Dance Collections '98 QUT Theatre, QUT Gardens Point campus

June10-13

Introduction

Welcome to Dance Collections '98. Tonight you will see eight varied works, seven of which have been created especially for this season. Master of Fine Arts student, Janette Mulligan, has been working with a group of students on the remounting of White Swan solo from Swan Lake. This production is intended as a showcase for the semester's work and I am sure you will agree it has been a productive and fruitful start to the year.

QUT will host the Bloch Tertiary Dance Festival this year which is being kindly sponsored by the dancewear manufacturer Bloch. The festival is a biennial event which brings together final-year students from institutions all over Australia and from schools in New Zealand, South Africa and Hong Kong. As part of the festival we will welcome back Catherine Quinn and Deb Saxon who will perform as part of a project called Island to Island which showcases the best of British dance.

Our graduates continue to succeed in the profession. Notably Tracey Carrodus has received critical acclaim for her portrayal in the Sydney Dance Company's production of Salome.

Tonight you will see the next generation of Australian dancers. Staff appreciate the hard work that all students have done throughout the semester and hope that performers and audience alike will enjoy the evening.

Professor Susan Street

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QUT ACADEMY OF THE ARTS- DANCE STAFF

Head of Dance Professor Susan Street

Bachelor of Arts (Dance Coordinator) Kristen Bell

Lecturers in Dance Shaaron Boughen Susan Caulfield-Leclercq Janet Donald Evan Jones Judith Smith John Utans

Part-Time Lecturers Fiona Cullen Chael Hilton Dianna Laska-Moore Graeme Watson

Guest Lecturers Olivia Cassar Harold Collins Tony Geeves Dale Johnston Colin Kratzing Sanford McMurray Janette Mulligan Cheryl Stock Jean Tally Wendy Wallace Natalie Weir

Accompanists Lovinia Dickens Gary Dionysius Steven Francis David Muller Matthew Rofe Chi Wang

Physiotherapist Cheryl Ellison

Costumier Marlene Lind

Administration Colleen Brydges

PROGRAM

Traces of Home

Choreographer: Cheryl Stock in collaboration with the dancers

Music: Sawara-Bayashi (Japanese traditional music), Far Away from Home (excerpt) by Pasakom Suwanaphan, Hai Hoa (North Vietnamese folk song), Hmong traditional lullaby, Time (excerpt) by Joseph EE Peters.

Design: Cheryl Stock

Lighting Design: David Whitworth

Dancers: Tzu-Chun Ko, Ko-Pei Lin, Sung-Yu Chen, Hsaio-Lan Wang, Shao-1 Lee, Phoebe Kam.

1. Procession 2. Remembering 3. Picking fragments 4. Unravelling 5. Here and now

'Mapping', through movement, the Chinese characters of each dancer's name was the creative starting point of this work in which we explore aspects of identity of these contemporary Asian dancers. The dancers' and my own memories are reflected in the fragments of Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese folk forms reworked in a contemporary context. I would like to thank the dancers for their contribution in what was a most enjoyable process .

Sometimes It Happens

Choreographer: Shaaron Boughen

Music: Heiner Goebbels

Costumes: Shaaron Boughen

Lighting Design: David Whitworth

Dancers: Yolande Brown, Shao-1 Lee, Sung-Yu Chen, Hsaio-Lan Wang, 0 livia Ansell, Jason Wallington, Joseph Lau

And sometimes you want to speak to her and then You do not want to speak, Then the opportunity has passed. Your dreams flare up, they suddenly vanish.

from Sometimes It Happens by Brian Patten

This work has drawn on fragments of memories, moments of relationships, images from Brian Patten's poetry, and contextual information from Heiner Goebbels music script.

Odette - White Swan Solo from Natalia Makarova's Production of Swan Lake

Choreographed by:

Produced and coached by:

Music by:

Lighting Design:

Dancers:

Natalia Makarova after Ivanov/Petipa

Janette Mulligan

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

David Whitworth

Tara Hickey, Rachael Osborne, Genevieve Osborne, Julia Bruce

The presentation of White Swan Solo demonstrates the final phase in the process of the oral tradition of passing down major roles in ballet. Within the walls of the Maryinsky Theatre great ballerinas have passed down their roles in the Russian Class ballets to the next generation of ballerinas.

Natalia Makarova, the Russian ballerina, gave invaluable knowledge and insight ofher Russian training as she produced and coached the roles of the ballerina in her production of Swan Lake.

Romanian Folk Suite

Choreographer:

Music:

Lighting Design:

Dancers:

Dianna Laska-Moore

Traditional

David Whitworth

Julia Bruce, Jordana Cammisa, Elizabeth Chittleborough, Chai Ling Ko, Caroline Martin, Shea McOnie, Genevieve Osborne, Rachael Osborne, Francesca Peniguel, Sunday Thompson, Sarah Toso, Sharon Toso, Chanthalah Webster, Josephine Williams, Chia-Yuen Kao, Sacheen Gallop, Asahi Matsushima, Glen McCurley, Kathleen Parratt, Samara Skubij.

The style and steps of this work originate from Moldavia in Romania .

Essential Demarcation 1

Choreography:

Rehearsal Assistant:

Music:

Costumes:

Lighting Design:

Dancers:

1st Movement:

2nd Movement:

3rd Movement

4th Movement:

Covers:

Harold Collins MBE

Evan Jones

Symphony No 7 in D Minor, Felix Mendelssohn

Marlene Lind

David Whitworth

Kristy-Lee Crane - Stewart Thistlethwaite Tara Hickey - Joel Corpuz Ko-Pei Lin - Timothy Ohl Alicia Adsett - Tyson Sofo Kerri Hammond - Gavin Thorley

Ko-Pei Lin - Stewart Thistlethwaite or

Tara Hickey - Joel Corpuz Kristy-Lee Crane or Kerri Hammond

Kristy-Lee Crane, Tara Hickey, Tzu-Chun Ko or

Kerri Hammond, Ko-Pei Lin, Tzu-Chun Ko

All

Kate Fitzgerald, Phoebe Kam, Cameron Lang, Lee Dong Hwan

Remember (it will end in tears)

Choreography:

Music:

Lighting Design:

Dancers:

John Utans in collaboration with the performers

Toirdhealbhach 6 Cearbhallian Lena Willemark Ale Moller

David Whitworth

Emily Barnes, Anna Behnke, Kristen Duffus, Rosalyn Hunt, Shannon Rackley, Lenee Riley, Cath Robinson

I have scars on my hands from touching certain people. Certain heads, certain colors and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me. Other things too. Charlotte once ran away from me, outside the studio, and I grabbed her dress to stop her, to keep her near me. A yellow cotton dress I loved because it was too long for her. I still have a lemon-yellow mark on the palm of my right hand.

Glory Box

Choreographer:

Music:

Lighting Design:

Dancers:

JD Salinger

Sue Street

Portishead Dummy

David Whitworth

Sacheen Gallop, Dejan Jovanovic, Asahi Matsushima, Glen McCurley, Kathleen Parratt, Samara Skubij , Julia Bruce, Jordana Cammisa, Elizabeth Chittleborough, Chai-Ling Ko, Caroline Martin, Shea McOnie, Genevieve Osborne, Rachael Osborne, Francesca Peniguel, Sunday Thompson, Sarah Toso, Sharon Toso, Chanthalah Webster, Josephine Williams

This works explores what it is to be young and female in the 90 ' s. It takes the lyrics as a starting point to explore the tyranny of gender.

Tension

Choreographer:

Rehearsal Assistant:

Music:

Lighting Design:

Dancers:

Natalie Weir

Sue Leclercq

The Game composed and orchestrated by Howard Shaw Drumming by Evelyn Glennie

David Whitworth

Alicia Adsett, Olivia Ansell, Kristy-Lee Crane, Kate Fitzgerald, Kerri Hammond, Tara Hickey, Tzu-Chun Ko, Cameron Lang, Ko-Pei Lin, Timothy Ohl, Tyson Sofo, Stewart Thistlethwaite, Gavin Thorley, Joel Corpuz, Jason Wallington, Yolande Brown, Joe Lau

Tension is a work in progress being produced for the 1998 Graduation season.

QUT Dance Students ADl AD2 BA2 Performance Julia Bruce Alicia Adsett Emily Barnes Jordana Cammisa Olivia Ansell Anna Behnke Elizabeth Chittleborough Kristy-Lee Crane Joel Corpuz ChaiLingKo Lee Dong Hwan Kristen Duffus Caroline Martin Kate Fitzgerald Rosalyn Hunt SheaMcOnie Kerri Hammond Shannon Rackley Genevieve Osborne Tara Hickey Lenee Riley Rachael Osborne Phoebe Kam Tzu-Chun Ko Francesca Peniguel Cameron Lang BA3 Performance Mia Reilly Ko-Pei Lin Yolande Brown Sunday Thompson Anna Lind Sung-Yo Chen Sarah Toso Timothy Obi Joseph Lau Sharon Toso Tyson Sofo Shao-1 Lee Chanthalah Webster Stewart Thistlethwaite Hsaio-Lan Wang Josephine Williams Gavin Thorley Jason Wollington Chia-Yuen Kao

BA 1 Performance Sacheen Gallop Dean Jovanovic Asahi Matsushima Glen McCurley Kathleen Parratt Samara Skubij

Production Staff

Production Services Lighting Operator: Liz Lotocki Coordinator: Stafford Mortensen

Sound Operator: Kim Clark Technical Staff: Amanda Tye

Tony Childs Assistant to the Lighting Designer: Richard Clarke

Production Coordinator: Susan Street Crew: Theresa Cumming

Prue Harrison Lighting Designer: David Whitworth Senior Promotions

Officer: Leanne Cutler Costumier: Marlene Lind

Box Office Manager: Lome Swan Production Assistant: SusanCaulfield-Leclercq

Stage Manager:

Assistant Stage Manager:

Monica Girard

Michael Smalley

Front of House Manager:

Thank you Queensland Ballet

Joon-Y ee K wok

for your assistance with The White Swan costumes

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