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2018 ANNUAL REPORT

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Cover image: NGV Triennial EXTRA, image by Eugene HylandCurrent page: ANTI–GRAVITY, image by Pippa Samaya

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VisionChunky Move’s vision is to be a catalyst to transform contemporary dance practice in Australia by inspiring and developing artists, engaging audiences and making vital and extraordinary work.

Using contemporary Australian culture, social commentary and the tension between community and the individual as its springboard, Chunky Move’s artistic vision is driven by an investigation into the multifaceted possibilities of the body and its relationship to place, context and environment.

ValuesOur core values underpin everything about the Chunky Move way of working:

• Encouraging individual responsibility

• Nurturing potential

• Pushing boundaries

• Advocacy for our community

• Efficiency and maximising resources

• Intellectual rigour and discourse

• Curiosity, creative risk and exploration

MissionChunky Move is an artist-led company that exists for two interconnected reasons:

• To create works of international standard that celebrate risk and invite the audience to constantly redefine what contemporary dance can be

• To build sustainable career pathways for dance artists to fuel their own bold future.

Chunky Move constantly seeks to redefine what is or what can be contemporary dance in an ever-evolving Australian culture. Our work is diverse in form and content encompassing productions for the stage, as well as site specific, new-media and installation work.

ABOUT CHUNKY MOVE

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2018 KEYSTATISTICS 8 2

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10,979

6034,402

864

11211

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NEW WORKS

INTERNATIONALTOURS

PERFORMANCES

CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS EMPLOYED

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

CLASS & WORKSHOP ATTENDEES

PERFORMANCE ATTENDEES

TALKS, LECTURES, SCREENINGS AND EVENT

ATTENDEES

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

SECONDMENTS

TOWNS & CITIES VISITED

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Board of DirectorsChair of the Board Leigh O’Neill

Anouk van Dijk Rhod Ellis-JonesJeff KhanRose HiscockSue DonnellyMichelle BrooksSue MorganSean Jameson

ExecutiveArtistic Director / co-CEOAnouk van Dijk

Executive Director / co-CEOVanessa Pigrum (until June)

Executive Producer Sarah Greentree (from May)

Interim CEOAnn Tonks (from June)

Permanent Full-Time StaffCompany ProducerHillary Coyne (until March), Sarah Greentree (February – May)

Production & Operations ManagerMikkel Mynster

Production & Operations CoordinatorAngus Robson (from April)

Marketing & Communications ManagerEmily Fiori (until June), Sarah Cooper (from July)

Marketing & Public Programs CoordinatorRobert Henningham (until November)

Office & Program CoordinatorBen Ryan (until April), Madeleine Dorevitch (from May)

Associate Producer Public Programs (PT)Alice Lee Holland (from April)

Permanent Casual StaffClass Coordinator Jo Lloyd (until August)

Contract StaffFinance Administrator (PT) Anne MacDonald (until February), Sarah Rafferty (from March)

Interim Development Manager (PT) Claire Wilcock (until August)

Artistic Associate (4 Months) Alice Lee Holland

PEOPLE


As 2018 drew to a close, we reflected on a vibrant year for the company, alive in fulfilling our objective to constantly seek to redefine what is or what can be contemporary dance in an ever-evolving Australian culture.

The year opened with Accumulation, a curated energising program by Artistic Director, Anouk van Dijk featuring a swathe of acclaimed local choreographers and dancers as part of the NGV Triennial. Creation of new works by Anouk continued throughout the year, with the development and presentation of the dynamic Common Ground and the development of Traces, a multi-media collaboration between Anouk van Dijk and Ian Strange.

In 2018, we continued to expand the reach of the company, and Australian contemporary dance, regionally, nationally and internationally thought presentations of ANTI–GRAVITY in Utrecht

CHAIR’SREPORT

(Netherlands) and Complexity of Belonging in Rotterdam, Groningen, Bruges, Amsterdam and Kerkrade (Netherlands/Belgium). It is a source of pride to the company and the Board that audiences around Australia and around the world have the opportunity to experience our bold and distinct works. We are grateful for the support from Creative Victoria, the Australia Council for the Arts and the Department of Communications and the Arts for making this possible.

Importantly Chunky Move has continued to play a significant role in developing artists, the art form and the community of individuals that enable productions to become reality. Next Move 11 saw the presentation of new works by Lauren Langlois and Joel Bray. Both works received positive peer and media review and we are tremendously proud of Next Move’s capacity to raise the profile of exciting new voices in Australian dance.

Anouk van Dijk’s One Body One Career proved again to be an in-demand workshop for professional dancers from across the globe. This unique intensive is a valuable addition to Chunky Move’s comprehensive public program. In 2018, we integrated the coordination of our professional and public class scheduling in-house through creation of a dedicated new role. This has incrementally seen attendances and impact grow.

As the company’s vibrant year of activity drew to a close, so too did it draw close to the Artistic leadership of Anouk van Dijk. Over the past 7 years Anouk introduced a fresh perspective on contemporary dance to Melbourne and to Australia, whilst continuing Chunky Move’s legacy of supporting the development of artists and leading important cultural conversations through our work. The year also marked the moving on of Executive Director Vanessa Pigrum, and long-serving Company Producer, Hillary Coyne. I am grateful for the lasting impact of these leaders in their field.

The Board embarked on the search for new artistic leadership for the company in the latter part of the year, with an Expression of Interest process that brought forward inspiring and energising conversations and the confidence that Australia has many capable hands to support growth and continuity in the prevalence of contemporary dance.

After a rigorous process it was with delight that we announced the appointment of Antony Hamilton and Kristy Ayre as joint CEOs of the company, who are joined by Freya Waterson who will work closely with Antony on his major works and lead the national and international touring program.

Antony is without doubt one of Australia’s most exciting choreographers—his work is in national and international demand, and his unique approach to making dance fuses artistic disciplines and creates new possibilities for contemporary dance. Kristy brings the perspective of a dancer together with the strategic skills of a cultural leader and advocate for dance practice in Australia.

Another vibrant year beckons. We know we wouldn’t be where we are without the support of our individual donors, collaborating artists, partners, class participants, audiences and the incredible individuals who have and do work at the company and on our Board. I thank each of you hugely.

I am excited about what 2019 and a new era of leadership for this flagship company will bring.

Leigh O’Neill, Chair

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In August of 2018, after seven years at the helm of Chunky Move, Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk announced her decision to step down.

In her tenure, Van Dijk premiered her debut work as Artistic Director, An Act of Now, at Sidney Myer Music Bowl in 2012. The production went on to win The Age Critics’ Award for best new Australian work in the Melbourne Festival. For the company

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Anouk van Dijk

she has since created 247 Days and Embodiment 1:1:1 in 2013, gentle is the power and Complexity of Belonging in 2014, Depth of Field in 2015, Rule of Thirds and L U C I D in 2016, Anti-Gravity in 2017, and Accumulation and Common Ground in 2018.

“Leading Chunky Move has been an enormous honour, and truly one of the most important and meaningful experiences of my career.

True to our mission, all of my work with the team at Chunky Move has sought to expand the boundaries of what is traditionally considered dance. I have taken works outside of the regular performance spaces, many of them have involved artists from different disciplines, and all of my projects have strived for a unique and audacious artistic premise.

Besides pursuing my artistic interests, it has been equally important to me to build on the organisation’s reputation as an artistic hub for choreographers, performers and artistic collaborators that not only excels artistically, but also reflects the diversity of Australia’s society on stage.

I’m incredibly thankful to the Melbourne audiences, who have welcomed my work so warmly. My deepest gratitude goes out to the many talented artists that I’ve worked with, in particular the dancers. It has been a privilege to witness a new generation of extraordinarily talented dance artists come to fruition, and it has been an honour and great inspiration to guide them, to create with them, and to learn so much in return.” - Anouk van Dijk

“I SEE CHUNKY MOVE AS A PORTAL FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN AND OUT. IT’S SUCH A POWERFUL VEHICLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN ART.” Anouk van Dijk, Dance Australia, Issue 221 April/May 2019.

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2018 PROGRAM REPORT

Exclusively for NGV Melbourne, Chunky Move was commissioned to create Accumulation, an immersive dance take over of the Gallery as part of the free Triennial EXTRA program 19 – 24 January.

Curated and commissioned by Anouk van Dijk, we presented five short new works created by Anouk van Dijk, Antony Hamilton, Thomas E. S. Kelly and Prue Lang. The works explored human rituals and the transient relationships between people, places and objects through a gradual gathering of eclectic dance interventions.

NGV TRIENNIAL EXTRA: Accumulation

Dates

Rehearsals 8 Jan – 17 Jan 2018Premiere Season 18 Jan – 24 Jan 2018

Presenter National Gallery of Victoria

Total number of shows 19

Total audience 5,950

Volunteers 30+

Creative Artists

Curated by Anouk van DijkChoreographers Anouk van Dijk Antony Hamilton Prue Lang Thomas E.S. Kelly Artistic Associate Alice Lee Holland

Performers Amber McCartney Benjamin Hancock James Batchelor James Vu Anh Pham Jessie Oshodi Melanie Lane Mikaela Carr Niharika Senapati Richard Cilli Tara Jade Samaya Thomas E.S. Kelly

“THIS WAS THE MOST POWERFUL AND MOVING THING I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. IT FEELS WRONG TO CALL IT A PERFORMANCE AS IT REPRESENTED SOMETHING SO HEART-BREAKING AND CRUEL, BUT FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS... WHAT A TRULY IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR MYSELF AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IN THAT ROOM.” Audience response

Image by Eugene Hyland

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Image by Pia Johnson

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“THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF INSTABILITY IN THE WORLD – SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL – THIS AFFECTS US ON A VISCERAL LEVEL, AND IN THIS FULL-LENGTH WORK, I’M EXPLORING THIS AND HOW WE STAND TOGETHER.” Anouk van Dijk

Dates

Development 5 Feb – 16 Feb 2018Rehearsals 19 Mar – 20 Apr 2018Premiere Season 26 Apr – 5 May 2018 Dandenong Season 8 May 2018

Presenters Chunky Move Drum Theatre, Dandenong

Performers Richard Cilli Tara Jade Samaya

Creative Team

Director/Choreographer Anouk van DijkComposer/Sound Designer Jethro WoodwardLighting Designer Paul JacksonSet & Costume Designer Marg HorwellArtistic Associate Alice Lee Holland

Choreographer Anouk van Dijk evokes the birth of ballet in a modern milieu, as two of Australia’s most sought after dancers go move-for-move, through to the intense endgame. Tara Jade Samaya (ANTI—GRAVITY, Chunky Move) and Richard Cilli (CounterMove, Sydney Dance Company) perform a unique duel that lights the fuse on equality and betrayal.

An intricate encounter and evocative duet, Common Ground is a journey inside the multi-faceted relationships we build with the world around us, the relationships we build with each other and where we find common ground to stand on.

COMMON GROUND

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ANTI–GRAVITY Tour to Utrecht, Netherlands

Dates

Remount 8 May – 14 May 2018 (Melbourne)Tour 19 May – 20 May

Presenter Spring Performing Arts Festival

Venue Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht

Performers Luigi Vescio Marlo Benjamin Niharika Senapati Richard Cilli Sarah Bruce Tara Jade Samaya

ANTI—GRAVITY (Dance Massive 2017) undertook its first international tour to SPRING International Performing Arts Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands.

The festival presents cutting edge dance and performance works, with Chunky Move invited as part of the Asian Pacific edition of the 2018 festival that presented multi-disciplinary collaborations.

Production Team

Choreographer/Director Anouk van DijkCompany Producer Sarah GreentreeProduction Manager Mikkel MynsterStage Manager Carolyn PatamisiLighting Technician/Operator Remko Van WelyArtistic Associate Alice Lee Holland

Image by Pippa Samaya

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This durational performance Traces was rehearsed and shot in one week in October, and has been edited into two films: a durational film for the gallery, capturing the slow, but dramatic transformation of the space and the bodies, and a short dance film from the perspective of subjective experience of time.

Interior Dates 4 – 22 Jun 2018

Venue Chunky Move Studios Performers Joel Bray Niharika Senapati Richard Cilli

Creative Team

Choreographer Anouk van DijkArtist Ian Strange

Interior is a collaboration between artists Ian Strange and Chunky Move’s Anouk van Dijk examining the intersection between their respective art forms: visual arts and dance.

This collaboration resulted in two outcomes in 2018: a three-week creative development with dancers in June and the creation of a 45min film shot in October.

The concept built from the Interior development was for a simplified idea: interacting with a giant stack of charcoaled wood, a team of dancers transforms a pristine white space into the burnt ruins of a civilisation. The charcoaled beams leave black traces on everything and everyone, turning the white floor into a giant painter’s canvas, where the dancers’ actions and imprints become the artwork.

INTERIOR Development and TRACES

Traces Dates 11 – 13 Oct 2018

Venue Chunky Move Studios Transit Dance

Performers James Vu Anh Pham Joel Bray Lauren Langlois Niharika Senapati Richard Cilli Tara Jade Samaya

Creative Team

Choreographer Anouk van DijkArtist Ian Strange

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ONE BODY ONE CAREER Countertechnique Intensive

Initiated and curated by Anouk van Dijk, the sixth Australian edition of the One Body One Career Countertechnique Intensive (OBOC) was again a huge success. The intensive brought together around 50 dance artists from all over Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and North America, to evaluate their own practice, exchange ideas and dance their hearts out, offering great network opportunities for dancers.

Over the years, eight Australian dancers who have attended the intensive regularly have also become certified Countertechnique teachers, and they now teach all over Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia, sharing their knowledge with an increasing number of contemporary dance companies and tertiary education programs, both locally, interstate and overseas.

Image by Pia Johnson

“I HAVE NEVER APPROACHED DANCE WITH SUCH PRECISE PHYSICAL AND BIOMECHANICAL INFORMATION. IT WAS REALLY A HUGE STEP TO TAKE AND A HUGE UNDERSTANDING OVER MY OWN BODY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF PRACTICING AND REPRODUCING SHAPES.” OBOC participant

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NEXT MOVE 11Nether & Dharawungara

Created and performed by Lauren Langlois with James Vu Anh Pham (An Act of Now, Depth of Field, Complexity of Belonging), Nether is a response to societal constraints presenting physicality as the last frontier of what it means to be human.

Nether Performers Lauren Langlois James Vu Anh Pham

Nether Production Team

Concept/Direction/Choreography Lauren LangloisLighting Desinger Amelia Lever-DavidsonComposer/Sound Designer Alisdair Macindoe Costume Designer Harriet Oxley

Chunky Move’s commissioning program Next Move (est. 2007) is dedicated to support the next generation of Australian creative talent. Next Move 11 featured two new works choreographed and performed by artists Lauren Langlois and Joel Bray.

Dates

Developments 25 – 29 Jun 2018 16 – 31 July 2018Rehearsals 20 – 29 Aug 2018 17 – 28 Sep 2018 22 Oct – 2 Nov 2018Premiere season 8 – 17 Nov 2018

Venue Chunky Move Studios

Dharawungara by Joel Bray (Complexity of Belonging) is a collision of rituals. Following his successful work Biladurang, the audience is invited to reimagine the theatre as a ceremonial ground of light and sound, as Joel explores how to breath life into this Wiradjuri rite he has only ever read about. Naretha Williams joins Bray onstage as songwoman, and her driving beats conjure the space around us.

Dharawungara Performers Joel Bray Naretha Williams

Dharawungara Production Team

Concept/Direction/Choreography Joel BrayLighting Desinger Amelia Lever-DavidsonComposer/Sound Designer Naretha Williams Costume Designer Kate Davis“CREATING A NEW WORK AS PART OF THE NEXT MOVE PROGRAM WAS A CAREER-CHANGING

OPPORTUNITY FOR ME. IT PROVIDED A UNIQUE STEPPING STONE FROM MAKING WORK ON STUDENTS TO PREMIERING MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL WORK TO THE MELBOURNE ARTS COMMUNITY. ” Lauren Langlois

Nether, image by Pippa Samaya

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Image by Jeff Busby

Dates

Remount (Melbourne) 20 – 23 Nov 2018Tour 24 Nov – 13 Dec 2018

Presenters/Venues

Rotterdam Theater RotterdamGroningen Stadsschouwberg Bruges December Dance Festival Concertgebouw BrugesAmsterdam International Theater AmsterdamKerkrade Theater Kerkrade

Tour producers Van Baasbank & Vos, Amsterdam

Total number of shows 5

Total audience 2,167

The sixth international tour of Complexity of Belonging brought the company to the Netherlands and to Belgium, as the opening show for the Australian focus Dancing Down Under for December Dans in Bruges (BE). The show, in its fifth year of touring, again received standing ovations and overwhelmingly positive media and peer review.

COMPLEXITY OF BELONGINGNetherlands/Belgium Tour

Creative Artists

Concept/Direction/Choreography Anouk van Dijk Falk RichterText Falk RichterLighting Desinger Niklas PijantiComposition Malte Beckenbach Costume Designer Mel PageSet Design Robert Cousins

Performers Alya Manzart Catherine Davies James Vu Ahn Pham Joel Bray Josh Price Karen Sibbing Lauren Langlois Stephen Phillips Tara Jade Samaya

Program (Jan – Dec 2018)

Chunky Move’s access and sector development program, providing a focal point for the Company’s activities outside of main stage productions and national and international touring commitments:

• Dance classes for professional dancers on weekday mornings

• Dance classes for the general public (casual and series) on weeknights and weekends

• Education program

• School holiday workshop

• Special events in collaboration with local arts partners

Participants

Professional dance artists, aspiring dancers, recreational dancers, school students, dance students and dance institutions locally, nationally and internationally, general public.

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IN HOUSE

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DANCE CLASSES Image by Adam Wheeler

Dance classes for professional and tertiary-level dancers

Chunky Move provides professional dance classes throughout the year, led by independent dance artists who share their practice generously and expertly. Participants include local and visiting professional and aspiring contemporary dancers seeking to nurture and develop their own practice, and build their professional networks.

Dates Jan – Dec 2018

Attendance 1,085

Teaching artists employed 24

Participant Profile

Professional dancers and dancers currently in tertiary-level training

Dance classes for the general public

Chunky Move provides dance classes for the general public on weeknights and weekends throughout the year. A range of casual classes and six-week class series were delivered by independent dance artists with energy, passion, care and skill, across various levels of experience/ability.

In 2018: contemporary dance at Beginner and Intermediate levels, Improvisation and Gaga/people, as well as Complete Beginner series (x7), Over 50s series (x4), Improvisation series (x2) and Counter Technique series (x1).

In January 2018, Chunky Move adopted the online platform MindBody, which streamlines scheduling, booking, budgeting and statistics for both professional and public classes. In August, Jo Lloyd stepped down after ten years as Class Curator (Professional and Public).


Attendance 2,502


Participant Profile General public

Image by Pippa Samaya


EDUCATION PROGRAM

The Common Ground Experience

As a result of dancer injury, a sold-out school matinee performance of Common Ground was replaced with The Common Ground Experience, which included excerpts of the work presented in full performance conditions, discussion of themes and process, demonstrations of process/tasks and the school students learning material, on stage. This event was led by Alice Lee Holland, with Richard Cilli (performer) and Anouk van Dijk.

School holiday workshop

Chunky Move hosted a three-day intensive for 30 dancers aged between 14 and 25 in the April school holidays, focused on exploring Chunky Move repertoire both physically and imaginatively. Alice Lee Holland led the workshop, with Lauren Langlois, Joel Bray and Luigi Vescio facilitating sessions inspired by Complexity of Belonging and ANTI—GRAVITY.

Workshops & Interstate Residency

Chunky Move offers a range of school workshops to introduce, support, develop, and challenge school students. Schools can book directly with Chunky Move, alternatively through the Arts Centre Melbourne’s AC9 program, or via the Arts Immersion Day offered in partnership with ACCA and the Malthouse.

In 2018, Chunky Move ran 40 workshops for 815 students from 22 schools. This included 6 interstate school groups, on tour to Melbourne – five from Western Australia and one from Queensland. Of the schools, 13 were metropolitan, 4 regional, 2 rural and 1 remote.


Number of workshops 40

Attendance 815


Participant Profile School students years 6-12 Additionally, Chunky Move dancer Niharika Senapati led a weeklong residency for All Saints College in Perth, Western Australia.

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SPECIAL EVENTSMEL&NYC, image by Ian Strange

In 2018, Chunky Move offered a range of events in collaboration with local arts partners, designed to connect with new and existing dance and arts audiences:

• MPAVILION Contemporary Dance & Yoga Free outdoor classes in summer

• City of Greater Dandenong Fee workshops for young people

• Melbourne Art Fair Dance Class Party A cross between a dance class and a party. 42 participants attended this event and 34 were brand new to Chunky Move

• National Gallery Of Victoria – The Silent Eye: MEL&NYC on Dance, Film & Visual Art A two-part event including a screening of Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s film The Silent Eye and an Artist Panel with Anouk van Dijk, Ian Strange and Amiel Courtin-Wilson, mediated by Santilla Chingaipe

• Melbourne Festival/Mark Morris Dance Group Two workshops hosted, one for children and families, and a three-day intensive for Dance for Parkinsons

• MA3KA Presented in partnership with NIDA, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Arts Centre Melbourne and St. Martins Youth Arts Centre Chunky Move hosted Dr Anita Ratnam’s MA3KA

With thanks to our 2018 teachers:

Alice Lee Holland, Alya Manzart, Amber McCartney, Anouk van Dijk, Antony Hamilton, Brooke Stamp, Chimene Steele-Prior, Daniel Riley, Deanne Butterworth, Elita Cannata, Geoffrey Watson, James Vu Anh Pham, Jo Lloyd, Jo White, Kara Burdack, Lauren Langlois, Niharika Senapati, Nina Wollny, Ori Flomin, Paea Leach, Paul Vickers, Prue Lang, Rebecca Jensen, Richard Cilli, Sarah Aiken, Shian Law, Stephanie Lake and Tara Jade Samaya.

2018 FINANCIAL REPORT

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Principal Activity

The principal activity of the entity during the financial year was the production and presentation of contemporary dance.

The entity’s short term objectives are to:

• Continue to successfully grow our now well established position on the national and world stage.

• To continue to build an alumni of talented resident choreographers – the next leaders of Australia’s contemporary arts organisations.

• Continuing to create contemporary dance works that excite, challenge and provoke under the leadership of our Artistic Director.

The entity’s long term objectives are to:

• To produce, present, manage and conduct original contemporary dance works utilising a variety of media at all suitable venues in Australia and overseas by itself or in conjunction with other producers and managers as appropriate.

• To entertain and consequently encourage new ideas and creativity in contemporary dance and the arts.

• To encourage Victorians and Australians to experience and participate in contemporary dance and the arts generally and to increase accessibility of contemporary dance.

• To negotiate and enter into any contract, agreements and understandings concerning the production, presentation and management of contemporary dance works and to employ any employees necessary to fulfil its purposes.

• To engage in the marketing, sale and distribution of admission tickets, merchandise and other related products, and to utilise the services of other entities to fulfil this purpose.

• To educate Australians concerning all aspects of contemporary dance, both by itself and through workshops and other media organised by recognised tertiary education providers.

• To raise money or finance to carry out its purposes on such terms and on such security as it thinks fit.

• To encourage private sector funding, sponsorship and support for the Entity.

• To do all other things incidental to its purposes.

Directors’ Report

Chunky Move Limited A.C.N. 080 509 799

Your directors present their report on the entity for the financial year ended 31 December 2018.

Directors

The names of the directors in office at any time during, or since the end of the year are:

Leigh O’Neill – ChairpersonMichelle Brooks – TreasurerAnouk Van Dijk – SecretaryRose Hiscock – Deputy ChairRhod Ellis-Jones (Resigned Nov 2018)Jeff Khan Sue Donnelly (Resigned Nov 2018)Sean JamesonSue Morgan

Directors have been in office since the start of the financial year to the date of this report unless otherwise stated.

Trading Results

The deficit result made by the company amounted to $39,846.

Dividends

The company’s constitution forbids the declaration of dividends.

Review of Operations

In February 2018 the Board of Directors approved an annual budget with a projected surplus of $1,939 to undertake a year of new works creation, international touring and the presentation of a major new work in Melbourne. During the year quarterly budget reviews reforecast the end of year result to a deficit owing to increased core costs as a result of staff changes and the recruitment drive for a new leadership team. The addition of a new project late in the year also drove the budget into deficit with the Board approving the use of reserves to cover these costs.

At the November Board Meeting the projected deficit was the $30k investment in the additional project. The year-end result was significantly better than projected due to staff role vacancies and unspent salaries, unspent project contingencies, increased government project funding for touring and a number of small savings in overheads across the core budget.

Directors’ Report (continued)

To achieve these objectives, the entity has adopted the following strategies:

• Make new works that redefine contemporary dance in collaboration with the best artists across a range of disciplines.

• Increase the audience for contemporary dance and build the Chunky Move brand.

• Maintain efficient and effective operational excellence.

• Secure financial health & stability by pursuing alternative sources of funding.

• Nourish the dance ecosystem in Victoria and Australia.

• Develop our position as one of the nations’ most influential and innovative dance companies.

• Maintain a strong financial base that allows for risk taking.

Significant Changes in State of Affairs

No significant changes in the company’s state of affairs occurred during the financial year.

After Balance Date Events

No matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which significantly affected or may significantly affect the operations of the company.

Future Developments

The entity expects to maintain the present status and level of operations and hence there are no likely developments in the entity’s operations.

Environment Issues

The entity’s operations are not regulated by any significant environmental regulation under a law of the Commonwealth or of a state or territory.

Environment Issues

The entity’s operations are not regulated by any significant environmental regulation under a law of the Commonwealth or of a state or territory.


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Name of Director

Special ResponsibilitiesSpecialty Areas

ExperienceQualifications

Date Appointed

Years on Board (as at 31 Dec 2018)

Meetings Entitled to attend in 2018

Meetings Attended in 2018

Leigh O’Neill Special Responsibilities: Chairperson Member: Finance Committee & Strategic Planning Committee Specialty Areas: Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Finance

Executive General Manager Executive General Manager, Business Direct and Small Business NAB

29 Mar 2014 4 years and 10 months

6 6

Rose Hiscock Special Responsibilities: Deputy Chair Specialty Areas: Artistic, Arts Management, Strategic Planning, International Market Development

Director, Science Gallery Melbourne

15 Feb 2014 4 year and 10 months

6 6

Anouk van Dijk Artistic Director/ CEO

Special Responsibilities: Company Secretary Specialty Areas: Artistic

Artistic Director, Chunky Move 21 Jul 2012 6 years and 5 months

6 5

Rhod Ellis-Jones Specialty Areas: Strategic Management, Branding, Marketing, Social Impact

Director, Ellis Jones Agency 10 Apr 2010 Resigned 30 Nov 2018

8 years and 9 months

6 4

Jeff Khan Specialty Areas: Artistic, Arts Management, Arts Producing

Artistic Director, Performance Space

21 Jul 2012 6 years and 5 months

6 3

Sue Donnelly Special Responsibilities: Member Committee Specialty Areas: Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Government relations, Advocacy

Executive Director, Belvoir St Theatre Company

17 May 2014 Resigned 30 Nov 2018

4 years and 7 months

6 4

Michelle Brooks Special Responsibilities: Treasurer Chair of Finance Committee Specialty Areas: Finance

Finance Director, CHE Proximity Pty Ltd

20 Dec 2014 4 years 6 6

Sean Jameson Member: Policy Committee Specialty Areas: Workforce planning, Management and Leadership Development, Industrial Relations, OH&S

Director Human Resources and Marketing, Communications and Stakeholder Engagement at Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria

25 Nov 2016 2 year and 1 month

6 6

Sue Morgan Member: Policy Committee Specialty Areas: Legal, Governance

General Counsel, Arrow Pharmaceuticals

28 Apr 2017 1 year and 8 months

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Auditors' Independence Declaration

The lead auditor’s independence declaration for the year ended 31 December 2018 has been received and can be found on page 9 of the directors’ report.

This director’s report is signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors:

Director:

Dated this 22 day of April, 2019

Auditor's Independence Declaration under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 to the Directors of Chunky Move Limited

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, during the year ended 31 December 2018 there have been:

(i) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and

(ii) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.

Auditor’s name and signature:

Ms Roslyn Buzza CA Address: Unit 4, 42-46 Peninsula Boulevard, Seaford VIC 3198

Dated 10 December, 2018


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2018 $ 2017 $

REVENUE Project IncomeBox OfficeContract Fees - National Contract Fees - International Other Project Income

48,84471,000

195,433190,438

43,43192,714

310,880158,930

Project Grant IncomeCreative Victoria: Victorian Regional Tour of Rules of Thirds Australia Council: German Tour of An Act of NowDepartment of Communications and the Arts: International Tour Creative Victoria: Complexity of BelongingAustralia Council: Complexity of Belonging

--

78,050 25,000

24,80

35,00032,700

113,000 - -

Core IncomeCore Grant IncomeCreative Victoria – CoreAustralia Council – Core

111,266

878,015303,000

77,551

878,015303,000

1,925,846 2,042,221EXPENSESWages & FeesProduction ExpensesMarketing & PromotionAdministration & ManagementOther Expenses

1,292,701 324,558 106,968 241,465

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1,226,171 361,009 133,589 203,889

2,9691,965,692 1,927,627

Surplus (deficit) for the year (39,846) 114,594

Other comprehensive income:Net gain on revaluation of financial assets

-

-Other comprehensive income for the year - -Total comprehensive income for the year (39,846) 114,594

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the members of the entity

(39,846)

114,594

Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 31 December 2018


2018 $ 2017 $

ASSETSCURRENT ASSETSCash and cash equivalentsTrade and other receivables Other current assets

967,743 550,466

24,974

1,320,487 524,343

20,070TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 1,543,183 1,864,900

NON-CURRENT ASSETSProperty, plant and equipment 15,414 20,467TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 15,414 20,467TOTAL ASSETS 1,558,597 1,885,367

LIABILITIESCURRENT LIABILITIESTrade and other payablesProvisionsOther current liabilities

164,331 37,716

439,008

118,956 38,665

770,358TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 641,055 927,979NON-CURRENT LIABILITIESProvisions - -TOTAL LIABILITIES 641,055 927,979NET ASSETS 917,542 957,388

EQUITYRetained earnings 917,542 57,388TOTAL EQUITY 917,542 957,388

Statement of Financial Position as at 31 December 2018

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Retained earnings $ Total $

Balance at 1 January 2016 765,805 765,805Surplus (deficit) attributable to members 76,989 76,989

Balance at 31 December 2016 842,794 842,794

Surplus (deficit) attributable to members 114,594 114,594


Surplus (deficit) attributable to members (39,846) (39,846)


Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 31 December 2018

2018 $ 2017 $

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIESReceipts from customers 1,640,994 1,981,733Payments to suppliers and employees (1,999,466) (2,007,267)Interest received 13,240 14,270Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (345,232) (11,264)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIESPayments for plant and equipment (7,512) (22,266)Net cash used in investing activities (7,512) (22,266)

Net increase (decrease) in cash held (352,744) (33,530)Cash at beginning of financial year 1,320,487 1,354,017Cash at end of financial year 967,743 1,320,487

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December 2018

Director’s Declaration

In accordance with a resolution of the directors of Chunky Move Limited, the directors of the entity declare that:

1. The financial statements and notes, as set out on pages 1 to 30, are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001:

a. comply with Australian Accounting Standards; and

b. give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 31 December 2018 and of the performance for the year ended on that date of the entity.

2. In the directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the entity will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable.

Director:

Dated this 22 day of April, 2019

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Chunky Move Limited A.C.N. 080 509 799

Auditor’s name and signature

I have audited the accompanying financial report of Chunky Move Limited, which comprises the statement of financial position as at 31 December 2018, the statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, and the directors’ declaration.

Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial Report

The directors of the company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility

My responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on my audit. I have conducted my audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards require that I comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the company’s preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report.

I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my audit opinion.

Independence

In conducting my audit, I have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001. I confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, which has been given to the directors of Chunky Move Limited, would be in the same terms if given to the directors as at the time of this auditor’s report.

Opinion

In my opinion, the financial report of Chunky Move Limited is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:

(i) giving a true and fair view of the company’s financial position as at 31 December 2018 and of its performance for the year ended on that date; and

(ii) complying with Australian Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the Corporations Regulations 2001.

Auditor’s name and signature:

Ms Roslyn Buzza CA Address: Unit 4, 42-46 Peninsula Boulevard, Seaford VIC 3198

Dated 24 April, 2019

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2018 Donors Wendy BatchelorElyssia BuggJ BurnsJohn CarrGordon ConochieNatasha D’SouzaSue DonnellyRhod Ellis-JonesNelson EstrellaCaroline FarmerRosemary ForbesBruce GriffithsRose HiscockIan HockingSean JamesonKatherine KirbyCameron LewisMin Li ChongAnne MyersLeigh O’NeillMargaret ParkerPhillip RounsevellRosemary WallsClaire Wilcock

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