Gideon Obarzanek Archives - Dance Informa Magazine

RISING announces epic 2024 program of new music, art and performance

RISING, Melbourne’s premiere festival of new music, art and performance, has unleashed its sweeping 2024 program, featuring 105 events, more than 480...

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Interviews

The McDonald College appoints new Head of Musical Theatre

The McDonald College is pleased to announce the appointment of Kathryn Dunn as their next Head of Musical Theatre. Dunn is a...

Lucy Guerin's 'Pendulum'. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

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Going above and beyond: RISING Festival

“I feel that people are more open to those experiences now, considering the pretty epic world events of late,” she says. “They...

Gideon Obarzanek's 'Connected'. Photo by Jeff Busby.

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Chunky Move celebrates 25 years

A quarter of a century after being established, Chunky Move, Australia’s acclaimed contemporary dance company, celebrates its storied history with a new...

Chunky Move's 'Token Armies'. Photo courtesy of Chunky Move.

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Antony Hamilton: On the march with ‘Token Armies’

When Chunky Move, Melbourne’s premiere independent dance company, announced the appointment of Antony Hamilton as artistic director and co-CEO with Kristy Ayre,...

Stephanie Lake's 'Colossus'. Photo by Mark Gambino.

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Sharing the big umbrella: Jo Lloyd and Stephanie Lake at Melbourne Festival

This year’s Melbourne International Arts Festival has already made news. Not only is it Jonathan Holloway’s final year as Artistic Director, but...

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Charmene Yap steps into a new role at SDC

Sydney Dance Company (SDC) stalwart Charmene Yap will be finishing her performing career at the end of SDC’s Season 1 tour of Bonachela/Nankivel/Lane....

Danielle Micich. Photo by Ashley de Prazer.

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Pioneers of Australian contemporary dance: Talking with those carrying on the legacy today

It seems strange to be writing an article about contemporary dancers and choreographers carrying a legacy from the pioneers of the artform...

Gideon Obarzanek's 'Recital'. Photo by Heidrun Lohr.

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Australian Dance Reviews

The connection between movement and sound in Gideon Obarzanek’s ‘Recital’

Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Sydney. 28 February 2019. Recital is a duet performed by APRA Award-winning percussionist Claire Edwardes and former Sydney Dance...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Contemporary storytelling in ‘One Infinity’ at Sydney Festival

Carriageworks, Sydney. 23 January 2019. One Infinity is a wonderful collaboration of traditional Chinese storytelling, and contemporary ways to express these. Based...

Dancenorth's 'DUST'. Photo courtesy of Dancenorth.

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Australian Dance Reviews

Dancenorth takes risks in ‘DUST’

Carriageworks, Sydney. 9 January 2019 From using Fitballs on a Northern Queensland beach (Tectonic), to exploring environmental and political issues through...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Gideon Obarzanek’s ‘One Infinity’: Askew symmetry

Malthouse, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne. 18 October 2018. Perhaps without consciously intending to do so, the east/west creative team behind One...

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Gideon Obarzanek’s ‘One Infinity’: The mandala of infinite participation

At some point, most of us find ourselves yearning to be part of something bigger. This desire frequently manifests in either the...

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Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk steps down

After seven years at the helm of Chunky Move, Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk has announced her decision to step down. Chunky...

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Dance Advice

Choreography Advice Series: Melbourne’s Stephanie Lake

In this second instalment of our Choreography Advice Series (you can find our first interview with Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela here),...

Gideon Obarzanek's 'Two Jews walk into a theatre...'. Photo by Sarah Walker.

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Gideon Obarzanek: Like father, (not) like son!

That Gideon Obarzanek is weaved into the very fabric of contemporary dance in this country is pretty well beyond question. Multiple Helpmann...

Dancenorth in 'Attractor'. Photo by Gus Kemp.

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The law of attraction: Kyle Page and Dancenorth’s ‘Attractor’

It’s not often that we get to legitimately quote ourselves in the articles we pen, but this is one such instance because,...

'Attractor', a collaboration between Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

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Australian Dance Reviews

‘Attractor’ at XO State: A collaboration between Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek

Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. February 26, 2017. The tagline proclaims: “ecstatic music/dance ritual for non-believers”. For once, the marketing mavens may have...