14 - 22 JUNE 2018 PLAYHOUSE, QPAC

EXPRESSIONS DANCE COMPANY, CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY (HONG KONG) AND

QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PRESENT

Choreography by

NATALIE WEIR DOMINIC WONG KRISTINA CHANARTISTIC DIRECTOR, EDC ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CCDC INDEPENDENT CHOREOGRAPHER

The Chinese Australian Dance Exchange Project is more than just a dance exchange. It is an exchange

of ideas and an intertwining of cultures, with an enormous amount of generosity and respect between everyone involved.

I am so proud to welcome you to our performance of 4Seasons, which is a collaboration between Expressions Dance Company (EDC) and City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) as part of our Chinese Australian Dance Exchange Project 2015-2020.

This initiative, part of EDC’s ongoing strategy to engage in cross cultural collaboration, sees EDC partner with three Chinese contemporary dance companies – Guangdong Modern Dance Company (GMDC) in 2016, Beijing/LDTX in 2019 and this year City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) who we warmly welcome to Australia for this beautiful season. This ground- breaking exchange has grown from my great respect for Willy Tsao, who is a pioneer for the development of modern dance in China.

Tonight’s program was developed in three parts. In October 2017 EDC travelled to Hong Kong for three weeks for the creation of my work, 4Seasons, a collaborative piece with 14 dancers from CCDC and six dancers from EDC. From April 23 this year, Dominic Wong, Assistant Artistic Director of CCDC, has been in Brisbane for four weeks creating Day After Day for the EDC dancers, whilst choreographer Kristina Chan has at the same time been in Hong Kong creating Summer for CCDC.

4Seasons premiered in Hong Kong on 1 June at the Ko Shan Theatre. A big thank you to Managing Director of CCDC Raymond Wong,

and to Artistic Director Willy Tsao for their generosity in presenting this program in the new wing of the theatre. It was a privilege to perform with their dancers and to their audiences.

The program is in three parts, and each choreographer has interpreted the seasons in very different ways. I think as an audience it is exciting to see the way that different choreographers can approach a theme, with each work being very different, yet tied together. Congratulations to Dominic and Kristina for their thought-provoking and moving works.

Lighting design for the triple bill is by Lawmanray, a very striking design, and costumes for the evening are by Cindy Ho Pui-shan, who has captured the essence of each work and the dancers beautifully.

Many thanks to rehearsal director for Day After Day Sally Wicks and to rehearsal director Elizabeth Vilmanis for looking after my work 4Seasons in Hong Kong. Having their support and outside eye makes the creation of work so much easier for everyone involved. They add a great deal to the process and bring out the best in the dancers’ performance.

I am proud to welcome the CCDC and EDC dancers to the stage. The CCDC dancers are exquisite, and it has been a very special collaboration. It has been a privilege to work with such fine artists.

Thank you also to the EDC dancers, Elise May, Richard Causer, Jake McLarnon, Alana Sargent and our newest ensemble member, Scott Ewen. The EDC ensemble is joined by trainee Isabella Hood, in her first season with EDC. I am always so proud of our dancers, they are the heart of EDC, and never cease to move me.

NATALIE WEIRArtistic Director Expressions Dance Company (EDC)

WELCOME TO

Welcome to QPAC for this performance of 4Seasons by Expressions Dance Company (EDC).

This performance is presented as part of EDC’s five-year Chinese Australian Dance Exchange Project, a major collaboration involving three high profile Chinese dance companies working with EDC to develop inspiring new contemporary dance works in Australia and China and provide vital opportunities for dancers and choreographers to deepen their practice on a cultural level.

The arts are a thriving part of Queensland’s cultural identity. QPAC is proud to partner with EDC and over a number of years our organisations have worked together to build audiences for contemporary dance in Queensland as well as the capacity of the artists who create these works. The Chinese Australian

Dance Exchange Project extends further the reach of EDC in building a bridge with Asian artists, companies and audiences and positioning Queensland as an integrated gateway between Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Through QPAC’s partnership with EDC, we encourage this international collaboration and celebrate the stunning contemporary dance works created as a result.

4Seasons brings together 20 dancers from EDC and Hong Kong’s City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) in a triple bill of new works by Natalie Weir (EDC), Dominic Wong (CCDC) and Kristina Chan. Like so many artistic endeavours, the result of this collaboration is greater than the sum of any one part – a moving and exceptional showcase of new contemporary dance works.

I hope you enjoy this performance and look forward to welcoming you to QPAC again soon.

I am excited that after more than two years of planning, City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) and

Expressions Dance Company (EDC) have together produced a very special program, 4Seasons.

This is the result of close collaborations between dancemakers and dancers from Hong Kong and Brisbane, exhibiting not only the high standards across the two cities, but also the common concern for climate change.

EDC has worked with the different companies I have led, including First Ritual with BeijingDance/LDTX in 2011, and 51°Cosmos with Guangdong Modern Dance Company in 2016. This time with CCDC, it is a tighter, more involved kind of collaboration, as demonstrated by the three sections in 4Seasons: first the Hong Kong company working with Kristina Chan – a Hong

Kong-born Australian choreographer; then the Australian company working with Hong Kong choreographer Dominic Wong; finally dancers from both companies working with Australian choreographer Natalie Weir.

After the premiere in Hong Kong in early June, the company of 20 dancers from EDC and CCDC are now performing in Brisbane before travelling to the Darwin Entertainment Centre and to the Beijing Festival at the end of July.

Contemporary dance – an art medium making use of body and motion – transcends barriers between languages and cultures. Dance artists from any part of the world use their bodies to search for individuality and creativity as they reflect on the world around them. Dance is one of the most direct and reflective of all art forms. I hope 4Seasons is a small step in enhancing friendship and increasing understanding between the people of China and Australia.

JOHN KOTZASChief Executive Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)

WILLY TSAO 曹誠淵Founder/Artistic Director City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC)

SUMMER 〈夏〉Choreographer: KRISTINA CHAN with the CCDC Dancers

Dancers: CCDC dancersMusic: Summer by James Brown Rehearsal Director: Bruce Wong 黃振邦

Summer is an imagined dystopian future engulfed by extreme temperatures and oppressive atmospheres. It is concerned with global warming and its related effects. As we enter into uncertain times for our survival, apathy has no place, yet it is ever present in the greater community.

Choreographically and visually I was interested in exploring unpredictable weather patterns and changes, melting and wilting bodies, breath and air, and the individual amongst the masses.

Humanity depends on the natural environment for survival more than it needs us. As we realise the grave impact we’ve had on our environment, can we band together to make better change in these urgent times?

KRISTINA CHAN

〈夏〉是一個在想像中的反烏托邦式的未來，被極端溫度及抑壓的氛圍所吞噬。作品關注全球暖化及其影響。當我們進入生命的不確定期時，我們不該漠視問題所在，但這卻是大多數人的取態。

在舞蹈編排和視覺上，我有興趣探索難以預測的天氣模式和變化、融化和萎靡的身體、呼吸和空氣，以及群眾中的個體。

人類以自然環境賴以為生，這遠超於大自然對人類的需要。當我們認識到我們對環境造成的嚴重影響時，我們是否可以團結起來，在緊急的時刻做出更好的改變？

Expressions Dance Company acknowledges the assistance of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

City Contemporary Dance Company is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 城市當代舞蹈團由香港特別行政區政府資助。

DAY AFTER DAY 〈尋常〉Choreographer: DOMINIC WONG 黃狄文 with the EDC Dancers

Dancers: The EDC dancers featuring Bruce Wong 黃振邦Rehearsal Director: Sally Wicks Music: Circling by Nils FrahmConfrontation by Max RichterAffinities by Patrick NgLove and Glory by Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm

Life is filled with alternate departures and reunions, like the changing seasons.

Dominic Wong, Assistant Artistic Director of CCDC, looks into cycles of seasons, exploring human relationships in the metropolis.

Thank you CCDC for giving me a chance to work with EDC to create Day After Day. Thank you EDC dancers for choreographing with me on this piece and Natalie for letting me have Sally as my rehearsal director. I’d like to thank our costume designer Cindy, lighting designer Lawmanray and everyone involved in this production. This work is the result of our work together – and exactly what this work is about, human relationships as inspired by seasonal changes. May this dance bring us closer to each other and resonate in your heart.

DOMINIC WONG 黃狄文

日復日，年復年，人與人之間的離離合合，如季節更迭，如氣候轉變在不知不覺間。CCDC副藝術總監黃狄文從四季交替的虛幻，窺探大都會的人情冷暖。

感謝CCDC給予機會我與EDC合作創作〈尋常〉這個作品；感謝與我一起共同創作的舞者們，以及EDC藝術總監娜泰莉安排莎莉為我的排練指導，還有服裝設計師何珮姗、燈光設計師羅文偉、製作經理梁鴻略和兩團台前幕後所有參與的人員。整個製作的誕生是我們團隊一起努力的成果，缺一不可。希望這次以季節變化為啟發表達人際關係的內容，能夠引起觀眾的共鳴，拉近彼此之間的距離。

4SEASONS 〈四季〉 Choreographer: NATALIE WEIRwith the EDC and CCDC Dancers

Dancers: The EDC and CCDC Dancers Music: The Four Seasons Antonio Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi –The Four SeasonsRehearsal Director: Lizzie Vilmanis

4Seasons is inspired by the seasons of life. We see four couples at different stages in their lives together, the eternal youth of Spring, the storm clouds of Summer, the beauty and tenderness of Autumn and the ageing of winter, looking back at one’s youth.

It could be one couple, or different couples during their life span, and all of the dancers are connected together by humanity.

I would like to thank the dancers of CCDC and EDC for their collaboration on this work; they work together so beautifully, and it is so satisfying to see two companies from two different places connected together by the universal language of dance.

NATALIE WEIR

《四季》的靈感源自生命的季節，在作品中，四對男女舞者分別代表生活中的不同階段：青春常駐的春、風雲幻變的夏、溫婉柔和的秋，以及萬物肅殺年華老去、回憶青蔥歲月的冬，共譜生命無常之歌。

其實，四對男女舞者共同演出一對夫妻的角色，他們呈現生命中的起承轉合。同時，所有舞者都以「人」緊緊相扣著。

感謝CCDC及EDC兩團的舞者在此舞作中的合作，這是如此動人；看著來自不同地方的舞者，因人類的共同語言──舞蹈而連結起來，我非常滿足。

Photo by Dylan Evans featuring EDC dancer Alana Sargent Program details correct at time of printing

Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company tour to Brisbane and Darwin is supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Sydney, of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.香港城市當代舞蹈團布里斯本及達爾文巡演獲香港特別行政區政府駐悉尼經濟貿易辦事處支持。

NATALIE WEIRArtistic Director, EDCChoreographer 4Seasons

Choreographer Natalie Weir is known internationally for her highly physical partner work, her organic movement style and her touching insight

into humanity. Natalie trained at QUT and was a founding member of Expressions Dance Company. She has created over 170 professional works in her 30 year career, including major new works for world class companies such as The Australian Ballet, Queensland Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Houston Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Hong Kong Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Natalie was resident choreographer for The Australian Ballet and Queensland Ballet. She was then appointed EDC’s Artistic Director in 2009, fulfilling her dream to build an ensemble of dancers and contribute to the future of Australian dance. Natalie has also been the recipient of both an Australia Council fellowship and the Lord Mayor’s Fellowship. Her signature works with EDC have earned 10 Helpmann Award nominations.

娜泰莉‧維亞

娜泰莉‧維亞以高難度雙人舞、原始形體風格及對人性的敏銳觸覺而享譽國際。畢業於昆士蘭科技大學，為艾斯普森舞蹈團創團成員。在三十年職業生涯中，創作超過一百七十齣專業舞作，曾為多個國際級舞團編舞，包括：澳洲國家芭蕾舞團、昆士蘭芭蕾舞團、西澳洲芭蕾舞團、休斯敦芭蕾舞團、新加坡舞蹈劇場、香港芭蕾舞團及美國芭蕾舞劇團。維亞為前澳洲國家芭蕾舞團及昆士蘭芭蕾舞團之駐團編舞，2009年被任命為艾斯普森舞蹈團之藝術總監，曾獲澳洲委員會獎助計劃及市長獎學金，她為艾斯普森舞蹈團編舞的作品曾獲提名多個澳洲海普曼獎獎項。

DOMINIC WONG 黃狄文Assistant Artistic Director, CCDCChoreographer Day After Day

Dominic Wong joined CCDC after his graduation in 1996 and was promoted to Assistant Artistic Director in 2016. He received the Hong Kong Dance

Award “Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer” for his performance in Plaza X (2000) and The Comedy of K (2012). His choreographic works include Blind Chance, Second Thoughts, Travelogue (previous title: Little Pieces) and The Little Prince. His choreography was also presented at the Beijing Dance Festival and Guangdong Dance Festival. Xtremely Four Seasons and What’s Next were both hailed by South China Morning Post as one of the “Best Dances” of the year. His work Travelogue was awarded the “Outstanding Medium Venue Production” at the 19th Hong Kong Dance Awards. His works are innovative and physically demanding, featuring a wide range of styles.

黃狄文

1996年畢業後加入CCDC為舞者，2016年擢升為副藝術總監。2001年及2013年分別憑《Plaza X 與異變街道》及《畸人說夢》的演出獲頒香港舞蹈年獎「最值得表揚男舞蹈員」。於2008年及2009年分別憑《忽然四季》及《下一秒》獲《南華早報》評選為「全年最佳舞蹈」；2017年憑《拼途》獲頒香港舞蹈年獎「傑出中型場地舞蹈製作」獎。黃氏編舞近作包括《別有洞天》、《思纏想後》、 《拼途》及《小王子》，其作品多次獲邀於「北京舞蹈雙週」及「廣東現代舞週」上演，大受好評，在創作上亦勇於嘗試，舞作風格新穎多變。

CHOREOGRAPHERS

Photo courtesy of CCDC

KRISTINA CHANChoreographer Summer

Kristina Chan is a dancer and choreographer based in Sydney, Australia. Her choreographic practice explores environmental change, our relationship to nature and the impact that we

are making on our planet in this age of climate change. Chan has been awarded a Helpmann Award for her performance in Narelle Benjamin’s In Glass (2011) and two Australian Dance Awards for Tanja Liedtke’s Twelfth Floor (2006) and construct (2009). Her recent works include Mozart Airborne, a commission by Expressions Dance Company and Opera Queensland for season 2017, solo work A Faint Existence (2016) and and Mountain commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre in 2017/18.

陳小寶

陳小寶為澳洲悉尼舞者及編舞。陳氏編創之作品涉足環境變化、人類跟大自然之關係，以及人類身處氣候變遷中，對地球造成之影響。陳氏憑娜威‧班雅明作品《In Glass》（2011）演出贏得澳洲海普曼獎，以及憑譚雅‧雷可編舞作品《Twelfth Floor》（2006）及《construct》（2009）兩奪澳洲舞蹈年獎。最新編舞作品包括：艾斯普森舞蹈團及昆士蘭歌劇院2017季度聯合委約作品《Mozart Airborne》、獨舞作品《A Faint Existence》（2016）及坎貝爾鎮藝術中心2017/18年度委約新作《Mountain》。

CREATIVE TEAM

Choreographers Kristina Chan

Natalie Weir

Dominic Wong 黃狄文Lighting Design Lawmanray 羅文偉Stage Visual and

Costume Design Cindy HO Pui-shan 何珮姍Sound Design Anthony YEUNG 楊我華Rehearsal Directors Lizzie Vilmanis (4Seasons)

Sally Wicks (Day After Day)

Bruce Wong (Summer)

CAST

EDC Dancers Richard Causer

Scott Ewen

Isabella Hood

Elise May

Jake McLarnon

Alana Sargent

CCDC Dancers Ivan CHAN 陳俊瑋 Felix KE 柯志輝 Bobo LAI 黎家寶 Peggy LAM 林詠茵 Ka-ki LEE 李家祺 Shirley LOK 樂知靄 Natalie MAK 麥琬兒 Noel PONG 龐智筠 QIAO Yang 喬楊 Malvina TAM 譚渼樺 Terry TSANG 曾景輝 Tseky TSE 謝甲賢 Bruce WONG 黃振邦 Yve YU 余藝

PRODUCTION TEAM

Production Manager Nick Engler

Assistant Stage Manager Jessica Schutt

Production Lighting Technician Chris Goeldner

Wardrobe Assistant Frances Pyper

Flymen Richard Aishford

Garry Bradley

Lighting Technician Sarah Jane-Smith

Lighting Desk Operator Lauren Sallaway

Sound Technician Tony Carter

ABOUT EXPRESSIONS DANCE COMPANY

關於艾斯普森舞蹈團

At Expressions Dance Company, we create momentsto take your breath away. For 32 years, EDC hascreated more than 150 works by 75 differentchoreographers. We’ve provided sustainableemployment for more than 70 dancers. We’veenjoyed 22 international tours to 17 countries,and 23 major Queensland tours.

Our dancers and choreographers are among thebest in the world. EDC has received ten HelpmannAward nominations and nine Australian Dance Awardnominations for Natalie Weir signature works.

But to continue leaping to new heights, we need thesupport of our community. Discover ways to keep usdancing at expressionsdancecompany.org.au.

在艾斯普森舞蹈團，我們創造那些令人歎為觀止的瞬間。

31年以來，艾斯普森製作了75位不同編舞逾150部作品。我們為超過70名舞者提供過長期工作 機會。我們曾在17個國家進行過22次訪問，並在昆士蘭出訪演出23次。

我們的舞者和編舞是世界上最優秀的。艾斯普森舞蹈團曾以娜泰莉‧維亞的代表作品獲得超過十次海普曼獎提名和九度獲得澳洲舞蹈大獎提名。然而，為了不斷飛躍新的高度，我們需要社區的支持。請即瀏覽expressionsdancecompany.org.au. 瞭解支持我們繼續舞蹈的方式。

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Scott Ewen Isabella Hood

Jake McLarnon Alana Sargent

ABOUT CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY (CCDC)

城市當代舞蹈團是香港首個全職專業現代舞團，於1979年由曹誠淵創立，以體現香港當代文化及推動當代舞蹈發展為宗旨。三十九年來，舞團保留了超過二百齣本土編舞家的完整舞碼，包括曹誠淵、黎海寧、梅卓燕、潘少輝及伍宇烈等作品，也經常與其他媒介藝術家合作，展現多元化的香港文化特色。 每年演出六十多場，參與人數超過五萬人次。

自1980年以來，舞團開展頻密的國際文化交流活動，先後代表香港在美洲、歐洲、澳洲及亞洲共三十多個主要城市演出，備受國際藝壇重視。此外，舞團在國內推行「中國舞蹈發展計劃」，為國內正在萌芽的現代舞團提供行政與技術支援；2004年成立的CCDC舞蹈中心則提供排練場地及舞蹈教育活動和課程，以推動香港舞蹈的持續發展。

城市當代舞蹈團

For 38 years under the leadership of Founder and Artistic Director Willy Tsao, City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) has inspired and excited audiences with superb contemporary dance performances. Founded in 1979, CCDC has presented more than 200 original works to critical acclaim, including productions by Tsao, Helen Lai, Mui Cheuk-yin, Pun Siu-fai and Yuri Ng. CCDC has also organised innovative collaborations with outstanding artists from other media and with artists from around the world.

CCDC is renowned for reflecting the vigour and creativity of Hong Kong’s vibrant, multifaceted contemporary culture, sharing dance works to an audience of more than 50,000 people annually and receiving overseas invitations to perform on some of the world’s foremost dance stages and festivals.

Through the China Dance Development Program, CCDC provides administrative and technical support to emerging Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese artists. CCDC Dance Centre, provides dance facilities, educational programs and dance courses, ensuring the ongoing development of dance as a vital artistic pursuit in Hong Kong.

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CCDC城市当代舞蹈团

陳俊瑋 Ivan CHAN 柯志輝 Felix KE

黎家寶 Bobo LAI 林詠茵 Peggy LAM

李家祺 Ka-ki LEE 樂知靄 Shirley LOK

麥琬兒 Natalie MAK 龐智筠 Noel PONG

喬楊 QIAO Yang 譚渼樺 Malvina TAM

曾景輝 Terry TSANG 謝甲賢 Tseky TSE

黃振邦 Bruce WONG 余藝 Yve YU

Scene from Summer in 4Seasons - photo by Mak

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THE CHINESE AUSTRALIAN DANCE EXCHANGE PROJECT

EDC dancer Jake McLarnon at Lion Rock, Hong Kong. Photo by Scott Ewen.

In 2015, Expressions Dance Company entered into a groundbreaking partnership with China’s leading contemporary dance companies, Guangdong Modern Dance Company, City Contemporary Dance Company (Hong Kong) and Beijing/LDTX Dance Company. Extending until 2020, the Chinese Australian Dance Exchange Project was developed through a long term mutual trust between Artistic Directors Natalie Weir and Willy Tsao. The project features:

This unique collaboration strengthens Australia’s artistic ties with China and provides the respective companies with an opportunity to use their likeminded dance philosophies to transcend cultural boundaries.

Collaborative new dance works created by significant Australian, Chinese and international choreographers

Exchanges - individual dancers from the companies spend time working and performing in China and Australia, enhancing both personal and professional development opportunities

Partnering with Guangdong Dance Festival and Beijing Dance Festival

Residencies - creation of new works by the companies in China and Australia

Touring throughout China and Australia, showcasing and celebrating the differences and similarities between Australian and Chinese work

Festivals and Seasons - where new collaborative works, as well as individual works are presented both in China and Australia

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Look beyond the walls of Hong Kong’s famous skyscrapersto see a Hong Kong with wall-to-wall creativity. From street art to fine art, fashion to furniture design, game animation to film production, music, theatre, dance and more. This is the vibrant creative hub that is OUR HONG KONG. Why not make it yours?

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Look beyond the walls of Hong Kong’s famous skyscrapersto see a Hong Kong with wall-to-wall creativity. From street art to fine art, fashion to furniture design, game animation to film production, music, theatre, dance and more. This is the vibrant creative hub that is OUR HONG KONG. Why not make it yours?

Wall to Wall Creativity

More OURHONGKONG stories at www.brandhk.gov.hk

To find out more about Hong Kong’s many advantages, please contact:

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QPAC respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Lands across Queensland and pays respect to their ancestors who came before them and to Elders past, present and emerging.

Patrons are advised that the Performing Arts Centre has EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES, a FIRE ALARM system and EXIT passageways. In case of an alert, patrons should remain calm, look for the closest EXIT sign in GREEN, listen to and comply with directions given by the inhouse trained attendants and move in an orderly fashion to the open spaces outside the Centre.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe Queensland Performing Arts Trust is a statutory body of the State of Queensland andis partially funded by the Queensland Government

The Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP, Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts

Director-General, Department of Environment and Science: Jamie Merrick

About QPACQueensland Performing Arts Centre

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is one of Australia’s leading centres for live performance. QPAC is a venue, a producer, an investor, a presenter and a public place. Welcoming over 1.3 million visitors to more than 1200 performances each year, we embrace the best in live performance – the world renowned alongside the emerging, local and new – and connect to the stories and ideas at the heart of each production. Central to QPAC’s activities is the pursuit of excellence in live performance and cultural thinking to help sustain and grow our vibrant arts community. QPAC strives to be a place where audiences and artists come together to relax, learn, reflect, share stories and celebrate.

THIS IS CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE

10 - 22 OCT CREMORNE THEATRE, QPAC

NATALIE WEIR’S

FEATURING ORIGINAL MUSIC BY GORDON HAMILTONPERFORMED BY

“Natalie Weir continues to unfold and reveal the full emotional landscape of the human heart.” THE AUSTRALIAN

THE AUSTRALIAN VOICES

EXPRESSIONS DANCE COMPANY AND THE QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

PRESENT

BOOK NOW QPAC.COM.AU 136 246 EXPRESSIONSDANCECOMPANY.ORG.AU

Expressions Dance Company acknowledges the assistance of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Photo above and front cover by Dylan Evans

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