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BRANCH NEBULA PERFORMING LINES For the last decade Branch Nebula has been challenging the social structures governing everyday existence with a unique artistic vision. They offer 5/245 Chalmers Street, Redfern, NSW 2016 audiences a diverse view of popular and contemporary culture, and place Tel 02 9319 0066 the recognition and exploration of diverse cultural expression, in all of its [email protected] multitudinous glory, at the pinnacle. performinglines.org.au ‘We embrace the culture that is around us and that is beyond the world Performing Lines develops, produces and tours new Australian performance of theatre, so called low brow culture; whether its going to events like nationally and internationally – across genres including physical theatre, circus, kickboxing, wrestling, speedway, video arcades, BMX competitions, art dance, indigenous and intercultural arts, music theatre, hybrid work, and text- Perth InstItute of ContemPorary arts & mobIle states Present exhibitions, peep shows or just doing our shopping at the local mall. These based theatre. aspects of cultural life are what we experience and share with our audience, because it’s what we know.’ General Manager Wendy Blacklock AM Producer Harley Stumm Branch Nebula was founded in 1998 by Mirabelle Wouters and Lee Wilson. Producer Fenn Gordon They create distinctive, hybrid movement-based performance combining Associate Producer Kar Chalmers dance, theatre, acrobatics, music and design to create powerful and visceral Production Manager Tristan Taylor experiences for audiences. Coordinator Claire Portek Accounts Linda Luke In 2004 they co-produced Plaza Real with Urban Theatre Projects, a physical theatre show for 6 performers, in the roles of director and designer; and Performing Lines is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia conducted a creative development for Mrs. White, a solo performance Council, its arts funding and advisory body. by Mirabelle Wouters. In 2002 they remounted Sentimental Reason at Performance Space, Sydney and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. In the same year, the company created Cattle Prod, a new short work whilst in residency in Brussels (Belgium) at ‘Les Bain Connective’. In May 2002, Branch Nebula presented Sentimental Reason, Cattle Prod and Rose Turtle MOBILE STATES: Ertler at KC Nona in Mechelen (Belgium). Mad Red, a full-length work, was TOURING CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE, their first production and was presented by the Victoria Festival in Ghent (Belgium) in 2000, before touring to Bern in Switzerland for the Auawirleben AUSTRALIA festival. Mobile States is a consortium of Australia’s major independent contemporary performance presenters: Arts House, Melbourne; Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane; Performance Space, Sydney; Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth; Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart; and tour producer Performing Lines. PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS It was established to provide touring opportunities for small companies and independent artists in contemporary practice, and enable audiences across the TOURInG NATIONALLY In 2008 Perth Cultural Centre, James Street, Northbridge country to experience performance works from outside their home-towns. PO Box P1221, Perth, WA 6844 brisbane Powerhouse 9 – 12 april Tel 618 9228 6300 Mobile States is a national touring initiative of the Australia Council, supported Fax 618 9227 6539 by its Theatre and Dance Boards and its Inter-Arts Office. Darwin entertainment Centre 15 – 16 april [email protected] pica.org.au Since 2004, Mobile States has toured many of Australia’s most significant araluen arts Centre, alice springs 18 – 19 april performance makers: Back to Back’s small metal objects and Lucy Guerin Inc’s adelaide festival Centre 23 – 26 april Housed in a centrally located, iconic heritage building in Perth’s Cultural Love Me (2007); Tanja Liedtke’s Twelfth Floor and version 1.0’s The Wages of Centre, the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) is a place where Spin (2006); de Quincey Co’s Nerve 9 and Chamber Made’s Phobia (2005); and Perth Institute of Contemporary arts 30 april – 10 may visitors can experience the work of local, Australian and international artists Jenny Kemp’s Still Angela (2004). working in the areas of visual, performing, new media and hybrid arts. arts house, melbourne 14 – 17 may Through a year-round program of exhibitions, performances, screenings, Wodonga Civic Centre 20 may studios, publications and a range of interdisciplinary projects, PICA seeks to merrigong theatre Co, Wollongong 23 – 24 may promote the contemporary arts while stimulating critical discussion about the DANCENORTH’S UNDERGROUND arts and broader cultural issues. 19-29 NOVEMBER Performance space, sydney 28 may – 7 June Look out for the next Mobile States tour, Dancenorth’s Underground. It’s Casula Powerhouse, sydney 10 – 11 June Director Amy Barrett-Lennard an explosive dance theatre work, showcasing the gutsy choreography of Business Manager Richard Mackay-Scollay Dancenorth’s Artistic Director, Gavin Webber. Communications Manager Georgia Malone Curator Melissa Keys Set in a subway during rush hour, Underground is a place of crowded isolation, Performance Program Manager Chrissie Parrott familiar yet strange. It’s a world where commuters slip between mundane reality Venue Production Manager Andrew Beck and a vivid dream world – disconnected from each other, yet capable of great Front of House Manager David Fussell compassion and tenderness. Designer Tom Mùller Installation Manager Eli Smith Underground shifts from darkly moody to hilariously funny to terrifyingly athletic, Administrative Assistant Bayoush Demissie with Luke Smiles’ powerful score turning it up with Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails and Messerchups. Board of Directors Chair: Margaret Moore Deputy Chair: Tos Mahoney Treasurer: Leslie Chalmers Michael Dulaney Roshana Lewis Bret Mattes Julie Robson CREATIVE TEAM ABOUT THE ARTISTS Performers | Devisors Produced by Alexandra Harrison (Acrobat) has become one of Australia’s most sought after physical theatre performers. As an ensemble member with Legs on the Acrobat Alexandra Harrison Performing Lines Wall she created, performed and toured nationally and internationally in Runners Up, Eora Crossing, On the Case and Flying Blind and performed and toured B-boy Anthony ‘Lamaroc’ Lawang the world with All Of Me, Homeland and Clearance. She co-devised and performed in three seasons of short works at the Downstairs Belvoir St Theatre and Singer Inga Liljeström Production Manager saw the conversion of three of these works into the award-winning dance filmsTogether , Shadow Play and Elevator. Her most recent work includes the Nigel BMX Simon O’Brien Tristan Taylor Jamieson/Garry Stewart production, Honour Bound and NVA and National Theatre of Scotland’s Half Life. Dancer Kathryn Puie Skater Petera Hona Sound Engineer Petera Hona (Skateboarder) has been skating all styles – freestyle, vert, flatland and street – for twelve years. He has won competitions in Sydney, and has Liberty Kerr appeared in several skate videos, including Sketchy and Magic Underpants, which will be screened on Australian cable TV. He joined the Paradise City team for Co-Creators & Director Lee Wilson the tour to four cities in Brazil, including international dance festivals in Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte & Recife. He is also into BMX, ramp style. Stage Manager Co-Creator & Set, Costume & Lighting Design Mirabelle Wouters Mirabelle Wouters Anthony ‘Lamaroc’ Lawang (B-Boy) is a member of internationally known B-boy crews Fresh Sox and Zulu Kings. He has performed in the US, NZ and all Composers around Australia, and has won competitions such as: Wikid Force Throwdown 1, 2 & 8, VIC (2002-2006); Australian Battle Of The Year, NSW (2003) Solos; Bob Scott & Inga Liljeström Ramp Design & Construction Dancekool Championships, NSW (2003 & 2005); Footwork Flava’s competition at Bodyrock, NZ (2004); Sundance, NSW (2005); Freestyle Session, Japan Creative Consultant Michael Mulhall & Greg Ambler (2005); and OZ b-boy Championships, NSW (2004, 2005 & 2006). He has also toured with ARIA-Award winning The Cat Empire, and DJ Dexta. Kate Champion Photography Inga Liljeström (Composition/Singer) is a vocalist, composer, producer and sound designer. She has two solo albums, Urchin & Elk to her credit, has Paradise City was devised and choreographed by the artists Heidrun Löhr & Michael Myers sung with iconic Australian group The Church, and on recordings by Gerling (hit single Dust Me Selecta), Friendly, d.i.g, and others. She has composed for film, listed above, with additional creative input from Michael radio, and documentaries, and performed at/on Rove Live, Big Day Out, Adelaide Fringe, Homebake and many more, and has received two Australia Council THANK YOU Mulhall, Shaun Gladwell, Deborah Pollard and Narelle grants to produce original recordings. Inga recently collaborated with Mark Collin (Nouvelle Vague) and Aliplays in Paris, and appeared on Gotye’s ARIA- Legs on the Wall Benjamin. nominated album Mixed Blood. She is soon to release a CD and DVD in Europe followed by shows including Colours of Ostrava festival in the Czech Republic. Sydney Theatre RSEA Simon O’Brien (BMX Rider) has been riding Flatland BMX for 12 years and is one of the most highly regarded Flatlanders in Australia. Simon has competed and won competitions throughout the world including France, USA, UK, Japan, Hungary, Spain, Malaysia and China. In 2005 he was Flatland Champion in the Australian BMX games,