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<strong>Australian</strong><br />
<strong>contemporary</strong><br />
<strong>dance</strong>
WELCOME<br />
Welcome to the first <strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Massive</strong>.<br />
Currently in Australia there are around 50 <strong>dance</strong> companies and more<br />
than 200 choreographers investigating a range of techniques, culturally<br />
diverse forms, contexts and media.<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Massive</strong> is designed to celebrate this diverse culture by presenting<br />
many of these exhilarating works, artists and companies in what is<br />
arguably the creative epicentre of <strong>contemporary</strong> <strong>dance</strong> in Australia.<br />
This collection of work is a visually spectacular series of sensory and<br />
physical experiences that range in style and scope, from the energetic<br />
and playful to the contemplative and intimate. Enjoy this first edition of<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Massive</strong>.<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Massive</strong> is an initiative of Arts House, Malthouse Theatre and<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>house in conjunction with Aus<strong>dance</strong> Victoria and with the support<br />
of the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Victoria.<br />
Australia is home to the oldest living culture on earth. Respect and<br />
engagement with this ancient culture and its <strong>contemporary</strong> lineage<br />
continues to make a unique contribution to creativity in this place and<br />
inspire our collective consciousness and understanding. The presenters<br />
of <strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Massive</strong> acknowledge and respect the customs and traditions of<br />
Indigenous <strong>Australian</strong>s and their special relationship with the land. The<br />
artists and organisers respectfully acknowledge that this program takes<br />
place on the land of the traditional owners of the Kulin Nation.
contents<br />
page 2 ROADKILL Splintergroup<br />
page 3 LAWN Splintergroup<br />
page 4&5 MORTAL ENGINE Chunky Move<br />
page 6 HUIT á HUIT Russell Dumas<br />
page 7 UNTRAINED Lucy Guerin Inc<br />
page 8 A VOLUME PROBLEM, THE COUNTING, PUCK Rogue<br />
page 9 MORPHIA SERIES Helen Herbertson and Ben Cobham<br />
page 10&11 180 SECONDS IN (DISCO) HEAVEN OR HELL<br />
page 12 NO SUCCESS LIKE FAILURE The Fondue Set<br />
page 13 INERT a collaboration<br />
page 14 MELBOURNE SPAWNED A MONSTER Jo Lloyd (double bill)<br />
page 14 LIMINA Michaela Pegum (double bill)<br />
page 15 VIANNE Shelley Lasica<br />
page 16 LIFESIZE Luke George<br />
inside back cover Event Planner and Booking Information<br />
outside back cover Venue Locations and Access Information<br />
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Splinterdeal - both shows $45 see www.<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
roadkill Splintergroup<br />
“Fuelled by a collective creativity and inventive stagecraft,<br />
it is dark, primitive and very exciting.” Daily Express<br />
A couple are stranded in the middle of nowhere with a car that won’t start next<br />
to a phone box that doesn’t work. This is a road trip into the agoraphobia and<br />
desolation of the <strong>Australian</strong> outback: a place of dreams and dust and ghosts.<br />
A land where backpackers disappear and tragedy strikes the vulnerable.<br />
roadkill is stunning, edge of your seat <strong>dance</strong> theatre: highly physical,<br />
and ultimately intensely unnerving.<br />
Thu 5 – Sun 8 March<br />
Thu 5 – Sat 7, 7.30pm<br />
Sun 8 – 6pm<br />
Post show artist talk Fri 6 March<br />
75 minutes – no interval<br />
Arts House, Meat Market<br />
5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne<br />
Tickets: $25 / $18<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9639 0096<br />
developed in the CultureLAB<br />
Warnings: Cigarette smoke, smoke effects<br />
Choreography: Splintergroup<br />
Produced by Brisbane Powerhouse and <strong>Dance</strong>north,<br />
presented by Arts House and Mobile States<br />
Performers: Gavin Webber, Grayson Millwood,<br />
Sarah-Jayne Howard, Dramaturg: Andrew Ross,<br />
Sound Design: Luke Smiles, Lighting Designer: Mark Howett,<br />
Rehearsal Director: Michelle Ryan<br />
Photo: Tim Page<br />
<strong>dance</strong>north.com.au<br />
roadkill is toured by Performing Lines for Mobile States: Touring Contemporary Performance Australia. Mobile States is a national touring<br />
initiative of the theatre board of the Australia Council. It has received support from the <strong>Australian</strong> Government through the Australia Council,<br />
its arts funding and advisory body.
lawn Splintergroup<br />
“It’s simply one of the best things you will see in the theatre…A series of<br />
physical and imaginative miracles.” The <strong>Australian</strong><br />
In a one-room apartment high above the snow covered streets of Berlin a man<br />
is dreaming of the open lawns of his childhood. Beneath the wallpaper are the<br />
shadows of former tenants. In the walls and in his clothes there is a darker past<br />
he is trying to repress, but it keeps crawling out.<br />
Accompanied by a live score composed and performed by Iain Grandage, lawn<br />
is an expertly crafted horror fantasy that has been widely lauded by critics and<br />
audiences alike for its striking images, intense theatrical movement and ironic<br />
sense of play.<br />
Wed 11 – Sat 14 March<br />
Wed 11 (Preview) & Thu 12, 8pm<br />
Fri 13, 6:30pm & 9pm<br />
Sat 14, 8pm<br />
80 minutes – no interval<br />
Merlyn Theatre<br />
at the C.U.B. Malthouse<br />
113 Sturt Street, Southbank<br />
Tickets from $24 – $37<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9685 5111<br />
Warning: Smoke effects<br />
developed in the CultureLAB<br />
Choreography: Splintergroup<br />
Produced by Brisbane Powerhouse and <strong>Dance</strong>north,<br />
presented by Malthouse Theatre in association with Arts<br />
House. Toured by Mobile States.<br />
Performers: Vincent Crowley, Grayson Millwood, Gavin Webber<br />
Rehearsal Director: Michelle Ryan, Dramaturg: Andrew Ross,<br />
Musical Composer/Performer: Iain Grandage,<br />
Designer: Zoe Atkinson, Lighting Designer: Mark Howett<br />
Photo: Tim Page<br />
<strong>dance</strong>north.com.au<br />
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Mortal engine Chunky Move<br />
2008 Helpmann Award<br />
Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production<br />
“The effect is terrifying, beautiful, unique and absolutely unforgettable...<br />
from the second the whirlpool of light hits the surface of the unfeasibly<br />
steep set, the audience is at Mortal Engine’s mercy.” The Metro, London<br />
Somewhere between waking and sleeping, between thought and feeling, lies a<br />
body that we possess but cannot control – Chunky Move’s startling new work<br />
begins here.<br />
Mortal Engine is a <strong>dance</strong>-video-laser performance using movement-responsive<br />
technology to portray an ever-shifting, shimmering world in which the limits of<br />
the human body are an illusion. Mortal Engine accelerates us into a reality of<br />
permanent change where crackling light and staining shadows represent the<br />
most perfect and the most sinister of souls.<br />
Following the resounding success of ‘Glow’ for the 2007 Melbourne Festival,<br />
Mortal Engine continues Gideon Obarzanek and Frieder Weiss’ interactive<br />
fusion of live performance and digital technology.<br />
After its sell-out premiere for the Sydney Festival, Mortal Engine enjoyed<br />
standing ovations at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival. In this co-presentation with<br />
Chunky Move, Malthouse Theatre brings this highly anticipated production<br />
home to Melbourne.
Wed 4 – Sun 8 March<br />
Wed 4 (Preview) & Thu 5, 8pm<br />
Fri 6, 6.30pm & 9pm<br />
Sat 7, 2pm & 8pm<br />
Sun 8, 5.30pm<br />
50 minutes – no interval<br />
Merlyn Theatre<br />
at the C.U.B. Malthouse<br />
113 Sturt Street, Southbank<br />
Tickets from $24 – $37<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9685 5111<br />
Warnings: Smoke, laser and strobe<br />
lighting effects, loud volume audio<br />
Presented by Malthouse Theatre and Chunky Move<br />
Direction/Choreography: Gideon Obarzanek<br />
Interactive System Design: Frieder Weiss,<br />
Laser and Sound Artist: Robin Fox, Composer: Ben Frost,<br />
Costume Designer: Paula Levis, Lighting Designer: Damien<br />
Cooper, Set Design: Richard Dinnen, Gideon Obarzanek<br />
Performers: Kristy Ayre, Sara Black, Amber Haines,<br />
Antony Hamilton, Lee Serle, James Shannon,<br />
Charmene Yap<br />
Photo: Andrew Curtis<br />
chunkymove.com<br />
Chunky Move is supported by the Victorian Government,<br />
through Arts Victoria and the <strong>Australian</strong> Government through the<br />
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.<br />
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Huit á Huit Russell Dumas<br />
“… much of Dumas’ work is performed in silence and is concerned with the<br />
articulation of questions rather than with narrative or with the development<br />
of answers to questions posed.” Australia Dancing<br />
An artisan’s observation of <strong>dance</strong>craft and practice for the time being – this is<br />
not <strong>contemporary</strong> <strong>dance</strong>. Influential <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>dance</strong> master Russell Dumas has<br />
created a series of pas de deux that navigate the audience/performer relationship.<br />
Huit á Huit is an immersive and provocative work comprising live performance,<br />
film and installation.<br />
Huit á Huit is presented over four days across the three <strong>Dance</strong>house spaces.<br />
Tue 3 – Fri 6 March<br />
4pm to 7pm<br />
Durational performance. Individual tickets<br />
offer unlimited access to all sessions<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
150 Princes Street<br />
North Carlton<br />
Tickets: $10 – $18<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9347 2860<br />
Warning: Smoke effects<br />
Presented by <strong>Dance</strong>house and <strong>Dance</strong> Exchange<br />
Choreography: Russell Dumas<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>rs: Jonathan Sinatra, Linda Sastradipradja,<br />
Rebecca Hilton, Stuart Shugg, Philipa Rothfield,<br />
Deanne Butterworth, Sarah Cartwright, David Young,<br />
Madeleine Krenek, Kelly Jirsa, Simone Litchfield,<br />
Gabbi Cass, Nicole Jenvey, Christine Babinskas
untrained Lucy Guerin Inc<br />
A new work by Lucy Guerin Inc which questions our ideas about what is worth<br />
watching in a performance. This casual theatrical exploration presents four men,<br />
in a humorous and courageous examination of themselves and their art.<br />
Two of these men are highly skilled, experienced <strong>dance</strong>rs and two are acclaimed visual<br />
artists with no movement training whatsoever. The complex, refined movements that<br />
one man can do with ease, another can only approximate. But there are things that an<br />
untrained body can do that a trained one can’t.<br />
All performers are given the same instructions. How they execute them constructs an<br />
individual portrait of each man and also an unavoidable comparison between them.<br />
This evolution of information, built up through units of action, points out what they have<br />
in common and where their physical histories set them apart.<br />
Wed 11 – Sat 14 March<br />
Wed 11 & Thu 12, 7.30pm<br />
Fri 13, 6.30pm & 9.30pm<br />
Sat 14, 4pm & 7.30pm<br />
Post show artist talk Thurs 12 March<br />
60 minutes – no interval<br />
Arts House, Meat Market<br />
5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne<br />
Tickets: $25 / $18<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9639 0096<br />
developed in the CultureLAB<br />
Presented by Arts House and Lucy Guerin Inc<br />
Concept/Direction: Lucy Guerin<br />
Performers: Ross Coulter, Antony Hamilton,<br />
Simon Obarzanek, Byron Perry<br />
Producer: Michaela Coventry<br />
Photo: Untrained artists<br />
lucyguerin.com<br />
Lucy Guerin Inc is supported by the <strong>Australian</strong> Government<br />
through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.<br />
Untrained was developed in the CultureLAB.<br />
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a VoluMe ProbleM, tHe counting, Puck Rogue<br />
“Intricate… sublime… an important new force in Melbourne’s<br />
<strong>dance</strong> scene.” Realtime<br />
After exploding out of the 2008 Next Wave Festival, Rogue have created a triptych of<br />
intimate and intelligent <strong>dance</strong>, reigniting two high impact works alongside a brand<br />
new ensemble piece. The Counting dissects circadian rhythms set to a blistering<br />
underscore of driving beats while A Volume Problem draws parallels between<br />
population growth and the auditory phenomenon of feedback. And, as for Puck<br />
– Rogue’s latest offering… well… every good story has a prankster. Puck has been<br />
imagined throughout history, mischievous, curious and cheekily outlandish.<br />
Wed 11 – Sun 15 March<br />
Wed 11 (Preview), Thu 12 & Fri 13, 7pm<br />
Sat 14, 2.30pm & 7pm<br />
Sun 15, 4.30pm<br />
50 minutes – no interval<br />
Tower Theatre<br />
at the C.U.B Malthouse<br />
113 Sturt Street, Southbank<br />
Tickets: $20 – $30<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9685 5111<br />
Presented by Malthouse Theatre<br />
A Volume Problem – Choreography: Byron Perry,<br />
Composer: Luke Smiles, Set Construction: Anita Holloway<br />
The Counting – Choreography: Antony Hamilton and Rogue<br />
Sound Designer: Pansonic, Costume Designer: Doyle Barrow<br />
Puck – Choreography: Rogue, Costume Designer:<br />
Doyle Barrow<br />
Rogue are: Derrick Amanatidis, Sara Black, Danielle Canavan,<br />
Holly Durrant, Laura Levitus, Kathryn Newnham, Harriet<br />
Ritchie, Production/Stage Manager: Bluebottle3 – Frog,<br />
Project Management: Moriarty’s Project<br />
Photo: Byron Perry
MorPHia series Helen Herbertson & Ben Cobham<br />
Described as one of the quietest, smallest <strong>dance</strong> pieces ever seen, yet one of<br />
the bravest and most compelling.<br />
Another remarkable work from the award-winning creative partnership behind<br />
‘Sunstruck’ (Melbourne Festival, 2008). This intimate, boutique performance<br />
transports the audience through a series of sensory experiences. Inspired by<br />
Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams, the piece is a vivid encounter with image,<br />
sound, text and movement, which will surprise and enchant.<br />
The highly acclaimed Morphia Series has been performed for Melbourne and<br />
Adelaide audiences, and internationally; in Dublin, Glasgow, Zurich, Singapore<br />
and Portland.<br />
Tues 10 – Sun 15 March<br />
Tues 10 – Sat 14, 7.30pm, 8.15pm & 9pm<br />
Sun 15, 5.30pm, 6.15pm & 7pm<br />
18 minutes – no interval<br />
Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall<br />
521 Queensberry Street,<br />
North Melbourne<br />
Tickets: $22.50<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9639 0096<br />
developed in the CultureLAB<br />
Presented by Arts House<br />
Artists: Helen Herbertson, Ben Cobham<br />
Photo: Rachelle Roberts<br />
Morphia Series has been assisted by the <strong>Australian</strong> Government<br />
through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.<br />
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180 seconds in (disco) HeaVen or Hell<br />
Infusing a little ‘Night Fever’ into <strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Massive</strong>, 180<br />
Seconds in (Disco) Heaven or Hell presents a night of<br />
choreographic speed-dating meets po-mo disco.<br />
Hosted by the glamorous and calamitous, The Fondue Set,<br />
180 Seconds in (Disco) Heaven or Hell puts the TEMPO back<br />
in to <strong>contemporary</strong> <strong>dance</strong> with three-minute showcases of<br />
solid gold. In six arranged marriages, a handful of red-hot<br />
local choreographers add their signature groove to the likes<br />
of ballroom, breaking and bhangra.<br />
It’s the bomb, it’s time limited, it’s disco, it’s crazy - 180<br />
Seconds of SOLID GOLD
Sun 8 March<br />
8pm – til late with intervals<br />
Arts House, Meat Market<br />
5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne<br />
Tickets: $10<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9639 0096<br />
Warnings: Strobe lighting, smoke, possible<br />
nudity and bad <strong>dance</strong> moves. Over 18 only. Guest artists: The Fondue Set –<br />
Emma Saunders, Elizabeth Ryan,<br />
Jane McKernan. Panther, WickidForce<br />
Breakers, Byron Perry, Kelly Ryall,<br />
Moth Design and many more.<br />
developed in the CultureLAB<br />
Photo: Byron Perry<br />
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no success like Failure The Fondue Set<br />
“Failure never looked so good, so silly, so successful...and so intelligent as The Fondue<br />
Set achieve a new level of wit in a bizarrely coherent show that is as carefully paced<br />
as it is manic...” RealTime<br />
Part talent quest, part educational forum and part cabaret, No Success Like Failure is an<br />
hilarious ‘how-to’ show that expertly leads <strong>dance</strong> in to new and playful territory.<br />
With the help of UK director and performer Wendy Houstoun, (Desert Island <strong>Dance</strong>s and<br />
Happy Hour, Melbourne Festival, 2008), The Fondue Set embark on a post, post-modern<br />
exploration of loss, emptiness, giving up, giving in and letting go.<br />
At times both hilarious and poignant, No Success Like Failure returns for a strictly<br />
limited Melbourne season.<br />
Thu 5 – Sat 7 March<br />
7.30pm<br />
70 minutes – no interval<br />
Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall<br />
521 Queensberry Street,<br />
North Melbourne<br />
Tickets: $25 / $18<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9639 0096<br />
Warning: Smoke effects<br />
developed in the CultureLAB<br />
Presented by Arts House<br />
Creators/Performers: Emma Saunders, Elizabeth Ryan,<br />
Jane McKernan<br />
Collaborating Director: Wendy Houstoun,<br />
Outside Eye: Julie-Anne Long, Original Lighting<br />
Design/Production Manager: Neil Simpson,<br />
Collaborating Designer: Agatha Gothe-Snape<br />
Producer: Rosalind Richards, Artful Management<br />
Photo: Iren Skaarnes<br />
thefondueset.com.au<br />
No Success Like Failure has been assisted by the <strong>Australian</strong><br />
Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and<br />
advisory body and by Arts NSW.
inert a collaboration<br />
Two performers.<br />
Two viewers.<br />
Love in two parts.<br />
“...an intimate, intricately made work” The <strong>Australian</strong><br />
How close is too close?<br />
Inert is a performance experience that delves into the psychology of love and<br />
loss when one is heard and seen—or not—by an intimate other. Small in scale,<br />
yet broad in its sensory scope, Inert offers a boutique performance experience<br />
immersing its audience in a subtle and moving world.<br />
Tue 3 – Sun 15 March<br />
Tue 3 – Fri 6 & Tue 10 – Fri 13, 6pm, 6.30pm, 7pm,<br />
8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm<br />
Sat 7 & Sat 14, 4pm, 4.30pm, 5pm, 6pm,<br />
6.30pm, 7pm<br />
Sun 8 & Sun 15, 4pm, 4.30pm, 5pm, 5.30pm<br />
20 minutes – no interval<br />
Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall<br />
521 Queensberry Street,<br />
North Melbourne<br />
Tickets: $22.50<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au or 03 9639 0096<br />
Warning: Audiences will be moved<br />
developed in the CultureLAB<br />
Presented by Arts House<br />
Choreography/Performers: Simon Ellis, Shannon Bott,<br />
Sound Design: David Corbet, Environment: Scott Mitchell,<br />
Video: Cormac Lally<br />
Photo: Natalie Cursio<br />
skellis.net/Inert<br />
Inert was first developed with the support of Arts Victoria,<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>house and the University of Northampton.<br />
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liMina Michaela Pegum Melbourne sPawned<br />
a Monster Jo Lloyd<br />
At the point where one thing becomes another, for a<br />
moment it is both. Limina explores these threshold<br />
moments, merging psychological and physical spaces,<br />
memory and present, dream and reality, to create an<br />
environment where linearity is re-arranged and we<br />
exist in multiple places at once.<br />
30 minutes – no interval<br />
Choreography/Performer: Michaela Pegum<br />
Sound: Julia Mant, Video: Cherie Green,<br />
Original Lighting Design: Jennifer Hector<br />
Photo: Michaela Pegum<br />
developed in the CultureLAB<br />
Sat 7 March<br />
9.30pm Limina<br />
10pm Melbourne<br />
Spawned a Monster<br />
Sun 8 March<br />
2.30pm Limina<br />
3pm Melbourne<br />
Spawned a Monster<br />
DOUBLE<br />
BILL<br />
“Complete. Dizzying. Satisfying...Melbourne<br />
Spawned a Monster is far and away the best<br />
original work we’ve seen from (Jo) Lloyd.”<br />
Chris Boyd<br />
Melbourne Spawned a Monster takes an intimate<br />
and confronting look at the monster that lurks within.<br />
Jo Lloyd’s strong and multi-directional choreography<br />
creates a powerful and fragile performance that<br />
explores the layers of the public/private self.<br />
30 minutes – no interval<br />
Choreography: Jo Lloyd<br />
Performer: Luke George, Costume: Tim Jomartz,<br />
Set: Rob McCredie, Sound: Duane Morrison<br />
Image: Famous Visual Services<br />
jolloyd.alphalink.com.au<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
150 Princes Street<br />
North Carlton<br />
Limina and Melbourne Spawned a Monster were<br />
produced and presented by <strong>Dance</strong>house through<br />
the Housemate Residency Program.<br />
Tickets: Double Bill<br />
$12 – $22<br />
Single show $10 – $15<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9347 2860
Vianne Shelley Lasica<br />
Vianne is ‘about the space and the place one holds within, that is also inhabited<br />
with other people: it is about knowing and how one knows. Where is Vianne,<br />
what does Vianne know and how does she know it?’<br />
Vianne imagines a world created by luminous shapes that create the appearance<br />
of solid forms in a theatricalised landscape.<br />
Sound images fly through an electronic world that simulates another time, a lost<br />
memory. The <strong>dance</strong> is the map by which we can orient ourselves in Vianne’s<br />
world.<br />
Tue 10 & Wed March 11, 7.30pm<br />
50 minutes – no interval<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
150 Princes Street<br />
North Carlton<br />
Tickets: $10 – $18<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9347 2860<br />
Presented by <strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
Choreography: Shelley Lasica<br />
Performers: Deanne Butterworth, Jo Lloyd,<br />
Timothy Harvey, Lee Serle, Bonnie Paskas,<br />
Music: PEACE OUT! (Milo Kossowski and<br />
Morgan McWaters, from Melbourne band The<br />
Emergency), Set: Anne-Marie May, Costumes: Shelley<br />
Lasica & Kara Baker for Project, Lighting: Ben Cobham<br />
Photo: Rohan Young<br />
Shelley Lasica is represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery<br />
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liFesiZe Luke George<br />
“…bordering on the pornographic… It intrigues, titillates and leaves one<br />
wondering whether one should be watching; (George) craftily sucks us all in.”<br />
The Age<br />
Described as a cross-artform orgy of <strong>dance</strong>, sound, video and light, LIFESIZE<br />
explores the new worlds we create in seeking personal connection and expression.<br />
The textures and tactics of the work glean ideas from popular and media culture.<br />
With tones of visceral drama and brutal subversions, two performers explore the<br />
substitution of real life with imitation.<br />
Thu 12 & Fri 13 March<br />
9.30pm<br />
45 minutes – no interval<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
150 Princes Street<br />
North Carlton<br />
Tickets: $10 - $18<br />
<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
or 03 9347 2860<br />
Presented by <strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
Choreography: Luke George<br />
Performers: Luke George, Kristy Ayre,<br />
Sound: Luke Smiles, Video: Martyn Coutts<br />
Lighting: Benjamin Cisterne<br />
Photo: Dean Grennan<br />
lukegeorge.net | myspace.com/lifesizemeup<br />
LIFESIZE has been assisted by the <strong>Australian</strong> Government through the<br />
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and auspiced by<br />
Aus<strong>dance</strong> Victoria.
EVENT PLANNER<br />
Event Pg Artist / Company Name Venue Tue 3 Wed 4<br />
180 Seconds in Disco Heaven or Hell 10 & 11 Arts House<br />
A Volume Problem/The Counting/Puck 8 Rogue Malthouse Theatre<br />
Huit à Huit 6 Russell Dumas <strong>Dance</strong>house ★ ★<br />
Inert 13 a collaboration Arts House ★ ★<br />
lawn 3 Splintergroup Malthouse Theatre<br />
Limina 14 Michaela Pegum <strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
LIFESIZE 16 Luke George <strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
Melbourne Spawned A Monster 14 Jo Lloyd <strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
Morphia Series 9 Helen Herbertson & Ben Cobham Arts House<br />
Mortal Engine 4 & 5 Chunky Move Malthouse Theatre ★<br />
No Success Like Failure 12 The Fondue Set Arts House<br />
roadkill 2 Splintergroup Arts House<br />
Untrained 7 Lucy Guerin Inc Arts House<br />
Vianne 15 Shelley Lasica <strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
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Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or in person at venue box offices<br />
and agency outlets.<br />
To purchase multiple tickets across the 3 venues contact Arts House<br />
on 03 9322 3713 or tickets@<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
On line<br />
www.<strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au<br />
Ticketing agencies vary according to venue.<br />
Arts House shows<br />
Inert<br />
No Success Like Failure<br />
roadkill<br />
180 Seconds in (Disco) Heaven or Hell<br />
Morphia Series<br />
Untrained<br />
Back cover: Morphia Series, photo: Rachelle Roberts<br />
In person /phone:<br />
Arts House – Easytix, 03 9639 0096<br />
Malthouse Theatre – M-Tix, 03 9685 5111<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>house – 03 9347 2860<br />
Malthouse Theatre shows<br />
Mortal Engine<br />
lawn<br />
The Counting / A Volume Problem /<br />
Puck<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>house shows<br />
Huit á Huit<br />
Limina<br />
Melbourne Spawned a Monster<br />
Vianne<br />
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VENUE LOCATIONS<br />
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Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall<br />
521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne<br />
Tel: 03 9322 3713<br />
Mel Ref: 2A J 10<br />
Arts House, Meat Market<br />
5 Blackwood Street,<br />
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Tel: 03 9322 3713<br />
Mel Ref: 2B A9<br />
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<strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
150 Princes Street, North Carlton<br />
Tel: 03 9347 2860<br />
Mel Ref: 2B H4<br />
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Malthouse Theatre<br />
At the C.U.B Malthouse<br />
113 Sturt Street, Southbank<br />
Tel: 03 9685 5100<br />
Mel Ref: 1D Q10<br />
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Accessible info.<br />
Arts House, Malthouse Theatre and <strong>Dance</strong>house<br />
have made every effort to offer wheelchair and<br />
limited mobility access throughout the program.<br />
Please contact each venue for further information.<br />
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3–15 March <strong>2009</strong> <strong>dance</strong>massive.com.au