Succession Succession

25—27 March Judith Wright Arts Centre

Two ensembles, one collective experience.

A rare and transformative event, Succession sees our 27-strong Youth Ensemble creating and performing with the professional dancers of the company.

Succession features four works created on the artists of ADC’s 2021 Youth Ensemble and culminates in a world premiere collaboration with the combined 32 artists of the company and Youth Ensemble all on stage together.

Audiences will be treated to unique works created by Youth Ensemble Director, Riannon McLean, company artist, Lonii Garnons- Williams, and recently-retired company artists Bernhard Knauer and Jake McLarnon.

As its name suggests, Succession is a key platform in ADC’s commitment to actively developing and inspiring the next generation of dancers and dance makers. Youth Ensemble

The Youth Ensemble comprises like-minded choreographic workshops, Elise May helping individuals between the ages of 15 and 18 students with capturing dance in the digital who share the same passions and creative space, Yasim Coronado Veranes for pathways. Over three terms, Youth Ensemble contemporary dance workshop focusing on Director, Riannon McLean, leads a program artistry, origin and new style experiences and that will enhance young dancers’ learning Anastasia Woolmer for memory-focused by encouraging a strong focus on their techniques to help our dancers remember development as a young creative artist. choreography. There is great emphasis on the importance of communication as an ensemble as well Developed alongside the company calendar, as the implementation of creative habits to our Youth Ensemble benefits from direct build confidence and encourage curiosity and access to the company dancers and support exploration. staff. Rehearsals take place at the home studio at The Judith Wright Arts Centre. Last year, our Youth Ensemble performed alongside the ADC company dancers in Creativity is at the forefront of our program Arc at Brisbane Festival and were the first and Australasian Dance Collective aims to performers back on the QPAC Cremorne enrich, inspire and support the young dancers Theatre stage post-lockdown with Echo. of our community. On conclusion of the Youth Ensemble, dancers have the opportunity Guest teachers further extend technique to be offered scholarship placements with and creative skills and in 2020, our Youth leading training institutions from around Ensemble were guided by numerous guest andNew Zealand. artists, including Richard Causer for creative

Directors Note Riannon McLean

Welcome to our premier season of company’s main collective of dancers. Succession! Contributing their creative knowledge and wonderful personalities in a professional The ADC Youth Ensemble is a truly vital environment, our ensemble are nurtured and necessary program that has a huge not only by our collective but by our and lasting impact on a young dancers choreographers and entire creative team. journey. Striving to provide our ensemble It has been an incredible effort from all with engaging, challenging and exciting involved and I am very proud of the students opportunities, this is a very special moment leadership, creativity and enthusiasm not only to see our young makers connect with the for Succession, but for the year ahead. Automaton Riannon McLean

A robotic notion and interpretation of how we view the human form as a self-operating machine.

A visual concept of where something is constructed to be one thing but represented to be another.

Creatives

Natalya Alexiou, Trinty Andaloro, Finn Armstrong, Eloise Arnold, Mia Beame, Emily Beutel, Claire Bryan, Polly- Ann Burrows, Evie Cadman, Livinia Corrias, Xanthe Creighton, Charlotte Dunks, Hannah Elphick, Sophie Eory, Esther Gulley, Sarah Kaplan, Alissa Kouzmenkov, Brianna Lyddieth, Martika McGowan, Georgia McKeon, Zoe Paterson, Xanthe Pheeney, Teagan Potter, Matilda Thomas, Makeda Vallinicos-Tomlin and Ashleigh Watt.

Costume Conception Riannon McLean Lighting Design Scott Christopher Barton Liminal Cass Mortimer Eipper

Liminal follows a young woman as she explores her embodied self. She’s drawn into the world of others and discovers herself navigating the interplay of self and sociality. Betwixt and between the threat and the promise of becoming one among many, she comes to terms with how she can co-exist with something beyond her own being. Venturing further and further, she pivots into the person from whom she departed.

Creatives Cass Mortimer Eipper Cass Mortimer Eipper is an award-winning director and Choreography/Direction Cass Mortimer Eipper choreographer. Creating for both stage and film, he has presented work throughout Australia, Europe, India and Composition Alyxandra Dennison the U.S.A.

Director of Photography Alec Schultz As a multidisciplinary artist, his range of skills make him a sought-after creator. He regularly produces video Costume Design Zoe Griffiths campaigns for Sydney Opera House and Bangarra Dance Theatre and has directed and choreographed dance films Cast Chase Clegg-Robinson for Trey McIntyre Project, Ballet, Australasian Lonii Garnons-Williams Dance Collective, Transit Dance Company and Ludwig. Bernhard Knauer Jack Lister His other choreographic commissions for stage include: Jake McLarnon Sydney Dance Company, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Josephine Weise Milwaukee Ballet, , Australasian Dance Collective, Transit Dance Company, Link Dance Company, Austinmer Dance Theatre and Ludwig. Click Bernhard Knauer

Click is a brief exploration of reality TV, social media and our relationship with technology in popular culture.

How do we see each other in perfectly curated Instagram feeds or stories that we have the option to skip after half a second of passing judgement?

As a bystander of a selfie or a spectator at a highly dramatised cooking competition, there is lots of comedy to be found in things that seem so normal to us.

Loudness, colourfulness and drama are ways to stand out and be noticed, even if it means turning into a caricature of one self. Taking a moment and stepping back to question our behaviours and perhaps seeing the humour in our confident attempts to be liked and reassured by our friends and strangers alike is both healthy and sometimes necessary.

Click isn’t a cynical look at our times but rather a celebration of the freedoms that we enjoy to express ourselves by looking at the amusing things that come with being able to be whoever we want to be.

Watching somebody enjoying themselves, however ridiculous it might seem, is enjoyable in itself. Isn’t it often exactly that what we enjoy about watching somebody dance?

Cast

Trinty Andaloro, Mia Beame, Claire Bryan, Evie Cadman, Livinia Corrias, Xanthe Creighton, Charlotte Dunks, Sophie Eory, Esther Gulley, Alissa Kouzmenkov, Martika McGowan, Georgia McKeon and Ashleigh Watt.

Costume Conception Bernhard Knauer Lighting Design Scott Christopher Barton A study of you and I Lonii Garnons-Williams

Research on our physical relationship to language.

Cast

Natalya Alexiou, Finn Armstrong, Eloise Arnold, Emily Beutel, Polly-Ann Burrows, Sarah Kaplan, Brianna Lyddieth, Zoe Paterson, Xanthe Pheeney, Teagan Potter, Matilda Thomas and Makeda Vallinicos-Tomlin.

Costume Conception Lonii Garnons-Williams Lighting Design Scott Christopher Barton Denise Jake McLarnon

‘Denise’ is an idea born from drawing, a collection of scribbles presenting many possible personalities and potential movement dynamics to accompany them. With inspiration drawn from the classic children television series Mr. Squiggle, ‘Denise’ embellishes the idea of changing images linking some to emotions and others to contrasting physical qualities.

Cast

Company Artists Chase Clegg-Robinson, Tyrel Dulvarie, Lonii Garnons Williams, Jack Lister and Jag Popham.

Youth Ensemble Natalya Alexiou, Trinty Andaloro, Finn Armstrong, Eloise Arnold, Mia Beame, Emily Beutel, Claire Bryan, Polly-Ann Burrows, Evie Cadman, Livinia Corrias, Xanthe Creighton, Charlotte Dunks, Hannah Elphick, Sophie Eory, Esther Gulley, Sarah Kaplan, Alissa Kouzmenkov, Brianna Lyddieth, Martika McGowan, Georgia McKeon, Zoe Paterson, Xanthe Pheeney, Teagan Potter, Matilda Thomas, Makeda Vallinicos-Tomlin and Ashleigh Watt.

Costume Conception Jake McLarnon Lighting Design Scott Christopher Barton The creatives of Succession

Riannon McLean Lonii Garnons Williams Bernhard Knauer Jake McLarnon

Riannon was a member of the Australasian Darwin-born Lonii Garnons-Williams trained at Bernhard was born in Dresden, Germany and Born in Perth, Jake completed his training at Dance Collective from 2007 to 2013, performing Queensland Dance School of Excellence and attended the Palucca School before completing Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. in such productions as Where The Heart Is, R&J, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. his training at The Hague’s Royal Conservatory. Upon graduating, Jake joined Australian Dance Carmen Sweet & When Time Stops. She has had Theatre (ADT) for its European tour of Garry an extensive professional performance career As a freelance artist, Lonii worked with many In 2005 Bernhard joined Theater Görlitz under Stewart’s Proximity. Other ADT highlights included spanning over 13 years. celebrated companies such as Dancenorth, Leigh the direction of Franz Huyer. He then performed performing Be Yourself and Birdbrain. Warren & Dancers, State Opera of South Australia, with the State Theatre of Tyrol Innsbruck in Austria Riannon has worked with acclaimed Co3, and Australian Dance under Birgit Scherzer dancing numerous soloist He first performed with Australian Dance choreographers and companies both here in Theatre. roles. Collective (ADC) as a guest artist for the remount Australia and overseas. Riannon’s teaching of When Time Stops before returning to ADT to capabilities & qualities have seen her teach for She joined Australian Dance Theatre as an Later he joined the Dutch National Ballet for Toer perform Objekt. Victorian Academy of Ballet, Victoria (Canada), ensemble member in 2015, where she was van Schayk and Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker and LDTX Beijing (China), Cathy Sharpe Dance nominated at the Helpmann Awards for Best then performed in San Francisco in pieces by Yuri Jake became an ADC company member in 2016 Ensemble, (Switzerland), Melbourne Australian Female Dancer for her role in Habitus. Zhukov and Hlín Diego Hjámalsdóttir. under the direction of Natalie Weir, performing Ballet Gala, Australasian Dance Collective, QUT, in works such as Behind Closed Doors, Mozart WAPPA, 2Ballerinas, Daniel Jaber, Lina Limosani Lonii then spent time in Toronto, Canada, joining Joining Sydney Dance Company in 2010 he Airborne, 4Seasons and The Dinner Party. Projekts, QUT, WAPPA, ABDA, Atelier & repertoire Red Sky Performance for their 2017-2019 seasons performed works throughout Australia and coach for ADC for the Brisbane International alongside work with Human Body Expression and internationally by choreographers such as Rafael As a choreographer, Jake created a work for the Contemporary Dance Prix, 2018 & on the Panel Pro Arte Danza. Bonachela, William Forsythe, Alexander Ekman 2017 Tenerife Festival collaborating artist Matt for 2019. and many more. He choreographed Derived as Sheridan and TWFine Art. Other choreographic Returning to Australia in 2020, Lonii debuted part of New Breed. Bernhard has been nominated works include Iso for ADC’s Converge (a Riannon has choreographed works for Dance with Australasian Dance Collective in Arc at for a Helpman Award in 2017. collaboration with Queensland Conservatorium), a North, Dance North Extensions Youth Company, Brisbane Festival. In 2021, she performed in Amy duet which was also performed by the graduating Townsville, Cecchetti Qld, ACPA & QUT. Riannon Hollingsworth and Jack Lister’s collaboration with Bernhard joined the Collective in 2019 and has students of QUT and Shift for ADC’s Youth has been invited by Cecchetti Australia to teach at The Kite String Tangle’s Danny Harley - Aftermath. danced in Amy Hollingsworth’s Deeper Than Ink Ensemble. the Cecchetti International 2022. and Arc, Natalie Weir’s The Dinner Party, MA Bo’s Encircling Voyage and Stephanie Lake’s Auto Cannibal.

After retiring from full time dance at the beginning of 2021 Bernhard is now an associate artist with the Collective as well as a freelance teacher and choreographer. Meet the Collective Scott Christopher Barton Scott Lighting Design MarshallCandice Stage Manager Staff&CreativesSuccession Hollingsworth. Lucy Bretherton andAmy Bradley Chatfield, Alan Scott, Roxanne Hopkins,Dare Power, Chair), (Deputy Denholder Marian Gibney (Chair), Tony Board ofDirectors Karen Mitchell Accountant Elizabeth Lepua Bookkeeper Adam Sleeman Manager Office Jan Irvine Management Consultant Wil Hughes Production Manager Rebekah Devlin Communications Manager & Partnerships Alana Sargent &MarketingDesign Manager Kaitlyn McConnell Company Manager Riannon Mclean Youth Director Ensemble Nick Engler General Manager Amy Hollingsworth Director Artistic David Kelly Hero images &Headshots Jade Ellis Rehearsal images Photography Credits

Company Artists

Chase Clegg-Robinson

Jack Lister

Jag Popham

Tyrel Dulvarie

Lonii Garnons Williams Partners & Supporters

Government Partners

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