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WHAT DID WE DO
PROGRAM 1- DEVELOPMENT
In 2013 three artists were brought together from each partner organisation – FIONA BRYANT (VIC),
RHIANNON NEWTON (WA), KAY ARMSTRONG (NSW) to support the development of 3 new work by
circulating and exposing them at all stages of development to interstate audiences, peers and
presenters.
The first phase of the project was hosted by STRUT's Eyes Wide in the studio at Kings St Art Centre,
Perth, WA in November 2013 followed by a 1-week residency "Process and Method" in February 2014 at
Critical Path, Sydney. The final phase of the pilot, “Next Stages”, took place at Dancehouse in Melbourne
in August 2014.
NEXT STAGES
3-10 AUG 2014, DANCEHOUSE VIC
Each artist worked one week developing their work in progress with feedback from Rebecca Hilton and
three public presentations of the consortiums works in development.
KAY ARMSTRONG 100th Monkey
RHIANNON NEWTON Assemblies for one body
FIONA BRYANT And Now I Know
Workshop Program
Five hands-on practical sessions led by experienced professionals working within the independent arts
sector:
o Working with a producer – a user’s manual
o Building and understanding a production/ touring budget
o Developing an international network
o Working in regional Australia, the impossible dream?
o Dreaming up your own context
Witnessing the development of the works across the three gatherings of Next Stages, and particularly,
the investment of the artists (and their collaborators) in each other’s creative process, was illuminating
and satisfying in equal measure. Rebecca Hilton
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PROGRAM 2 – PRESENTATION
22 NOV - 12 DEC, 2014
Rosalind Crisp, Andrew Morrish and Ros Warby taught workshops and performed new dance works in
Perth, Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne
PERTH
22-30 NOV, 2014
MOVEME IMPROVISATIONAL FESTIVAL
Various venues
Performances
o NO-ONE WILL TELL US… by Rosalind Crisp
o UNWRAPPING D A N S E A performed dance lecture by Rosalind Crisp (Australian premiere)
o TWO SOLOS No Time to Fly choreographed by Deborah Hay and performed by Ros Warby &
Court Dance her current work in development performed and choreographed Ros Warby
o HE FERRYMEN by Andrew Morrish & Peter Trotman
Workshops
o Rosalind Crisp
o Ros Warby
o Andrew Morrish & Peter Trotman
SYDNEY
21 NOV – 7 DEC, 2014
IMPROVISATION PRACTICES SYMPOSIUM
Critical Path, The Drill Hall
Public Program
o SUSPENSION OF TIME AND SPACE - Streamed in real-time Tony Osborne - Sydney, Andrew
Morrish and Peter Trotman - Perth, Hemabharathy Palani - India with Sally Doughty and
Miranda Wheen in the UK met virtually, crossing time and space joining in conversation sharing
their approaches to improvisation.
o UNWRAPPING D A N S E by Rosalind Crisp
o TWO SOLOS No Time to Fly & Court Dance. Performed by Ros Warby
Workshops
o Rosalind Crisp
o Ros Warby
o Seminar Series: Andrew Morrish & Jondi Keane
BRISBANE
5 & 6 DEC, 2014
Expressions Dance Company studio & Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts.
Dance Sites Network in partnership with Ausdance Qld who hosted Rosalind Crisp & managed local
participation, information dissemination, advertising & administration in Brisbane.
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Performance
o UNWRAPPING D A N S E by Rosalind Crisp
Workshop
o ROSALIND CRISP
MELBOURNE
7 -12 DEC, 2014
DANCEHOUSE
Performance
o TWO SOLOS No Time to Fly & Court Dance. Performed by Ros Warby
Workshop
o ROS WARBY
I think the model that Dance Sites proposes an extremely viable opportunity for independent dance
artists providing valuable resources and exposure with necessary critical feedback/mentorship en route.
Paul Selwyn Norton – Director of Strut Dance
One of the most important factors that the DSN made possible for me was the repeated and deepened
development of my work across a series. This is rare in Australia. The flow-on from city to city enabled me
to hone and expand my presentations with different audiences.
The combination of performances and workshops made for a full and satisfying mix, exposing and
intersecting the different yet complementary aspects of my practice Ros Crisp
Sharing practice and new thinking with colleagues across three cities created a critical mass around the
practice of improvisation for the first time in Australia. The creation of a performance platform was
incredibly valuable, offering critical feedback from engaged audiences and colleagues within the
umbrella of intelligent and engaged dialogue about Improvisation and performance practice. A great
platform for both the individual artists involved, and the dance community across Australia. Ros Warby
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Kay Armstrong (NSW) is a respected and prolific member of the NSW dance community. Kay has been
Artistic Director of pulse8, was Founder and Director of youMove Company, and has held numerous
board memberships and peer assessment committees. She is currently focused on developing her
independent solo practice.
The work developed as part of Next Stages "100th Monkey' is solo movement piece that looks at the
visceral ramifications of loss and how this state can be embodied, and how the viewer then experiences
it. Through an investigation of active forgetting and improvised scores, the work negotiates in movement
and spoken word the size and shape of shifts between the real and the hyper-real.
Rhiannon Newton (WA) Rhiannon is an Australian dancer and choreographer focused on choreographic
investigation, improvisation and physical research. Her Next Satges work "Assemblies For One Body" is a
series of parameters that observe how repetition operates between the unknown and the known.
Working alongside sound designer Kynan Tan, Rhiannon makes visible her processes of chance, memory,
prioritization and loss. Through a network of emergent action-space relations, the work collects the
shared present into a choreography that questions how identity and history is designated to a performed
action.
Fiona Bryant (VIC) is a Melbourne based choreographer and performer. Her practice is chiefly concerned
with discovering and re-discovering ways in which to engage the whole psychophysical self in the
processes of generating and performing live performance. In recent years her works have covered a
diversity of themes including ageing, folk-pop culture, natural disaster and loneliness.
Fiona is working with choreographer and performer, Natalie Cursio who makes small and distinctive
works in a range of spaces and contexts. Intricate and experimental, Natalie's choreographies explore,
process and comment upon issues and ironies around culture and nature. The NEXT STAGES work And
Now I Know is a scored duet concerned with "our perceptions of and responses to the mundane, boring
or nothing moments of our day-to-day existence".
Facilitator Rebecca Hilton
Rebecca Hilton is a Melbourne based performer, teacher, choreographer and director. Rebecca's
choreographies have been presented by companies including Lucy Guerin Inc, BalletLab, Chunky Move,
Laborgras (Ger), Mestizas (Arg) and La lagrima (Mex). She teaches extensively for companies, schools
and in festivals through out the world including Sasha Waltz and Guests (Berlin), Impulse Tanz (Vienna),
Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne), PARTS (Brussels), and Movement Research (NY).
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