INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS QUT acknowledges the ongoing collaborations and passion for dance that is shared with our industry partners - Expressions Dance Company (EDC) and Queensland (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.

1 – 5 NOVEMBER

DURATION WARNINGS ACT I: 40 mins Smoke Machine INTERVAL Strobe lighting ACT II: 40 mins

IMAGE CREDITS Essentially Dance 2016, Fiona Cullen

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Presented by QUT Precincts for the Creative Industries Faculty CRICOS No. 00213J © QUT 2016. Produced by QUT Precincts WELCOME PRODUCTION TEAM

Welcome to DANCE16 – our end of year AVRIL HUDDY Production Coordinator (Dance) performance season that celebrates our TOM EDMISTON Production Coordinator (QUT Precincts) graduating students as they undertake the final stage of their transition into industry. It is BEN HUGHES a culmination of three years’ worth of learning SHANE KUMAR Sound Coordination and hard work - both technically, artistically, WARRICK PHILLIPS Set Construction and most importantly, as people with clear values and beliefs about who they are and what BEN NEUCOM Stage Manager kind of contribution they would like to make to ELLA GORDON* DSM their collective futures. Throughout their time at AIDAN AYUNON* Head Electrician QUT they have been challenged by a range of diverse choreographers in new and restaged NICHOLAS SEERY* Lighting Operator creative works, in addition to preparing for the SHANNON RICHARDS* Sound Operator ‘real-world’ via working together in two group MADDISON PENGLIS* Fly person pieces whilst having to audition against each other for inclusion in the selected Dance Company excerpt. QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL PRODUCTION STAFF

For our first and second year students, this season presents the ongoing opportunity to continue to develop their professional performance and stagecraft skills – operating in a TONY BRUMPTON Coordinator similar fashion to a professional dance company. They have the wonderful opportunity CARLY O’NEILL Lecturer in working alongside highly experienced creatives and technical production staff, who GEORGE MEIJER Lecturer all collectively focus on making and delivering a successful performance season. BEN HUGHES Associate Lecturer A heartfelt thank you to the many people that are critical to getting our students and TESSA RIXON Associate Lecturer DANCE16 up on stage and performing out in public: QUT Precincts, Drama – Technical Production, QUT/CIF Marketing, QUT Media, School of MECA, and the Dance and Dance Health teams respectively. As audience members we are very grateful for your PRODUCED BY QUT PRECINCTS FOR THE CREATIVE patronage, support, and encouragement of our students – particularly those of you INDUSTRIES FACULTY who are family and friends and have witnessed their wonderful development first- hand. All of the students have worked very hard to make the most of the opportunities presented to them, some of which have taken them completely out of their comfort PROFESSOR SUSAN STREET AO Executive Director zones. I am very grateful to lead a great team of professionals who have contributed JILL STANDFIELD Operations Manager significantly to the learning journeys of all our students over many years – students JESS HALPIN Senior Marketing Officer whom we are very proud of! We hope you enjoy the show. TOM EDMISTON Production Coordinator Associate Professor Gene Moyle ARAD MAPS MCSEP GAICD ANDREW EARLE Senior Theatre Technician Head of Discipline –- Dance ROSS AITKENHEAD Theatre Technician Acting Head of School - Media, Entertainment and Creative Arts QUT Creative Industries Faculty ROWENA COLLINGS Customer Service Coordinator MARIE ARMIT Front-of-House Officer 1 14 QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DANCE TEAM SEMESTER 2, 2016 (DANCE PERFORMANCE) - 1st Year Students

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LUIS PINTO Funk GENE MOYLE JADA DE GOEY TEATINI-CLIMACO Latin Head of Dance Discipline - Dance ALANA SARGENT Contemporary Technique BREE LE CORNU Tumbling CSABA BUDAY EDWINA SHAW Yoga Lecturer in Contemporary, Resident ELISE MAY Contemporary Technique Choreographer, Undergraduate Study Area GARETH BELLING Ballet Technique Coordinator GRANT MCLAY Contemporary Technique HAO BIN Ballet Technique AVRIL HUDDY KATE JOUBERT Ballet Technique Production Coordinator, Lecturer in LISA WILSON Contemporary Technique Contemporary, Alignment, Conditioning Guest Artist PAUL ROBBINS Tai Chi STEPHANIE HUTCHISON RICHARD CAUSER Contemporary Technique Lecturer in Dance ROD FERGUSON Tai Chi SUSAN HOGARD Ballet Technique/Women’s RACHEL PEDRO Pointe/Variations Lecturer in , Latin Dance TRACEY CARRODUS Ballet Technique ERIKA GOLDSMITH Guest Theory Lecturer DR JENNIFER ROCHE BINDU RAJENDREN Guest Theory Lecturer Lecturer in Dance, Postgraduate Study Area RENEE PLACE Guest Theory Lecturer Coordinator NATALIE HAFSTEINS Guest theory lecturer AARON LUKRITZ Fitness KYM STEVENS Lecturer in Dance Education DANCE HEALTH TEAM

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GENE MOYLE JESSICA DICK SHAARON BOUGHEN Performance Psychologist HANNAH HUGHES Postgraduate Supervisor DR. JUDITH GRIFFITHS Provisional Psychologist (UQ Placement) REBECCA WILLIS ADJUNCT PROFESSOR CHERYL STOCK AM MELANIE FULLER Physiotherapist & Exercise ORLA CHRISTIE Postgraduate Supervisor Physiologist MEG DITCHFIELD SESSIONAL ACCOMPANISTS EDWARD SAGE DOOBAY MATTHEW LAWRENCE Ballet/Pas de Deux/ BRETT FOLWER LUCINDA STERLING Men’s Coaching/Guest Theory Lecturer BRIAN ADAMSON BROCK FIEDLER ALICE OWEN Guest Theory Lecturer LUCAS LYNCH ANJA ALI-HAAPALA Guest Theory Lecturer STEVE FRANCIS LUCY HOOD GAIL HEWTON Guest Theory Lecturer JOHN REEVES CANDICE GREEN VANESSA MAFÉ-KEANE Ballet/Pointe/Guest Theory Lecturer MATILDA SKELHORN *Not pictured LAURA FRENDON Jazz SILJE IVERSEN (EXCHANGE STUDENT) *Not pictured

13 2 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES (DANCE PERFORMANCE) - 2nd Year Students TIMOTHY FARRAR Choreographer Timothy began his choreographic career by creating a short film with dancers from the in 2000. While performing with Ballet from 2001, he initiated choreographic workshops which helped launch the company’s choreographic season Body Torque with his work Quick/Time/Trick. This work was further developed with Singapore Dance Theatre through the Ballet Under The Stars initiative. Timothy’s works A Little Disconnect, CLAUDIA BUCKLEY SOPHIE BARENDSE HANNAH CARDEN CAITLIN DABRON Resolution and This Tense were performed by as part of the Body Torque seasons held at The Sydney Theatre from 2005 to 2007. In 2010 Timothy was awarded Best New at the Short and Sweet dance Festival in Sydney for his duet Few Things Of The Same Kind . In 2011 he created No Place Nowhere for EDCs Launch Pad season. In 2012 he completed a Graduate Certificate in Screen Culture at AFTRS Sydney culminating in the creation of his dance documentary The House Project. From 2015-2017 he created two new works: A Fine Line and REgenerate for ACPE Dance Company Sydney.

MADELEINE DE GRANDI ELIZABETH FERGUSON GRETA GILBY MARA GLASS BEN HUGHES Lighting Designer As Lighting Designer, Ben has credits across theatre, dance and including productions with Queensland Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Theatre Company, Opera Queensland, Belvoir, La Boite Theatre Company, Queensland Ballet, Sydney Festival, Brisbane Festival, Expressions Dance Company, The Danger Ensemble and Phluxus2 Dance Collective. As Associate Lighting Designer his work JAYDEN GROGAN REBECCA HALE MEGHAN KING REBECCA MURRAY includes productions with and . Ben is Associate Artistic Director of The Danger Ensemble and is also an Associate Lecturer at QUT. Ben is a Professional Member of the Association of Lighting Designers and holds accredited member status with the Australian Production Design Guild.

TRACEY SCERESINI Costume Designer Tracey Sceresini has been in the costume design industry for 15 years. AMBER NOFAL GEORGIA PIERCE FELIX PALMERSON MADELEINE RYAN She started out making costumes for her daughter who danced, which led to her making costumes for the entire studio. Finding her niche, it turned into a passion. Tracey studied fashion design at Tafe in 2004. After graduating, Tracey went onto work in various fields of the costume/fashion industry, from customised swimwear, wardrobe coordinator for various dance schools, costume design and creation at Movie World, Glitter and Dance and now her own business, Zylo. Zylo is based on the Gold Coast and has a focus on bespoke costume creations. 3 OLIVIA SMITH 12 ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (DANCE PERFORMANCE) - 3rd Year Students GARETH BELLING Choreographer Gareth Belling is Resident Choreographer of Collusion, and has also created works for Queensland Ballet, Expressions Dance Company, Ochre Company, QUT and WAAPA. Along with Collusion, he was shortlisted for a 2016 Australian Dance Award for their chamber ballet DESIRELINES. Gareth has received fellowships and grants from the Australia Council, Arts Queensland, Australia-China Council, and Migros Cultural Foundation, HIO IAO FUNG ISLA GIBSON SOPHIA GUIDO CHLOE HAMBLETON and was selected for the Swiss International Coaching Project for Choreographers (SiWiC) in 2011. He holds a Master of Fine Arts (Dance) from QUT. Gareth danced with Queensland Ballet from 2002 to 2012, and continues to perform as a freelance artist.

RICHARD CAUSER Choreographer Richard is a graduate of QUT and has been a dancer with Expressions Dance Company (EDC) since 2006. He earned nominations for Most MADISON HENDRY ISABELLA HOOD JACLYN JONES JULIA LAMKE Outstanding Male Dancer for both the 2011 and Helpmann Awards, and again in the 2012 Australian Dance Awards for performing is self choreographed work Wilhelm Scream. Richard has spent the past four years working in with various companies and independent choreographers and returned to EDC early this year. His Choreographic credits include works for the Malaysian Dance Festival, Aboriginal Centre of Performing Arts, QUT, Third Row Dance Company (UK), Centre of Advanced Training (UK), and Inky Cloak Theatre Company (UK). In 2013 Richard choreographed his first full-length work Optical Appetite for BRIANNA LAW LAURA MCNALLY NADIA MILFORD GRACE NICHOLS Raw Moves Dance Company in Singapore.

JOSEPH SIMONS Choreographer Joseph is a choreographer and director, working in a range of forms from contemporary dance, theatre, ballet, opera and musicals. Touring extensively throughout USA, Australia, UK and Asia, Joseph has ELLEN PEPPER TIANA PINNELL LAUREN SHERLOCK ELIZABETH TALTY perform¬ed as a soloist dancer for Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc., Force Majeure, and Queensland Ballet. He has choreographed works for West Australian Ballet and Flying Fruit Fly Circus, as well as independent projects, including music videos for Elisha Bones’ Guts and Hounds Homebound’s Sandy. Joseph won the 2013 Fellowship, allowing him to create his solo show, FIRST THINGS FIRST, which premiered in New York in 2014, and continues to tour internationally.

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BEFORE TRACEY CARRODUS Rehearsal Director Choreography GARETH BELLING with the dancers Music String Quartet No. 4 (mvt 1 – 4), PETERIS VASKS Brisbane born Tracey Carrodus trained with the Queensland Dancers 3rd Year BFA (Dance Performance) students Ballet School and received an Associate Diploma in Dance Costumes TRACEY SCERESINI, ZYLO SEWING from QUT. She spent six years dancing with Brisbane-based Expressions Dance Company before joining Sydney Dance At the end, new beginnings form, stretching and pulling at what could be the beginning of the Company in 1996 where she was Principal for nearly 14 years. end and the end of the beginning. Before is for the dancers. A last moment to share together, Her high profile in the Arts has been publicly rewarded (2008 to create and move as the group before stepping forward into a new stage. My thanks to the dancers’ generosity in sharing this moment and their curiosity for the new ways and – Critics’ Choice Award - Nominated for Best Female Dancer possibilities that are opening up to them. five times; 2006 – Australian Dance Award - Nominated for Best Female Dancer for Grand and Cut; 2005 – Australian Green Room Awards - Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Individual for Grand; 2004 – Helpmann Awards - Nominated for Best Female Dancer for Shades of Gray; 2003 – MO Awards - Nominated for Dance Performer of the Year for , Critics’ Choice Award PINT SIZE 2017 - Winner for the Most Outstanding Artist/Dancer of the Year; 2002 – MO Awards - Winner Choreography TIMOTHY FARRER in collaboration with the 2011 3rd for Dance Performer of the Year for Tivoli, Australian Green Room Awards - Nominated Year students for Outstanding Performance by an Individual for Tivoli; 2001 – Australian Dance Awards - Music AARON MARTIN, EZIO BOSSO, SASCHA BUDINSKI Winner of Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical for Tivoli, Nominated for Outstanding Dancers 2nd Year BFA (Dance Performance) students Performance by an individual for Tivoli; 1999 – Australian Green Room Awards - Nominated Original Costumes Designed by HANNAH GARTSIDE for Outstanding Performance by an Individual for Salome; 1998 – Alumni Awards - Winner Costumes for Remount Existing wardrobe for The Performing Arts for Salome, Australian Green Room Awards - Nominated for Pint Size is a collaborative work that reflects on how we see our families, how they shape us Outstanding Performance by an Individual for Salome, Helpmann Awards - Nominated for and the influence they can have on us as individuals. The design of the work is influenced by Best Female Dancer for Salome). Tracey has performed extensively throughout the world Jan Family, a collaborative visual artist group whose aim is to create alternatives to everyday during her 20 year career. routines while also looking at different ways to interact with our environment. Thanks to Stephanie Hutchison and the current 2nd Year students for remounting this work so Tracey has completed a Bachelor of Business degree, majoring in Advanced Marketing successfully. And to Avril Huddy and QUT for the opportunity to revisit this work. and Public Relations, a Diploma in Export Management and a Diploma in Market Research through the University of Southern Queensland. Since retiring at the end of 2007 Tracey now mentors a new generation of professional and pre-professional dancers throughout Australia as well as restaging works. Her greatest achievement is being a Mum to her daughter and son.

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JANET VERNON AM DANZAS ARGINTINAS NO. 2 - DANZA DE LA MOZA DONOSA AN Choreographer EXCERPT FROM SDC’S GRAND Adelaide-born Janet Vernon studied at The Australian Ballet Choreography GRAEME MURPHY AO School and has danced with The Australian Ballet, Remounted by TRACEY CARODOUS Félix Blaska (France) and . In 1976 Music SCOTT DAVIE she was appointed, along with Graeme Murphy, to the artistic Pianist BRETT STURDY helm of Sydney Dance Company, where they remained for 31 Dancers 3rd Year BFA (Dance Performance) students years. Graeme created roles for Janet including: Shéhérazade, Cast 1 Jaclyn Jones, Lauren Sherlock, Grace Nighols, Tiana Pinnell, Isabella Hood, Nadia Milford, Laura McNally, Hio Daphnis and Chloé (Lykanion), Some Rooms (The Bathroom), Iao Fung After Venice, Nearly Beloved, King Roger (Queen Roxanna), Cast 2 Isla Gibson, Madison Hendry, Julia Lamke, Brianna Law, Berlin, The Protecting Veil, Salome (Herodias) and The Trojans Sophia Guido, Chloe Hambleton, Elizabeth Talty, Ellen (Andromeque) – a collaboration with Opera Australia. Pepper

Original Costumes Designed by AKIRA ISOGAWA Creative Associate credits include: , Nutcracker--The story of Clara, Firebird, The Costumes for Remount TRACEY SCERESINI, ZYLO SEWING Silver Rose, Romeo & Juliet and The Narrative of Nothing (The Australian Ballet); Tivoli (A Sydney Dance company and The Australian Ballet co-production); Hua Mulan (a Sydney Grand is both a celebration and fusion of dance and piano. Close to Murphy’s heart, Grand is Dance Company and Shanghai Song & Dance Ensemble co-production); Die Silberne Rose dedicated to the life of his mother Betty. Murphy has been greatly influenced by music (Bayerisches Staatsballet, Munich); Water (Shanghai Ballet); Forty Miles–A River of Dreams for piano and has created a stunning visual representation for a diverse collection of pieces for (Tasdance); Ainadamar (The Adelaide Festival of Arts); Aida (Opera Australia); the movie Mao’s this beautiful instrument. The grand piano takes centre stage and is moved by the dancers and incorporated into the choreography effortlessly. Last Dancer and the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies..

Awards include: an AM for Services to Dance (1989); Honours (1993); INTERVAL Dance Australia named her ‘One of Australia’s Five Best Female Dancers Ever’; Green Room Award for Concept and Realisation, Swan Lake (2003); Centenary Medal for services to society and dance; Lifetime Achievement, Australian Dance Awards (2006); Green Room Award, Outstanding Contribution to Dance (2006) and the Fred & Adele Astaire Award for Excellence in Choreography in Film for Mao’s Last Dancer (New York, 2011).

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A TRAGIC LOVE STORY GRAEME MURPHY AO Choreography JOSEPH SIMONS Choreographer Music Shake A Tail Feather, RAY CHARLES; Treasure, Graeme Murphy was born in Melbourne and studied at The BRUNO MARS; Sexy Back, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ft. Australian Ballet School. He has danced with The Australian Ballet, TIMBALAND; Let’s Get It On, MARVIN GAYE; Crazy in Love, BEYONCE KNOWLES; Material Girl, MADONNA; Sadler’s Wells Ballet (London) and Ballets Félix Blaska (France). In Cold Hearted, PAULA ABDUL; Where Do Broken 1971, he received an Australia Council Grant to study overseas. Hearts Go, WHITNEY HOUSTON, Thriller, MICHAEL He returned to Australia in 1975 as a freelance choreographer. JACKSON; Single Ladies, BEYONCE KNOWLES The following year, he was appointed artistic director of Sydney Dancers 1st Year BFA (Dance Performance) students Dance Company (then known as The Dance Company NSW), a Giselle Hannah Hughes (Jessica Dick) position he held until 2007. During his 31-year tenure, he created Duke Albrecht Brock Fiedler Hilarion Edward Sage Doobay more than 50 works, including 30 full-length productions. Bathilde Orla Christie (Meg Ditchfield) Myrtha, Queen of the Willis Candice Green Graeme is the recipient of an AM (1982) for his Services to Dance and three honorary doctorates Corps de ballet Lucy Hood, Jessica Dick, Rebecca Willis, Lucinda – Hon. D. Lit. Tas (1990), Hon. D. Phil. Qld (1992) and Hon. D. Lit. UNSW (1999). He was Sterling Meg Ditchfield, Silje Iversen, Matilda Skelhorn honoured at the Inaugural Sydney Opera House Honours (1993) and named a National Living Costumes Existing wardrobe Treasure (1999) by the National Trust of Australia. He has received a Helpmann Award for Best When Giselle discovers that her new boyfriend is already engaged, she dies of a broken Choreography, Body of Work – a Retrospective (2001); the prestigious James Cassius Award heart. She joins a team of zombie brides to haunt him. Reducing the epic plot of a full- (2002); the Green Room Award for Concept and Realisation, Swan Lake (2003); a Centenary length ballet like Giselle down to a 10-minute commercial jazz piece is no easy task. But the Medal (2003); named Cultural Leader of the Year by the Australian Business Arts Foundation, excitement of young love and the disappointment of betrayal are timeless, so we’ve taken receiving the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Award (2004) and was listed among Australia’s 50 Most popular dance floor hits and transformed the quiet country village into a nightclub. Glamorous Exports at a special celebration hosted by the Australian Government and Austrade (2005). He received the Award for Contribution to Cultural Exchange by the Ministry of Culture, the People’s Republic of China (2008) and the Fred & Adele Astaire Award for Excellence in Choreography in Film for Mao’s Last Dancer (New York, 2011) and was made Officer of the WE ARE SCHADENFREUDE Order of Australia (AO) from the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours (2012).

Choreography RICHARD CAUSER Graeme’s directing and choreographic credits include Metamorphosis, Turandot, Salome, Music Life and Death, BALANESCU QUARTET; For Madmen The Trojans, Aida (Opera Australia); Ainadamar (The Adelaide Festival of Arts); Beyond Twelve, Only, PENTAPHOBE; You Do Something To Me, SINEAD Nutcracker-The Story of Clara, Swan Lake, Firebird, The Silver Rose, Romeo & Juliet and The O’CONNOR; Kitten Pig, PENTAPHOBE; Victim to the Charms of Radio, PENTAPHOBE; Dead Tree Hugger, Narrative of Nothing (The Australian Ballet); Tivoli (a Sydney Dance Company and The Australian TEHO TEARDO Ballet co-production); VAST (The Australian Bicentennial Authority); Hua Mulan (a Sydney Dancers 3rd Year BFA (Dance Performance) students Dance Company and Shanghai Song and Dance Ensemble co-production); Die Silberne Rose Costumes for Remount Existing wardrobe (Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich); Water (Shanghai Ballet); Forty Miles–A River of Dreams (Tasdance); Embodied (Mikhail Baryshnikov) and The Torvill and Dean World Tour Company. A German word describing an emotion, literally translating as “damage-joy”. Taking pleasure He also choreographed Death in Venice (Canadian Opera Company); Samson et Dalila (The in the misery of others. My deepest thank you to all of the 3rd year dancers for respecting and trusting this process and creation. It really has been a joy and pleasure to work with you all. Metropolitan Opera, New York); the movie Mao’s Last Dancer and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Watching you all definitely fed my own Schadenfreude. I wish I could be there to see you all musical Love Never Dies. take this work to the stage. I know you will be fabulous. I am thinking of you all. xxx 7 8