INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS QUT Dance acknowledges the ongoing collaborations and passion for dance that is shared with our industry partners - Expressions Dance Company (EDC) and Queensland Ballet (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 GARDENS THEATRE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FACULTY 2 George Street Cnr Kelvin Grove Road and Musk Ave BRISBANE QLD Australia 4000 KELVIN GROVE QLD Australia 4059 Ph. (07) 3138 4455 or [email protected] Ph. (07) 3138 8114 or [email protected] www.gardenstheatre.qut.edu.au www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries PATRONS PLEASE NOTE 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. • 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. EVACUATION PATRONS are advised that GARDENS THEATRE has an EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE, a FIRE ALARM 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 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 Lighting Designer 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 Sydney 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 LLOYD NEWSON 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 Dance Theory, 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 Queensland Ballet in 2000. While performing with The Australian 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 The Australian Ballet as part of the Body Torque seasons held at The Sydney Theatre from 2005 to 2007. In 2010 Timothy was awarded Best New Choreography 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 opera including productions with Queensland Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne 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 Meryl Tankard and Barrie Kosky. 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