DANCE 08 WAS PRODUCED FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FACULTY BY QUT PRECINCTS Director Professor Peter Lavery Operations Manager Jill Standfield Marketing Officer Alison Martin Events Officer Liz Thomas Administration Officer Monica Cairns Production Coordinator Mark Middleton Dance 08 Workshop Supervisor Brendan Wright Senior Theatre Technician Chris Dickey Dance Graduation Ticketing Assistants Marie Cunningham, Michaela Banks Stitch Gardens Theatre Sarah-Jayne Howard 2 George Street BRISBANE QLD Australia 4000 Ph. (07) 3138 4455 or [email protected] Study 154 Justin Rutzou PATRONS PLEASE NOTE To ensure that all patrons enjoy the performance Management asks you to note: Fallen Angels II • Camera, tape recorders and paging devices should not be used inside the auditorium. • Switch off alarms and mobile phones prior to the performance. Harold Collins MBE • A single cough measures approximately 65 decibels of sound. The use of a handkerchief helps to greatly soften the sound. • Management reserves the right to refuse admission, also to make any alterations in the program remember to breathe which may be rendered necessary by illness or other unavoidable causes. Natalie Weir EVACUATION PATRONS are advised that the 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 Gardens Theatre staff, and move in an orderly manner to the open spaces outside Gardens Theatre. FOREWORD DANCE STAFF 2008, SEMESTER 2 Welcome to Dance Grad 08, our final showcase program for this year. Our students have had a busy Full-time semester working with our four guest choreographers and look forward to sharing their work with Shaaron Boughen Discipline Leader, Lecturer in Choreography, Performance Studies you. Csaba Buday Lecturer in Contemporary Dance, Choreography Susan Caulfield-Leclercq Production Coordinator, Lecturer in Ballet Our first years have experienced the wisdom and skill gained from Harold Collin’s long and prestigious Avril Huddy Lecturer in Contemporary Dance, Alignment career as choreographer and former Artistic Director of Queensland Ballet. His work, Fallen Angels ll Evan Jones Lecturer in Ballet harks back to an earlier work created for QUT and develops it for this new group of eager, young Rachel Mathews Study Area Coordinator, Lecturer in Dance Theory students. Kym Stevens Lecturer in Primary Education A/Prof. Cheryl Stock Post-graduate Studies Justin Rutzou is a welcome addition to our teaching team this year and has challenged our second years with their first contemporary work for performance at QUT. Relishing this experience, they have Sessional made good use of Justin’s impressive track record as a performer, teacher and rehearsal director. Kristen Bell Secondary Education John Clarke Jazz, Tap Equally impressive are the skills that Sarah-Jayne Howard brings to her new work for our graduating Harold Collins Ballet Technique students. Sarah-Jayne’s work calls on both acting and dance skills and these student’s endless thirst for Fiona Cullen Contemporary Technique new learning experiences has pushed their capabilities into new territory. Les Livesey Pas de deux Nicole Galea Tutor We have further tested these students with a second work for their Grad season by our own Natalie Gene Moyle Dance Psychology Weir. I call her ‘our own’ as she is both a graduate of our institution, an Australian choreographer who Luis Pinto Funk has gained an international and national reputation from consistently producing quality work and is Justin Rutzou Contemporary Technique now the new Artistic Director of Expressions Dance Company. We heartily congratulate Natalie on her Skye Sewell Choreography new position – it is well-deserved and we look forward to a productive relationship with both Natalie David Sheather Funk, Tap and the company. Kym Stokes Pas de deux Zamion Vilmanis Contemporary Technique But back to tonight. I hope you enjoy these dance works and thank you for encouraging our student’s Samantha Williams Jazz development through your ongoing support. Dance Administration John Connaghan Shaaron Boughen Aisha Dixon Discipline Leader, Dance Creative Industries Faculty PASS Team (Peak Achievement Skills and Strategies) Amy Sheldon Massage Therapist Jan Smith Physiotherapist, Anatomy Lecturer Accompanists Brian Adamson, Lovinia Dickens, Steve Francis, Brett Fowler, Christian Gante, David Muller PRODUCTION TEAM BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (DANCE) PERFORMANCE Dance Production Coordinator Susan Caulfield-Leclercq 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year QUT Precincts Production Coordinator Mark Middleton Alexander Bryce Sophie Burgess D’Arcy Andrews Lighting Designer Jason Organ Andrea Dighton Gabriel Comerford Francis Christeller Costume Designer Shaaron Boughen Joel Fenton Gemma Dawkins Ian Colless Costume Makers Bianca Bulley, Hannah Gartside, Carla Binotto Lachlan Geraghty Jake Deegan Jenna Drelincourt Lucy Ingham Rhiannon Farlow Sim-Wei Low Stage Manager Kelly Spice* Pia Moore Gemma Hansen Hsiang-Ju Lin Deputy Stage Manager (3rd year Pieces) Annabel-Lee Nichols* Catherine Mullins Abby Johnson Sean McColgan Deputy Stage Manager (1st & 2nd year Pieces) Vince Scuderi* Cecilia Petursson Caitlin MacKenzie Adrienne O’Leary Catherine Ryan Kathryn Neumann Natalie Phillips Sound Coordinator Lewis Carney* Amelia Stein Sheridan Newman Sarah Potter Emmy Steiner Jane O’Loughlin Anthony Trojman Head Electrician Lisa Eddy* Hannah Taylor Hannah Peake Elizabeth Whelan Floor Electrician Shane Green* Rebecca Waterhouse Sheree Saye Jason Wood Lighting Operator Matthew Strachan* Marika Steward Miranda Zeller Hannah Timbrell Liesel Zink Flys Sarah Kennedy* Crew Guy Gimpel* * Indicates Creative Industries Technical Production student CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Production Coordinator George Meijer Lecturer – Stage Management Sam Ould Administration Officer Miranda Rasmussen NATALIE WEIR – Choreographer Natalie Weir has been choreographing professionally for more than 20 years, creating over 150 works. She trained at the Ann Roberts School of Dance in Townsville and completed an Associate Diploma in Performing Arts at QUT in Brisbane. She was a founding member of Expressions Dance Company and was offered her first choreographic commission by the company at the age of 18 and has since created at least eight works for the Company. Natalie has worked extensively throughout Australia, creating works for most of the country’s major classical and contemporary dance companies including; the Australian Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Queensland Ballet, Expressions Dance Company, Australian Dance Theatre, Dancenorth and Tasdance. Natalie was appointed Choreographer in Residence for the Queensland Ballet in 1994 and the Australian Ballet in 2000. During that time she created seven works for the Queensland Ballet and three works for the Australian Ian Colless D’Arcy Andrews Francis Christeller Ballet. Natalie choreographed two works for the American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company after which the American Ballet Theatre in New York performed Jabula. Natalie created a solo for the American Ballet Theatre star Ethan Steiffel. He later performed the work at the International Ballet Festival Marijinsky at the Kirov in St Petersburg (Russia). Whilst in America Natalie was one of four choreographers involved in the Harrison Project Within You, Without You, a tribute to George Harrison. Natalie received the Choo San Goh Award for Steppenwolfe, created for the Houston Ballet in America. Natalie has also been the recipient of an Australia Council Fellowship towards her development as an Artistic Director. She also received the Lord Mayor’s Fellowship that enabled her to travel overseas and study with Rambert Dance Company, Nederlands Dance Company, and Siobhan Davies Dance Company. In April 2003, she created Harmonium for the American Ballet Theatre and a full-length version of Turandot for the Hong Kong Ballet, which won at the 2004 Hong Kong Dance Awards, and a new creation of Madama Butterfly. Natalie created Icarus for Tanzcompagnie Giessen (Germany), toured Germany with The Unwritten (Queensland Ballet), and she traveled to London to set Jabula and The Unwritten at the Royal Ballet School for Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. She has also created a version of Wuthering Heights and Petrushka for the Queensland Ballet, In Her Footsteps for Tasdance, Lacrimosa for the West Australian Ballet Company, and has created Orpheus for the Queensland Ballet Company. Jenna Drelincourt Hsiang-Ju Lin Sim-Wei Low Natalie has just been appointed Artistic Director of Expressions Dance Company and will take up this appointment in January 2009. JASON ORGAN – Lighting Designer AssocDipAT, BCAE Jason graduated from Brisbane College of Advanced Education, now QUT, in 1988. He is co–founder of JLX Productions, a Queensland based design and technical consultancy, whose clients stretch from community theatre groups, major arts organisations and festivals, to corporate presentation and events. Jason’s design credits include Figaro Variations, Power and Sonata for Ten Hands for Rock and Roll Circus, The Little Mermaid, Giselle and E-motion for Queensland Ballet, The Tale of Monkey for Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe, The Road To Mecca, Sitcom Festival and American Buffalo for Queensland Theatre Company, Seems Like Yesterday and Yarnin’ Up for Kooemba Jdarra and Way Out West, Svetlana in Slingbacks and Scar