finally from let your eye accustom to the light to a space in its absence. twilight of day. Or jump to conclusions, be blinded by The structure of this work takes its form the dark, and wind down like a doll, from the wave/particle dichotomy inherent empty from goodness. in light itself and as the work progresses both the material explored and the method Enter Twilight explores the paradox that of creation changes dramatically. The first exists within life’s rituals. It measures the half of the work explores the wave function constitution of both the light and the dark, of light and is therefore loose in structure; the virtuous and the evil. it is concerned with improvisations based around repetition and emergent qualities. – Tanja Liedtke In contrast the latter half was created using systems, rules, divisions of time Choreography and points in space and aligns itself with Tanja Liedtke the particulate nature of light. This is an

Creative Consultant abstract work that presents both Light Solon Ulbrich entertainment and Light as entertainment.

Music – Byron Perry DJ Tr!p

Set Design Choreography Tanja Liedtke with Darren Willmott Byron Perry

Costumes Music Tracie Leslie Various

Performers Set Design Sarah Fiddaman Byron Perry with Darren Willmott Brianna Kell Costumes Jenni Large Tracie Leslie Timothy Walsh Performers Alternate cast Dean Cross Dean Cross Sarah Fiddaman Brianna Kell Enter Twilight is presented Jenni Large with the kind permission of the Tanja Liedtke Foundation. Timothy Walsh

Annie Greig Byron Perry Tanja Liedtke

Artistic Director Choreographer Choreographer

Since her appointment as A graduate of the Victorian College Born in , Tanja began Artistic Director in 1997, Annie of the Arts in 1995, Byron has her dance training in , at has developed the company developed and performed roles the International Ballet Centre, into a vital force in the cultural with Douglas Wright, Chunky Move, , before being accepted landscape of Tasmania and Paul Selwyn Norton, Lucy Guerin, into Elmhurst Ballet School in contributing to national Ballet Lab, DV8 Physical Theatre, . She later graduated from arts practice. Under Annie’s Force Majeure, Antony Hamilton the Ballet Rambert School. In 1999 leadership, Tasdance has built and KAGE Physical Theatre. Tanja was a founding member of a reputation for high quality Byron’s work has been consistently Garry Stewart’s Australian Dance main-stage presentations and recognised by the Australian Theatre (ADT). Her freelance innovative community and Dance Awards and Greenroom career includes engagements education programs. Awards and in 2006 he received with the Australian Ballet, Ballet an Australian Dance Award for Preljocaj, Lynn Seymour, Andre With an extensive career ‘outstanding performance by a de Villiers and Compagnie Steps in the arts industry, Annie male dancer’ and won ‘Best Male Danse Noumea. was honoured to receive a Dancer’ at the Greenroom Awards Bicentennial Medal in 2003 for Tanja created numerous works for his years’ work. In 2011 he her services to dance and placed for the ’s was awarded the inaugural on the Honour Roll for Women in Ignition seasons, Figures Fragile Harold Mitchell fellowship for Tasmania 2010. and defiled, a site-specific work professional development in for the closing of the ADT Balcony Annie has worked in many direction and choreography. Theatre. Her works in 1999 and capacities in New York, Sydney His choreographic work to date 2000, To My Suite and Forever You, and in Tasmania. She has served includes Punctuated Equilibrium both received a Dance on the Tasmanian Cultural and The Hayflick Limit for Chunky Critic’s Choice for most promising Industries Council, Advisory Move, Hest² for the VCA, Breaks choreography. Committee for the Australian of Asia for The Studio at the Choreographic Centre in Tanja is best known to audiences Sydney Opera House, A Volume Canberra, was President of for her works Twelfth Floor Problem for Tasdance and Goggle Ausdance NSW and a former (2006) and construct (2007) Box for which he was nominated National Vice-President of which gained critical recognition for a Greenroom Award for best Ausdance, the Australian Dance in Australia and internationally. original choreography. Byron was Council. On standing down she Tanja was appointed as the next commissioned by Chunky Move was awarded an Honorary Life Artistic Director of Sydney Dance in 2009 to create I Like This with Membership in recognition of Company following on from co-director Antony Hamilton, her services to dance and to , but was tragically which toured nationally and Ausdance. Annie is currently killed in a car accident in 2007. internationally throughout 2011. the Secretary for the Asia Pacific She strived to take contemporary In October 2011 he premiered Performing Arts Network. dance in new directions and to Double Think in the Melbourne new levels, using her unique and Annie received a Fulbright International Arts Festival. 2013 original choreographic voice. Her scholarship in 1979, enabling will see him commence work on inspiration remains a positive and her to complete a Master of Arts a new dance film with long-time dynamic influence for dance both Degree in Dance at New York collaborator Antony Hamilton and in Australia and overseas. University. As well as extending he will begin his appointment as her dance practice, Annie the Associate Director for Sydney developed skills in dance video based physical theatre company production and won awards in Force Majeure with plans to Experimental Dance Video at the develop two new works, Obscura American Dance Film and Video and The Truth About Dance with Festival (1981 and 1982). the company. Darren Willmott Kialea-Nadine Williams

The creatives

LIGHTING DESIGNER/ REHEARSAL DIRECTOR PRODUCTION MANAGER Joining Tasdance in 2013, Kialea Darren has been associated was leader of the inaugural with Tasdance since 1995 and Exposure summer intensive combines his skills in lighting and has undertaken the role of and set design with his role as Rehearsal Director. Production Manager. Kialea-Nadine Williams is well Since graduating with a Bachelor known to Australian dance of Performing Arts, University audiences through her extensive of Tasmania, Darren has worked career with ADT (Australian Dance extensively in theatre production Theatre) since 2008, making her as stage manager and operator, debut in the premiere season production and operations of Garry Stewart’s ‘G’. Following management, lighting, set and this season, Kialea performed in sound design. Darren is currently Be Your Self (2010 and 2011) and the Production Manager and the world premiere of Proximity Lighting Designer for Tasdance, in 2012. recent productions including Since Kialea-Nadine’s departure One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, from ADT she has been involved Parenthesis, and Mercy: a in various independent projects dance for the forgotten which working with Torque Show premiered for Ten Days on (development of Farrugia), Lina the Island 2007, and has Limosani (development of A toured to Melbourne, Sydney, Delicate Situation), Daniel Jaber Regional Tasmania/Bass Strait (development of Nought) and Islands/Victoria and New Torque Show’s Be Prepared. Zealand. Darren has toured the Mudlark production Cross for Born in Wiltshire, UK, prior to her Tasmania Performs. Previous working in Australia, Williams was roles include, Scotch Oakburn with Phoenix Dance Theatre (UK) College’s Performing Arts for six years under the direction Centre Coordinator, Production of Thea Barnes after graduating Manager (UTAS School of Visual from the Rambert School of Ballet and Performing Arts), Head and Contemporary Dance in the Technician/Operations Manager UK. Whilst dancing in England, (Devonport Entertainment and Williams was awarded UK’s Convention Centre,) Production/ National Critic Circle Spotlight Company Manager (Ten Award for Best Female Dancer Days on the Island), Lighting 2007, for her performance Designer and Technical Direction of Harmonica Breakdown, (Slipstream Circus, Circus Risque, choreographed by Jane Dudley. Three River Theatre, Second Kialea-Nadine has also worked Storey and Mudlark). with international choreographers such as Robert Cohan (Forest), Rui Horta (Can You See Me?), Didi Veldman (See Blue Through), and joined Michael Clark Co, performing I Do, a work from the Stravinsky Project at the Barbican Theatre in London 2007. Dean Cross Sarah Fiddaman

The dancers

Dean’s first contact with Sarah joined Tasdance in 2009 Tasdance was as choreographic and has performed in all seasons leader for Cross Currents in since. She is developing a 2012. Luminous Flux is his choreographic voice through first appearance as part of the her work with Tasdance and Tasdance ensemble. Dirty Feet.

Dean Cross has performed Sarah first joined the Tasdance nationally and internationally ensemble for the Identity season with companies Lucy Guerin Inc., in 2009 and has since performed Legs on the Wall, Motionhouse in Heart Matters (2010), Artery (UK), Shaun Parker and (2011), Voltage (2012) and Company, Theatre of Image, QL2 Identity again in 2012. She has Dance, Strings Attached, Opera been engaged in a choreographic Australia, Buzz Dance Theatre capacity for Tasdance’s and Torque Show. Dean is also a education program Pulse (2010) founding member of Autumnal and community projects Young whose debut work Exciting a At Heart (2010), In Your Dreams Blush was choreographed by (2010) and Dance Marinara Angela Goh. Accompanying (2011/12). Sarah began her his performance career, Dean career as a ballet dancer in co-created Cross Currents in Germany, graduating from the 2012 with Amelia McQueen Heinz Bosl Stiftung in Munich for Tasdance’s Education in 2002 and then dancing Project, as well as working with the company Theatre choreographically for QL2 Dance Krefeld Moenchengladbach under Artistic Director Ruth (2002-2004). Upon returning Osborne. There he has created to Australia, Sarah co-founded several works for Quantum Leap, the contemporary dance with his most recent project, organisation DirtyFeet, HARDYARDS, being awarded performing in works by with an Australian Dance Sydney-based choreographers Award in 2011 for Outstanding and becoming a major part of Achievement in Youth Dance. the company’s infrastructure. Dean is also the Assistant Sarah’s experience also includes Director for Legs on the Wall’s collaborations with musicians Symphony, which was and video artists as well as performed as a part of the dance teaching. Sydney Festival 2013. Brianna Kell Jenni Large Timothy Walsh

Brianna first worked with Jenni had a busy 2012 with Timothy joined Tasdance in 2012 Tasdance in 2011 and is Tasdance, performing in all three and has been involved in a number developing as an independent seasons; Identity, Voltage, and of independent projects in Victoria artist from her base in Sydney. Somewhere Else. 2013 sees Jenni and NSW. return for Luminous Flux. A graduate of Newtown High Timothy began dance at an early School of the Performing Arts Jenni graduated from the age in Sydney and as a student (2007), Brianna commenced her Western Australian Academy of Newtown High School of the training at the Victorian College of Performing Arts in 2010 Performing Arts travelled to the of Arts (2008), where she was and on completion of her United States training at institutions exposed to and inspired by Degree she was the recipient such as Alvin Ailey American Dance internationally and nationally of the ‘Hawaiian Award for Theatre, and New World School renowned choreographers, Dance’, awarded to the most of the Arts. He graduated from workshops, training, and outstanding graduating student. the Victorian College of the Arts performance. In her graduating Whilst at WAAPA Jenni was in 2011, and upon his graduation year, Brianna was awarded selected for exchange at the was awarded the Orloff Prize for the Orloff Family Trust Award Taipei National University of the ‘most outstanding talent’. Since for ‘Most Outstanding Talent’ Arts where she studied Tai Chi, graduating Timothy has worked 2010. Brianna has worked with Kung Fu, Chinese Acrobatics with Stephanie Lake and Robin local and national dance artists and traditional Chinese Dance. Fox in Vanishing Point as well as in Sydney based DirtyFeet’s During her time at WAAPA Jenni the BlackChord film clip Oh No. Choreographic Labs. learned and performed works by Timothy has understudied roles Nanette Hassall, Aimee Smith, for Phillip Adams BalletLab and in Brianna toured with Tasdance Alice Lee Holland, Sue Peacock 2012 performed with the company for the 2012 Identity season and Anton. She performed at in Schoenburgs Pierot Luniare for with two contrasting works the World Dance Alliance in NYC the Melbourne International Arts by Anton and Frances Rings works by Michael Whaites, Sue Festival. Timothy was nominated across regional Victoria and Peacock, Leda Muhana (Brazil) for most outstanding dancer in the NSW, the 2012 Voltage season and Christian Von Howard 2012 Dance Australia Critics’ choice. with choreographers Anna (NYC). In 2012 Jenni performed Joining Tasdance for the Voltage Smith and Larissa McGowan, Wintering (Aimee Smith) at the season in 2012 he performed the and Somewhere Else by Marnie Next Wave Festival and joined works of Larissa McGowan and Anna Palomares. Brianna is inspired by Tasdance to perform in all three Smith, as well as site specific project improvisation and collaboration seasons Identity (Anton and Somewhere Else created by Marnie through multidisciplinary art Frances Rings), Voltage (Larissa Palomares. He is excited to continue forms. The use of text and voice McGowan and Anna Smith) his work with Tasdance for the shift the parameters of thought and Somewhere Else (Marnie season of Luminous Flux in 2013. for Brianna and act as a catalyst Palomares). Jenni is excited to be for movement generation. working with Tasdance again this year and thrilled to be a part of the Luminous Flux team. Production credits Tasdance Board Acknowledgements Lighting DesignDarren Willmott, Norm McIlfatrick (Chair), Ann Many thanks to all those who Theresa O’Connor (original design) Hamilton (Secretary), Samantha have donated time, energy or Production and Stage Manager Lyndon (Treasurer), Annie Greig, funds to the company, Tasdance Darren Willmott Jeff Meiners, Judy Pill, Mary Friends Committee.others. Graphic Design Kieran Bradley Suchodolsky and Ainslie Timbs contact US Photography Jen Brown, The Tasdance Friends Examiner (Tanja Liedtke portrait), 197 Wellington Street Committee Jenni Large (all other portraits) Launceston 7250 Tasmania Glenn Bromfield (Chair), Esther Phone 03 6331 6644 TASDANCE STAFF Ross (Treasurer), Carlene Death [email protected] Artistic Director Annie Greig and Warren Pill Rehearsal Director Tasdance Patron Kialea-Nadine Williams Join our mailing list so Administrative Manager Graeme Murphy AM you don’t skip a beat. Richard Longbottom Administrative Assistant For further info visit Diane Stokes www.tasdance.com.au Accounts Manager Jane Murfett

Tasdance is assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister FUNDING PARTNERS for the Arts and by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Enter Twilight is presented with the kind permission of the Tanja Liedtke Foundation.

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