StoicDaniel Jaber

One WaySamantha Williams

... as velvet empties into purple...Shaaron Boughen

GlimmerCsaba Buday

Dance 10Dance Graduation

GarDenS TheaTre

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FOReWORD

Welcome to Dance Grad 2010, our final performance season for this year. We have had a busy year with many rich performance opportunities for our students.

In February, internationally renowned Aerial artists Kim Stokes and Les Livesey presented their final MFA performance at The Brisbane Powerhouse with current students performing alongside industry specialists. Soon after, Expressions Dance Company offered opportunity for students to perform alongside the company in their Launchpad season. This is a valuable ongoing relationship with Expressions.

Throughout this year, our second year students have been working with choreographer Rosetta Cook and composer Elena Kats-Chernin in the development of a new work, Little Green Road to Fairyland for the Brisbane Music Festival in 2011 whilst our third year students toured to the Guandong Modern Dance Festival for classes, workshops and performances representing QUT to international audiences. also taking our students to international shores was a new cross-cultural dance work Standing in line in order of height - created collaboratively by QL2 Centre for Youth Dance in Canberra and Maya Dance Theatre in Singapore. Both Education and Performance students have been supported to dance in QL2’s Quantum Leap at the Playhouse season led by australian choreographers and QL2’s On Course tertiary dance students choreographic season.

All of our first and third year education students performed in the Out of the Box Festival at the Queensland Performing arts Centre with works created for them by guest choreographers Grant McLay and Larissa Thynne. Larissa’s work was invited to be performed again at the opening of the Brazil Central 2010 Congress. On home turf, our third year performance students presented a season of their own choreographic work in the Woodward Theatre with full production support. This is a yearly event and supports the students’ choreographic practice from the studio through to production in the theatre. We are so pleased to be able to congratulate Alexander Bryce for his success in being awarded the prestigious Patricia Macdonald Memorial Foundation Scholarship for excellence in his studies. This scholarship is the legacy of internationally respected teacher and examiner, Pat Macdonald to support dance and the arts.

Dance Grad 2010 welcomes back Samantha Williams who has choreographed One Way - a rhythmically and stylistically challenging contemporary work for our first year students. I have had the pleasure of working with our second year students in creating …as velvet empties into purple… and Csaba Buday has created a new work Glimmer for our third year students. The third years have also been exposed to the thinking and processes of emerging choreographer Daniel Jaber whose work Stoic extends both their technical and artistic skills base as they prepare to enter the industry as young professional dancers.

We hope you will enjoy this evening of new and exciting dance works and thank you for being a supportive audience.

Shaaron BoughenDiscipline Leader, Dance

QUT cReaTIVe InDUSTRIeS Dance STaFF 2010, SeMeSTeR 2

FUll-TIMeShaarOn BOUGhen Discipline Leader, Lecturer in Choreography, Performance StudiesCSABA 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, Lecturer in Dance Theory, Latin DanceKYM STEVENS Lecturer in Primary education

SeSSIOnalShannOn anDerSOn Partnering KRISTEN BELL Secondary EducationTRACEY CARRODUS Ballet TechniqueFIONA CULLEN Contemporary Technique MALI DE GOEY Acrobatics NICOLE GALEA Academic Tutor, Ballet TechniqueVANESSA MAFE-KEANE Choreographic Studies, Ballet technique CLaIre MarShaLL roboticsrUDI MIneUr acrobatics CharLOTTe CUTTInG Digital MediaSKYE SEWELL Choreographic StudiesANTHONY SHEARSMITH Ballet Technique NATHAN TIGHT YogaLISa WILSOn Contemporary TechniqueCHANTHALAH WEBSTER-TIGHT Yoga

Dance aDMInISTRaTIOnaISha DIXOn

PaSS TeaM (Peak achIeVeMenT SkIllS anD STRaTegIeS)BraD De araUGO Musculoskeletal TherapistAMY SHELDON Massage TherapistJan SMITh Physiotherapist, Anatomy LecturerDR. GENE MOYLE Sports and Dance Psychologist

accOMPanISTS BrIan aDaMSOnLOVINIA DICKENSSTEVE FRANCISBRETT FOWLERDaVID MULLerLINDSAY STAFFORD

* Indicates Creative Industries Technical Production student

PRODUcTIOn TeaM Dance Production Coordinator SUSAN CAULFIELD–LECLERCQ QUT Precincts Production Coordinator JEFF WARNICK Lighting Designer DAVID MURRAY Costume Designer SHAARON BOUGHEN, CARLA BINOTTO, HAN MAI, LOUISA BANNERCostume Makers CARLA BINOTTO, HAN MAI, LOUISA BANNER Stage Manager BRITTANY WHITING*Deputy Stage Manager DanIeL anDerSOn*Deputy Stage Manager ThOMaS eDMISTOn*assistant Stage Manager LY VERN TAN*

Sound/aV Coordinator TeSSa SMaLLhOrn*Floor Electrician DARREN HAWKINS*head electrician KRISTEN EMERY*Lighting Operator KELLY HOLLETT*

Sound/aV Operator STEPHANIE HOLLEY*aV Operator TeSSa SMaLLhOrn*Sound Operator JaSOn BOShLer*

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PRODUceD FOR The cReaTIVe InDUSTRIeS FacUlTY BY QUT PRecIncTS Director PROF. PETER LAVERYOperations Manager JILL STANDFIELDMarketing Officer JACLYN TAYLOR Senior Theatre Technician anDreW earLeTheatre Technician LIESEL KOERBINWorkshop Supervisor BRENDAN WRIGHTAdministration Officer EMMA CAINFront of House Officer LAUREN RECK

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 Shauna BrowneHsiao Ya Chen Luke Currie-Richardsonanneke eijkmanKate FentonRobert FlehrIsobel LarkinSharon LeeMatthew nguyennina Palibrkhilary VargasKelsey WaltonKirri Webb

2nd YeaR PeRFORMance emma BarnetMichelle BarnettDanika ButlerYu-Hsuan ChiuKate DangerfieldSiobhan Dumigan Bridget ewartLauren GrowChristine hayesTzu-Ying HoJake KuzmaKatrina Little emma MarrenSimon Polsen Jaslyn readerPortia rissonTehillah rossCourtney ScheuTrudy SchofieldJacob WilliamsKellie WilsonJessica Woosley

3rd YeaR PeRFORMance Alexander BryceJade Coutts andrea Dighton Joel Fenton Lachlan GeraghtyLucy Ingham Catherine MullinsMolly hendersonPia Mooreamelia Steinemmy SteinerCara Szabohannah TaylorJason Wood

BachelOR OF FIne aRTS (Dance)

2010 Guangzhou China, 3rd Year BFA Dance Performance

Alexander Bryce

Joel Fenton

Jade Coutts

Lachlan Geraghty

andrea Dighton

Lucy Ingham

Catherine Mullins Molly henderson Pia Moore

DaVID MURRaYDavid Murray studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and has worked as a musician, stage manager, production manager, technical director, set & lighting designer, production electrician, theatre and lighting consultant. He has lit more than 250 productions, many touring internationally.

his lighting designs include The Magic Flute, Don Carlos, Cosi fan tutte, Carmen, The Snow Queen, Love in the Age of Therapy (Green Room Award) for Victoria State Opera & Opera

australia; The Red Shoes, Madama Butterfly and Cinderella for Singapore Dance Theatre; Improvement Don Leaves Linda, The Burrow, Fall of the House of Usher, Greek, Wide Sargasso Sea, Gauguin – a synthetic opera, Motherland (Green Room Award), Eight Songs For a Mad King & Slow Love for Chamber Made Opera; Man the Balloon, Betrayal, Bombshells, The Chairs, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Honour, Humble Boy & Take Me Out for Melbourne Theatre Company; Theme & Variations for the australian Ballet; Barbara Cook in Concert and her Better with a Band, Nigel Triffitt’s Moby Dick, Joel Grey, Betty Buckley, Dudley Moore, Michael Feinstein, The River Spectacular, Follies in Concert for Melbourne International Festival; Still Angela (Green room award) and Circus Oz.

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ShaaROn BOUghen — choreographer, costume DesignerMa Uni of kent, Ba(hons) laban centre, UkShaaron is Discipline Leader for Dance and supervises Postgraduate Studies in Dance. She has worked as a performer and teacher in the UK and Australia and has an extensive practice as a choreographer (over 30 works), curator and costume designer. Shaaron taught contemporary dance techniques for many years and is still involved in choreographing and teaching choreography, alignment for dancers, and collaborative forms of practice across all

the disciplines in the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT. Shaaron’s recent choreographic practice has diversified into collaborative practices with architecture, music, fashion and digital media forms.

Shaaron is the Queensland Dance reviewer for The Australian and has published in Realtime, Innovation In australian arts Media and Design and Currency Companion To Music and Dance In australia. She has facilitated many post-performance discussions with leading choreographers and is on The Australian Dance Awards Panel which was created in 1997 to acknowledge and honour excellence in the professional dance sector in Australia.

Edge of Colour are a lush and energetic electronica duo with a live stage show of symphonic-pop dance beats, live looped vocals and surreal costuming. Vocalist- producer-visual artist, Michelle Xen, and producer-MC John Teh, move from trip-hop to electro, drum n bass to pop with gorgeous harmonics, wild synth sounds and big bass-lines. They have played along the East Coast of Australia from Hobart to Brisbane and have recently returned from performing in Tokyo. Their debut EP, Glimmer, rose swiftly through the Triple J Unearthed Charts and they are soon to release their next EP - Soft Power at the Woodford Folk Festival 2010/2011. Michelle Xen is currently completing an interdisciplinary Master of arts in research at QUT.

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cSaBa BUDaYDip (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 has had an extensive career as a performer, choreographer and teacher spanning over 25 years. he has worked with many of australia’s 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). During this period Csaba 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’s has taught for numerous professional dance companies including; Australian Dance Theatre, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Chunky Move, Dance North Australia, Expressions Dance Company, Leigh Warren and Dancers, Queensland Ballet, City Contemporary Dance Co (Hong Kong), Cloud Gate Dance Theatre 1 and 2 (Taiwan), Modern Dance Company of Beijing (China), Guangdong Modern Dance Company (China) and Vietnam Opera Ballet Theatre (Vietnam).

DanIel JaBeRDaniel Jaber began his professional career as a dancer with Garry Stewart’s internationally acclaimed Australian Dance theatre (ADT) at the age of 18. He toured the world extensively and performed works; Birdbrain, G, The Age of Unbeauty, Devolution, HELD, Vocabulary and Nothing. He has since performed with Joachim Schloemer (Germany), Dasniya Sommer (Germany), Tchanke Dance Companie (France), Alison Currie, Frances d’Ath and BalletLab. In 2008 Daniel did periodic secondments with the famed Forsythe Company in Germany.

Daniel’s choreographic works include: NOUGHT (2010), Stoic (2010), WG Spiel (2010),and award winning solo work Too far again, not far enough... (winner of Best Dance Work and Adelaide Festival Centre in SPACE: Development Award at the 2010 Adelaide Fringe Awards). Daniel costumed Garry Stewart’s ‘G’ for the 2008 Adelaide Festival.

SaManTha WIllIaMSSince graduating from QUT Sam has worked throughout Brisbane, Melbourne and London as a performer, choreographer and teacher. In 2004 and 2005 performing with the Expressions education Team touring Lines in the Sand and Chance the Dance and choreographing the film clip Balloons for UK band Foals in 2007. Sam currently performs with hip hop crew Boogie Love and is a guest teacher at QUT taking hip hop and jazz. She also teaches and choreographs for the Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts, community arts group Contact Inc and dance studios Mad Dance House and River City Dance as well as taking workshops at various high schools throughout Brisbane.

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Cara SzaboCara Szabo Jason Wood

One Way

Choreographer Samantha Williams

Lighting Designer David MurrayMusic Unkle, DJ Krush, Decoder ring, Brittney Spears, voice & sound recording by Calski Costume Designer Louisa Banner Cast 1st year BFA Dance Performance We have many aspirations for ourselves but often they get lost in the pursuit of a single one… without regret but with a sense of wonder we can often feel a longing to go back and make different choices.

Thank you to the 1st year dancers for their contribution to the choreography and the QUT staff and crew

for their support.

glimmer

Choreographer Csaba Buday in collaboration with the dancers Lighting Designer David MurrayMusicians edge of ColourDigital Video Tessa SmallhornCostume Designer Carla BinottoSet Design Csaba Buday Cast 3rd Year BFA Dance Performance

Glimmer is informed by the lyrics of five songs written and produced by Michelle Xen and John Teh (Edge of Colour). Whilst this work is created to be absorbed and interpreted openly by each individual, at the core of the choreography and the music lies a desire to uplift, to move forwards, to communicate – to be seen and to be heard. The work embraces the aspects that uplift us during both the joy and tension of our lives and our relationships. As the movement opens out from these ideas, the physical shapes of our personal moments are infused with the elements of sound, colour and rhythm. A rich translation of personal movements through life. I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Michelle and John; their music has provided a rich and uplifting source of inspiration to create to. I trust that you will be stimulated by their music, along with the technical and performative attributes of this year’s graduating dance students.

hope still glimmered in their hearts.

... as velvet empties into purple...

Choreographer Shaaron Boughen

Lighting Designer David Murray Music Jon hassellCostume Designer Shaaron BoughenCast 2nd Year BFA Dance Performance

I have been interested in the nature of experience, of sensation in artwork rather than meaning making directly and have taken inspiration for this work from Drawings 1997-2003 by Anish Kapoor. We have created a movement experience using sensation for sense making rather than narrative or contextual cues for meaning making. In this way, how may what might seem as nonsense - how can velvet ever empty into purple - step beyond the world of logical connection and challenge through abstraction. Like Kapoor’s abstract drawings, the abstract movement vocabulary of contemporary dance is apprehended directly through the senses and it is the individual’s imagination that becomes the force for comprehension.

Stoic

Choreographer Daniel Jaber

rehearsal Director Sue Leclercq Assistant Cara SzaboLighting Designer David MurrayMusic ClarkCostume Designers Han Mai, Daniel JaberCast 3rd year BFA Dance Performance

A development of a work that plans to promote, analyse, demystify and expose classical ballet and its role in a contemporary scape. Inspired by Susan Leigh Foster’s The Ballerina’s Phallic Pointe.

Thank you to the amazing dancers - I can’t wait to hear about your successes and thank you also to the incredible staff at QUT for training such talented, creative, disciplined and confident individuals. A special thanks to Chris Clark for permission to use his fierce music and to all the amazing dancers I have ever worked with for inspiring me every day.

I would like to dedicate this work to the memory of Tanja Liedtke, an influence and inspiration.

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