a D m south australia’s magazine for dance winter 2012 volume 3 July 2012 this issue Australian Dance Awards Company Updates Education News Members News Choreolab Digital Residency Terrain - Bangarra Dance Theatre Photo: Jeff Busby from the office Welcome to the 2012 winter edition of aDm, a Make your winter warmer by joining a dance class and booking to see some of the hot shows set to light up D the stage over the next few months. m Rock the Ballet has performed over 1000 shows during sell out seasons across the globe since its inception in 2007. Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet returns to Adelaide with its fusion of classic Ballet technique combined with the excitement of musical theatre, hip hop, martial arts, tap, contemporary, gymnastics and more. Rock the Ballet is playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre this week from Tuesday, 3 July through to Sunday, 8 July. Tap Dogs by Dein Perry is at Her Majesty’s Theatre, from Tuesday 17 July through to Sunday, 21 July. This production “does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas” - Independent on Sunday. Volume 3 July 2011 Travel to the beautiful Barossa Valley to see Leigh Warren and Dancers perform Breathe and Impluse with the Zephyr String Quartet on Friday 29 July, before the company goes overseas to the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival. Enjoy Terrain choreographed by Frances Rings for Bangarra Dance Theatre. Described as a hymn to country, the production transports the audience to Lake Eyre Australia’s inland sea: one of the few untouched waterways in the natural world. Terrain is at Her Majesty’s Theatre from Wednesday 29 August, through to Saturday 1 September. Embark on a poetic and beautiful dance double bill at the Ozasia Festival. Direct from India and fresh from performances at the Edinburgh Festival, Uncharted Seas and Timeless by Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company is at the Dunstan Playhouse on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 September. Experience a touch of Bollywood at the Ozasia Festival direct from Mumbai, and exclusive to Adelaide, Indian music mega star Kailesh Kher along with his eight-piece band Kailasa will mesmerise Festival-goers in their first Australian performance on Saturday 29 September. Showcasing their unique blend of spiritual Sufi chants, Bollywood and Rajasthani Gyspy rhythms and Punjabi dance fused with electric guitar and modern beats with a myriad of traditional instruments, experience why Kailesh and his band regularly play to sold out 30,000-seat arenas in India. The Australia Council and Arts SA recently called for tenders for delivery of a Manager and Producer Services (MAPS) program in South Australia. MAPS offers producer support for independent theatre and dance works and has run successfully for a number of years in other states. The successful tender for the MAPS in South Australia will be announced soon by the Australia Council. Thank you to all of the freelance artists that participated in the Choreolab Digital Workshop & Seminar Series and contributed works to the screening at the Mercury Cinema. It is encouraging to see such growth in practi- cal experimentation and engagement with dance for the screen in South Australia. Coming soon to the Ausdance SA Freelance Dance Card program will be guest teachers Lina Limosani and Suhaili Michiline. Suhaili is a guest artist from Malaysia in Adelaide for the creative development of Lina Limosani’s work A Delicate Situation. Now that the winter solstice has passed there is plenty of time to get fit for summer! Phil Callaghan Director sa dance at a glance Rasta Thomas' Rock the Ballet a Venue: Her Majesty's Theatre Dates: 3 July - 8 July D Time: 1.00pm (4 Jul), 2.00pm (7 Jul), 5.00pm, (8 Jul), 8.00pm (3-7 Jul) m Tickets: $79.90 - $98.90 Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet Bookings: BASS 131 246 or www.bass.net.au VIVA TRIANA presented by Veronica Vargas Flamenco Venue: Nexus Arts Multicultural Centre Date: 7 July Time: 8pm Tickets: $28 adult / $25 concession / $15 children (5 to 14 years) Bookings: 0438 366931 or email [email protected] Volume 3 July 2012 Tap Dogs Venue: Her Majesty’s Theatre Date: 17 July - 21 July VIVA TRIANA Times: 1.00pm (18 Jul), 2.00pm (21 Jul), 3pm (22 Jul), 7.30pm (17-21 Jul) Tickets: $59 - $99 Bookings: BASS 131 246 www.bass.net.au Burlesque By Satire Venue: Scott Theatre, Kintor Ave, Adelaide – Uni Campus Dates: 10 - 13 August Time: 7:30pm Tickets: From $50 Bookings: BASS 131 246 www.bass.net.au A Delicate Situation – Lina Limosani Venue: Rehearsal Room 2 (Meet at the Dunstan Playhouse Foyer) Burlesque by Satire Dates: 10 August Times: 4 & 7pm Tickets: Entry by donation Bookings: email [email protected] Spirit of Flamenco – Adelaide International Guitar Festival Venue: Festival Theatre Date: 12 August Time: 8pm Tickets: $50 - $75 Bookings: BASS 131 246 www.bass.net.au Spirit of Flamenco Illuminate - Move Through Life Venue: Domain Theatre Marion Cultural Centre Dates:16-18 August Time: 7.30pm Price: $25 adult / $20 concession / $12 children Bookings: www.trybooking.com/BNLU Howling Like a Wolf - Restless Dance Theatre Venue: Queens Theatre Dates: 17 August - 25 August (Friday 24 August 6pm Auslan Interpreted, Audio described and post show forum) Times: Various Price: $19.95 - $30 Bookings: Restless Dance Theatre 8212 8495 Illuminate The Ausdance SA website What’s On section has a full list of performances, opportunities and events. www.ausdancesa.org.au LWD update a D LWD hits up the Barossa! m The company will soon be heading to the Edinburgh International Festival and is absolutely ecstatic to be performing a double bill of Breathe & Impulse at what is considered one of the greatest arts festivals in the world! But before LWD embarks for the international stage, we will be giving South Australian Volume 3 July 2012 audiences an opportunity to see the same program as we perform at the Barossa Arts & Convention Centre in Tanunda. We are delighted to be joined by Zephyr Quartet performing live in Impulse. So for your chance to see this double bill, book your tickets now and why not make the Breathe Photo: Tony Lewis most of it by nabbing some delicious wines along the way! When: 7:30pm, Friday 27th July Where: Brenton Langbein Theatre – Barossa Arts & Convention Centre, Magnolia Road, Tanunda SA 5352 Tickets: Bookings can be made online via Venuetix http://eventfeed.eventshop.com.au/public/htmlfeeditemview.php?itemid=8343 or in person at the Barossa Arts & Convention Centre or by phoning the Barossa Arts & Convention Centre on (08) 8561 4299 Office Hours: Monday - Friday (9.00am - 5.00pm) For more info head to http://www.barossaconvention.org/ Edinburgh Festival The company has two performances at the Edinburgh International Festival, Saturday 25th and Sun 26th August. For more info head to http://www.eif.co.uk Don your tartan! …and join us in the studio as the Friends of LWD host an Edinburgh send off! Come along to the studio and enjoy a glass of wine and some nibbles (and maybe even a wee dram of whiskey) while you watch some excerpts from the Edinburgh Festival program. When: Thursday 9th August at 6pm Where: LWD studio, Lion Arts Centre, cnr Morphett St & North Terrace, Adelaide Cost: $10 Friends of LWD; $15 non-Friends Bookings essential Ph: (08) 8212 5660 or email [email protected] www.lwd.com.au ADT update a Garry Stewart Thinker in Residence at Deakin University Next week our Artistic Director Garry Stewart will be heading off to D take up a spot as 'Thinker in Residence' at Melbourne's prestigious m Deakin University. The Thinkers in Residence initiative is aimed at stimulating innovative research, establishing global networks, creating a vibrant research culture and ensuring that Deakin keeps pace with exciting research developments and knowledge creation. It provides an opportunity for highly-ranked researchers from around the world & a range of fields to engage, develop and invigorate the Deakin research community. Volume 3 July 2012 Garry (pictured right) will commence the project at Deakin in July, and then head back later this year with three ADT dancers - Daniel Jaber, Kimball Wong and Scott Ewen. He will be researching technology in performance, firstly undertaking theoretical research, and then later practical with the dancers. The project will run for three-years in total, Garry travelling to Melbourne for a total of two months of each year. Garry Stewart, Photo: Chris Herzfeld This is a very exciting project for both Garry and the company. Garry will apply his findings from Deakin, at ADT, in the development of new dance works - you can expect to see an exciting combination of 3D and live performance in the future! In the Studio - Nought Development Daniel Jaber is back in the studio, ready to continue the development of his ADT-commissioned work, Nought. This is the first time ADT has commissioned an ADT dancer to make a full-length work for the company. "This is an incredible opportunity to work with an amazing ensemble of dancers under the guidance and mentorship of one of Australia's most influential choreographers - Garry Stewart," Daniel commented. "Nought is an investigation into compositional complexities using numerological logic and formal structuring devices, the work is inspired by Michael Serres writings on the dancer as a number a calculator and that of vein blank, naked, non existent and possessing the body of the possible." Daniel and the ADT dancers will be busy working on Nought whilst Garry is at Deakin. There will be an infor- mal showing of Nought in September in Adelaide (details to come), and the work will make its world premiere in 2013, also in Adelaide.