Sunday Arts Magazine

8 Mar 2015

‘Dance Massive’—a Contemporary Dance Festival

Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

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Today, on International Women’s Day, David does a Special on Dance Massive, a Contemporary Dance Festival in Melbourne, running from 10th to 22nd March in 3 venues—Arts House, Dancehouse & the Malthouse Theatre. David interviews a total of 6 guests in 2 separate segments, talking about their background, productions and inspiration.

1st segment:
Angharad (Ange)Wynne-Jones – Creative Producer at Arts House which curated Dance Massive with a number of partners talks about how Australia is overwhelmed with talented dancers and choreographers so selection was difficult.
Melanie Lane—Dancer and Choreographer talks of her show Merge (18-22Mar) where 4 dancers & 2 visual artists explore the relationship between the body and the material environment.
Lucy Guerin—her company’s production is called Motion Picture (17-22 Mar) where 6 dancers respond to various elements from a noir movie being played behind the audience.

2nd Segment:
Phillip Adams—his company’s show, called Kingdom (18-22Mar) has 4 male dancers/choreographers integrate art, life and queer sexuality in individual, and collaborative, choreographies.
Vicki Van Hout–an indigenous dancer and choreographer explores the world of people living rough in greater Darwin in her production Long Grass (10-14Mar) involving 7 performers altogether, including 5 dancers.
Rebecca Jensen—talks about how she and Sarah Aiken were inspired by their experience in a witch camp and created Overworld (10-14Mar) appropriating ancient relics with meaningless items with 4 dancers representing the 4 elements.