Program 1 (16 to 17 Nov)

The Waiting RoomJane Pirani

Dancing with Gardot Csaba Buday

Program 2 (22, 23, 24 Nov)

in between spaces Shaaron Boughen & Elise May

The Eve of Feasting Riannon McLean & Richard Causer

Raw - EDC (Expressions Dance Co)Natalie Weir

One Apart Natalie Weir

Dance 11Dance Graduation

GaRDENS ThEaTRE

2 George Street

BRISBaNE QLD australia 4000

Ph. (07) 3138 4455 or gardenstheatre@qut.edu.au

www.gardenstheatre.qut.edu.au

WaRNINGSStrobe lighting, Smoke machine

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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

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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

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© QUT 2011 Produced by QUT Precincts

FOReWORD

It is a pleasure to welcome you to Dance 11, our graduation season. The QUT Dance performance students have been fortunate to have had many valuable performance experiences this year.

2011 marks the first year in a formal partnership agreement between QUT Dance and EDC (Expressions Dance Company). This rare opportunity will provide our graduating students with valuable knowledge and authentic experiences as they transition into the industry. Twelve students performed alongside the company in July in the R&J season at QPaC, and our collaboration continues with Dance 11.

as a result of our partnership with EDC, we are delighted to present our graduation season in a new format this year, with two distinct programs. The first program showcases the talents of our first and second year performance students with works by guest choreographer Jane Pirani and QUT resident choreographer Csaba Buday. Program two privileges our graduating students with a shared program of works from within the EDC and QUT ranks. The program includes works by Shaaron Boughen, Richard Causer, Elise May, Riannon McLean and Natalie Weir.

Natalie Weir, artistic Director of EDC, is a QUT Dance graduate and Creative Industries Faculty 2009 Outstanding alumni award winner, and we are delighted to be developing our relationship with Natalie and the company. We offer our hearty congratulations to Natalie on winning three major arts awards this year; the 2011 australian Dance award for Outstanding Performance by a Company – Where the Heart Is, and two 2011 helpmann award for Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production and Best Ballet or Dance Work – Where the Heart Is. We also congratulate former EDC company member, Richard Causer, a QUT Dance graduate, for his nomination for Most Outstanding Male Dancer for the australian Dance awards and award of Best Male Dancer for the helpmann awards, and current EDC member and QUT Dance graduate, Elise May, who was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer in the australian Dance awards.

also on this note of congratulation, we are very pleased to acknowledge QUT Dance student Michelle Barnett as the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Patricia Macdonald Memorial Foundation Scholarship for excellence in her studies.

In addition to their work with EDC, in July the third year performance students toured to the Guangdong Modern Dance Festival in China. They attended master classes and workshops, and performed Shaaron Boughen’s …as velvet empties into purple… to an international audience. For the first time the festival also offered the opportunity for students to present their choreographic work and we were delighted that three QUT works were selected for public performance. The Brisbane Festival also provided the third year performance students with an opportunity to work with international artists. In collaboration with QUT’s School of Design, our students performed with Israel’s Tami Dance Company as part of Under the Radar, a context for experimental work within the festival.

Lastly, and very importantly, the Dance staff would like to welcome into the world Felix Wade, born to our colleague avril huddy and her partner Michael, and offer our heartfelt congratulations.

We hope you enjoy the evening and thank you for your ongoing support.

Rachel PedroDiscipline Leader, Dance

QUT cReaTIVe InDUSTRIeS Dance STaFF 2011, SeMeSTeR 2

FUll-TIMeCSaBa BUDaY Lecturer in Contemporary Technique, ChoreographySUSaN CaULFIELD-LECLERCQ Production Coordinator, Lecturer in Ballet aVRIL hUDDY Lecturer in Contemporary Technique, alignment EVaN JONES Lecturer in Ballet RaChEL PEDRO Study area Coordinator, Dance Theory, Latin Dance, acting Discipline headKYM STEVENS Lecturer in Dance Education

SeSSIOnalMaRK BRINKLEY Ballet Technique / Pas de deux TRaCEY CaRRODUS Ballet Technique / RepertoireFIONa CULLEN Contemporary Technique NICOLE GaLEa academic Tutor, Ballet TechniqueVaNESSa MaFE-KEaNE Choreographic Studies, Dance & Technology KEITh haWLEY Jazz KYM STOKES (Majestic) Duo LES LIVESLY (Majestic) Duo WENDY LaRaGhY Pointe RUDI MINEUR acrobatics ChaRLOTTE CUTTING Digital MediaKaTIE JOEL Choreographic StudiesJOhN SaNDURSKI Ballet Technique NaThaN TIGhT YogaMELISSa TaTTaM Ballet Technique LISa WILSON Contemporary TechniqueZaIMON VILMaNIS Contemporary TechniqueLIZZIE VILMaNIS Contemporary TechniqueRYaN MaLES Contemporary TechniqueLEah TILNEY Tumbling / acro ChaNThaLah WEBSTER-TIGhT Yoga / architecture of the Body

Dance aDMInISTRaTIOnaISha DIXON

PaSS TeaM (Peak achIeVeMenT SkIllS anD STRaTegIeS)JaN SMITh Physiotherapist, anatomy LecturerDR. GENE MOYLE Sports and Dance PsychologistVaLQUIRa OLIVEIRa Massage Therapist

accOMPanISTS BRIaN aDaMSONLOVINIa DICKENSSTEVE FRaNCISBRETT FOWLERDaVID MULLERaLICE TROTTER

* Indicates Creative Industries Technical Production student

PRODUcTIOn TeaM Dance Production Coordinator SUSaN CaULFIELD–LECLERCQ QUT Precincts Production Coordinator JEFF WaRNICK Lighting Designer aNDREW MEaDOWS Costume Designer ShaaRON BOUGhENCostume Maker EMMa PRICE and PING

Production Stage Manager ThOMaS EDMISTON*Deputy Stage Manager (Dance to Gardot) SaMaNTha MORRISON*Deputy Stage Manager (Waiting Room) haRLEY MaNN*Deputy Stage Manager (One apart) LaUREN MaKIN*Deputy Stage Manager (Eve of Feasting) aNThONY SPINaZE*Deputy Stage Manager (Raw and in between spaces) STEPhaNIE DOBSON*assistant Stage Manager JaSON PaIGE*Production assistant - Set KaNE ERNST*Flys KaNE ERNST*

head Electrician WhITNEY EGLINGTON* Production Electrician ShaNNON YENDaLL*Lighting Operator aNDREW STEPhENS*Floor Electrician CaRO LaKOS*Sound/aV Coordinator SCOTT ChIVERTON* Sound/aV Operators KYLa QUILL* and PhILIPPa LOTh*

PRODUceD FOR The cReaTIVe InDUSTRIeS FacUlTY BY QUT PRecIncTS Executive Director PROF. SUSaN STREETOperations Manager JILL STaNDFIELDMarketing Officer JaCLYN TaYLOR Technician aNDREW EaRLEWorkshop Supervisor BRENDaN WRIGhTCustomer Service Manager CIaRN aRMOURFront of house Officer TaLI WaRMINGTONadministration Officer EMMa CaIN

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QUT cReaTIVe InDUSTRIeS TechnIcal PRODUcTIOn STaFF Technical Production Coordinator GEORGE MEIJER Lecturer - Technical Production / New Media MaTT DELBRIDGE Lecturer - Stage Management CaRLY O’NEILL

1st YeaR PeRFORMance Ena Besic asher Bowen-Saunders Skye Burkin Jake Chapman hsiao Ting Chen Caitlin Cross Rebecca Giles Jake harrison hayley Kerr

Chloe Lanham Zachary Lopez Georgina Munton amelia Skin Michael Smith Georgia White Cindy Wilson Khadi Wolf-Brooke

2nd YeaR PeRFORMance Shauna Brownehsiao Ya Chen Luke Currie-RichardsonRobert FlehrYu-Ching Kuo Isobel LarkinSharon LeeMatthew Nguyen

BachelOR OF FIne aRTS (Dance)

Program 1 (16 to 17 november)

The Waiting Room

Choreographer Jane Pirani

Rehearsal Directors Sue Leclercq and Csaba Buday Lighting Designer andrew Meadows Costume Designer Shaaron Boughen Music Vivaldi, Shostakovich, Glass, Schifrin, art of Noise, arvo Part, Kilar, Kats CherninCast 1st and 2nd year BFa Dance Performance

Scene Plot 1. Waiting Room Full Cast2. Queue Full Cast3. Which way Sharon, Zac, Luke & Michael4. Patience Jake, Matt, Jake, Ena, ada, Isobel5. Panic ada 6. Platform 1 Caitlin, Georgina, Chloe, Vera & Kahadi7. Collision course Jake, Matt, Caitlin, Georgina, Chloe, Vera & Kahadi8. Picking up the pieces Vera9. Impatient Kahadi, Caitlin, Isobel, Chloe, Ena10. Wait for me Shauna & Sharon11. Platform 2 Full Cast12. Solace ada, Zac, Vera, Luke, Isobel, Matt, Sharon & Jake13. Together ada & Luke14. Moving On Full Cast

Like an orchestra with complementary harmonies and intended discord the waiting begins. Patience wanes and the race begins - against time, each other and themselves. We are all waiting for something be it abstract - love, joy, satisfaction or concrete - appointment, train, 5pm, dinner. This work brings 24 dancers into a space to wait. Together they play out the game - sometimes patiently, sometimes with a fever but always with dreams, fears and collected stories - but no matter what - they will collide and connect as they discover themselves in the journey through the waiting room.

Keith Clark

Program 1 cont...

Interval

20 minutes

Dancing with Gardot

Choreographer Csaba Buday

Lighting Designer andrew MeadowsMusic Melody Gardot Costume Designers Shaaron Boughen Cast 1st and 2nd year BFa Dance Performance The sublimely cool and smoldering elegance of Melody Gardot’s songs is the inspiration and driving force of DANCE TO GARDOT. This work, in 11 sketches, echoes the sultry moods and yearning sensations of Gardot’s tunes - intimations of suffering and resolve. a classic jazz chanteuse, Gardot’s rich-toned voice along with luscious orchestrations, provide a stylish sonic expression of the place were music meets life.

ABOUT GARDOTEvery artist has a story. Melody’s is at the heart of her music. When she was 19, Melody was hit by a car. In the accident she suffered serious head and spinal injuries and her pelvis was broken in two places. Because of these severe injuries she was confined to her hospital bed for a year. During her recovery she used music as a form of therapy, even recording and releasing tracks while still in the hospital. Once out, she started playing around Philadelphia. Before long Universal Records signed her. her first full-length album, Worrisome heart, displayed her gift for transforming the traditions of jazz and blues with her intimate and personal sound. It also set a soulful artist with a small but strong following onto the world stage. (Melody Gardot home Page)

eMMa PRIce - Seamstress / assistant costume DesignerEmma graduated with a BFa (Fashion) at QUT and also completed her honours in 2010. her honours project explored zero waste design and garment construction. Over the past few years Emma has worked in local design rooms for established Brisbane designers before undertaking the construction of costumes in the Dance wardrobe this semester.

anDReW MeaDOWS - lighting Designer andrew has worked as Lighting Designer for many of Brisbane’s arts companies including

Queensland Theatre Company, Queensland Ballet, Opera Queensland, Queensland Orchestra, La Boite and EDC. he was lighting operator and systems tech on The Lion King (Disney) South africa,Taiwan in 2007/08. andrew has a strong connection with independent performing arts in Brisbane and has worked as a Production Manager and Lighting Designer on Teuila Postcards, Rat Trap (Polytoxic), The Brides of Frank, Mondays (Tom Greder, Scott Witt), X-Collective (Queensland Orchestra), Often I find that I am naked (National tour) (Jo

Thomas), Performance Anxiety (Brian Lucus) and Girl Fest to name a few. andrew is currently head Electrician at Opera Queensland. he recently designed for EDC’s Solo, lighting works of local and national choreographers.

naTalIe WeIR - choreographerNatalie Weir is an established and acclaimed choreographer, known internationally for her highly physical partner work, her organic movement style and her touching insight into human nature. Natalie has created over 150 professional works in her 20+ year career. She was a founding member of EDC and was offered her first choreographic commission by Maggi Sietsma. Natalie has created works for the country’s major classical and contemporary dance companies including Queensland Ballet, australian Ballet, West australian Ballet, Dancenorth and Tasdance. Career highlights include creating Petrushka

(Queensland Ballet), Dark Lullaby (the australian Ballet) and a solo work for american Ballet Theatre star, Ethan Stiefel. Natalie has created works for international companies such as houston Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, hong Kong Ballet and american Ballet Theatre. Natalie was appointed artistic Director of EDC in January 2009 and continues to create work that balances artistic risk with accessibility, and that speaks of humanity. her works for EDC include the award-winning Where the Heart Is, While Others Sleep and 2011’s R&J. Natalie was awarded two helpmann awards in 2011 and one australian Dance award.

RIannOn Mclean — choreographerRiannon completed a Diploma in Dance Performance at the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington. She has worked with Merenia Grey Dance Company, Dance North Dance Company, australian Dance Theater, Restless Dance Company and LDTX Beijing. Riannon joined Expressions Dance Company in 2007 and has performed and toured in 12 company productions; most recently performing Natalie Weir’s solo Herself for Solo Festival of Dance. Riannon choreographed her first work for Dance North Dance Company in 2002 as part of

Original Spins. She then went on to work with ‘Red - i’ Dance Company that she founded with fellow dancer Nadine MacLean, choreographing in London for the Place’s annual Resolution series 2005-2006. Riannon created Gold solo for Cecchetti medal tests in 2009 and Contemporary Tableau for Cecchetti conference 2010.

RIchaRD caUSeR — choreographerRichard completed a BFa (Dance) (QUT) in 2004. In 2005, Richard’s choreographic work Delirium opened the national design conference ‘4um? advertising and Design asia Pacific’ and was also presented at the 2005 Malaysian Dance Festival in Kuala Lumpur.

Richard was a member of Expressions Dance-In-Education team from 2006 and joined Expressions Dance Company (EDC) in 2007 performing in the Brisbane season of Memory and Jigsaw. With EDC Richard played principal roles in Maggi Sietsma’s On Thin Ice and

Natalie Weir’s Where The Heart Is. Richard has embarked on several Queensland tours as well as international tours to Guangzhou (China), Brooklyn (New York), Busan (South Korea) and on a cultural exchange with LDTX Modern Dance Company in Beijing (China). Richard has recently choreographed two works Pitch and Entity for aCPa. In 2011 Richard choreographed his own solo for EDC’s Solo Festival. Richard has featured in music film clips by John Butler Trio, Darren hayes, Powderfinger, The Living End, Megan Washington and Sleepy Jackson.This year Richard was nominated for Most Outstanding Male Dancer for the australian Dance awards, and Best Male Dancer for the 2011 helpmann awards.

Graduating Students BFA (Dance Performance)

Emma Barnet

Danika Butler

Michelle Barnett

Siobhan Dumigan

Lauren Grow Christine hayes

Jake Kuzma Katrina Little

Emma Marren ashleigh Musk

Jaslyn Reader Portia Risson

cSaBa BUDaY — choreographerDip (Dance) aBS, Master of arts (Research) QUT Csaba Buday is a Lecturer in Contemporary Dance and Resident Choreographer in the Creative Industries Faculty (Dance) at QUT. a graduate of the australian Ballet School, Csaba had an extensive career as a performer, choreographer and teacher spanning over 25 years. he has worked with many leading professional dance companies (Ballet and Contemporary) performing numerous works by notable australian and International choreographers including world acclaimed dance maker William Forsythe (Forsythe Company and Frankfurt

Ballet). Csaba has toured extensively throughout australia, asia and Europe, performing at major International arts Festivals, as well as undertaking music video clip and motion picture engagements. Csaba has taught for numerous professional dance companies including; australian Dance Theatre, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Chunky Move, Dance North australia, Expressions Dance Company, Leigh Warren & Dancers, Queensland Ballet, City Contemporary Dance Co (hong Kong), Cloud Gate Dance Theatre 1 & 2 (Taiwan), Modern Dance Company of Beijing, Guangdong Modern Dance Company (China) and Vietnam Opera Ballet Theatre.

aRTIST BIOgRaPhIeS

ShaaROn BOUghen — choreographer, costume DesignerMa Uni of kent, Ba(hons) laban centre, UkShaaron Boughen is an adjunct associate Professor in the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT. She recently retired from the head of Dance position at QUT end of 2010 and is currently involved in research projects and postgraduate supervision. Shaaron has an extensive practice as a choreographer, designer and curator. She has collaborated with architects, musicians, fashion designers and digital media forms and has an extensive design

background from theatre works to product launches to pyrotechnics also designing costumes for works by many leading australian choreographers. Shaaron is the Queensland dance critic for The australian and has published in Realtime, Innovation In australian arts Media & Design and Currency Companion To Music and Dance In australia.

Jane PIRanI — choreographerJane performed in a contemporary company in France for two years and then returned to australia to help establish Dance North with her mother ann Roberts. She performed with the company in its development and later became a choreographer, director and teacher. Jane founded Extensions, the youth arm of Dance North which she led for 11 years and then directed Dance North for eight years. During this time Jane created over 30 major works, toured extensively in australia and overseas. She freelanced making works for companies and tertiary colleges in australia and New Zealand. Jane has choreographed numerous

musicals and taught movement to actors at the James Cook University. Since 2005 Jane and her husband andre have been the directors of the ann Roberts School of Dance. They founded Ulysses, a performance group for senior students that produces a major season every year and serves as a choreographic research and development tool for Jane and the dancers.

Catherine Ryan

Jacob Williams

Tehillah Ross

Trudy SchofieldCourtney Scheu

Kellie Wilson

2011 Guangdong China, Dance Study Tour 3rd year BFa Dance Performance students, Lecturer Sue Leclercq and QUT Technical Production students Clark Corby and Kirby Elmsly

in between spaces

Choreographer Collaboration between Shaaron Boughen and Elise May

Performer Elise MayVideography Elise MaySet design Shaaron Boughen and Elise May

Our collaboration has been in the form of a research project exploring the process of reversioning where we have taken data – set materials, dance vocabulary, music etc from previous works and used it to make anew for this solo. Investigating the creation of authentic movement material has also driven the development of a vocabulary for this work. This is the first iteration of this research which will have its second iteration mid-2012 in Taiwan.

Program 2 (22, 23, 24 november)

3rd YeaR PeRFORMance Emma BarnetMichelle BarnettDanika ButlerSiobhan Dumigan Lauren GrowChristine hayesJake KuzmaKatrina Little Emma Marren

ashleigh Musk Jaslyn ReaderPortia RissonTehillah RossCatherine Ryan Courtney ScheuTrudy SchofieldJacob WilliamsKellie Wilson

The eve of Feasting

Choreography Riannon McLean and Richard Causer

Rehearsal Director Sue Leclercq Lighting Design Ben hughes (July 2011) remounted by andrew Meadows (Nov 2011) Costume Design Shaaron Boughen Music Rene aubry, Cibo Matto, Steve Jablonsky, Michael Galasso Cast 3rd Year BFa Dance Performance

‘They consumed their pleasure & devoured their sorrow & on the Eve of the feast, their taste was of sin’.

Thank you to all the students for their hard work, effort and dedication into this remount. also thank you to EDC, QUT staff and of course a very special thanks to Sue Leclercq.

Interval 20 minutes

Raw

Choreographer Natalie Weir Lighting Design andrew MeadowsMusic John Debney, Mel Gibson, Peter Gabriel, hans Zimmer Costume Designer Libby McDonnel (female costumes) construction by Ditto Dancewear - Nathalie (male costumes) Dancers Riannon McLean, Elise May, Samantha Mitchell, David Williams, Jack Ziesing, Kevin Privett

One apart

Choreographer Natalie Weir

Original Design (2001) Michael Pearce Rehearsal Director Sue Leclercq Video Remount Tracey Carradous Original Lighting Designer Jason Organ remounted by andrew Meadows Music Global VibrationsCostume Designer Shaaron BoughenCast 3rd Year BFa Dance Performance & Robert Flehr (2nd Year BFa)