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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands upon which I Dance II has been created and pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging. This land was never ceded.

I Dance is a conference celebrating inclusive dance film making across Australia and the world. The event involves a one day conference and a screening of films at the National Film and Sound Archive on the 10th July. The films are then available online for two weeks for relaxed and accessible viewing of films offered with captions, Auslan and Audio Description.

 

Directed by Liz Lea, Hanna Cormick and Matt Shilcock, I Dance launched in 2020 for International Day of People with Disability.

 

I Dance II is presented in 2023 as part of the Uncharted Festival.  

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ANIMATE LOADING | 7:32

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COMMON COLOURS | 4:09

Animate Loading is a site-responsive, iterative choreographic work, which first took place on a rooftop carpark. It is a disability-led project with access-centred principles at its core; designed to enable the collaborating artists to create as freely and fully as possible. A dynamic group of performers draw on their diverse movement languages and embodied experiences. Informed by the architectural and social context, the performers activate the space; reconfiguring our interactions with place, architecture and each other. The work is an embodied call to action: to disrupt, resist and change our relationships within and around so-called public space.

This film version – Animate Loading: 1 – exists to make the work accessible to those who could not attend the live performances. It seeks to convey the feelings, textures, tones and moods within the live work. It features a number of distinct visual styles to enhance the work’s themes, and heighten the embodied experience – including first-person bodycam, drone work, and surveillance-style cinematography.

Concept, direction and choreography: Riana Head-Toussaint
Performer/collaborators: Leo Tsao, Tom Kentta, Natalie Tso, Bedelia Lowrenčev, Jeremy Lowrenčev, Savannah Stimson, Cynthia Florek
Outside Eye: Imogen Yang
Technical Support: Stephen Dobson
Cinematography: Feras Shaheen, Kalanjay Dhir and Riana Head-Toussaint
Editing and Sound Design: Riana Head-Toussaint
Audio Description: Imogen Yang and Riana Head-Toussaint.

This work was originally developed and presented as part of Concrete, Pari, curated by Rebecca Gallo and Kalanjay Dhir. Endless thanks to Bec and Kal for believing in this work, and the whole Pari team for the support along the way.

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DANSE DE LA LUNE | 3:59

Passionate about creative expression in dance, film and art, Chris creates works inspired by experimental mixing up of movement, music and visual art, aimed at giving his audience a positive uplifting experience.

 

In ‘Common Colours’ Chris intended to present bright rainbow colours that he regularly uses in his paintings along with movement to create a sense of wonder in the ordinary everyday world. Attending a Holi Festival celebration in Adelaide he realised its influence on the work by using the coloured powders and its feel-good message of forgiveness and triumph of good over evil.

 

Film Credits:

Conceived by Chris Dyke
Directed and choreographed by Chris Dyke in collaboration with Kyle Page Performed by Chris Dyke
Videography, film direction and editing by Robert Crispe
Music by Health Club

Thank you to Dancenorth Australia, Jacqui Hunt, Susan van den Ham, OHo’s Fresh Food Market, Hotel Grand Chancellor Townsville, Event Cinemas Townsville City and CityLibraries Townsville.

Chris Dyke acknowledges support from Arts SA through 2017 Carclew Fellowship award.

Dates of premiere season: 16 March 2019

Audio Description script: Matt Shilcock, read by Gabriel Sinclair

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LOGUE | 4:32

Danse de la Lune (Moon Dance) is a film created by Chamaeleon Collective and Melanie Lane. After a 4 day workshop exploring the spirit of the moon, its energy and the imagination it conjures, the Chamaeleon dancers celebrate its power through dance, dreams and togetherness.

Directed by Melanie Lane
Performed by the Chamaeleon Collective | Brydie Bulley, Anna Connelly, Neave Darmody, Emily Knight, Lataesha Marsden and Katie Senior 
Producer | Liz Lea
Rehearsal Assistants | Karin Adriansdatter, Sheriden Newman and Sabrina Madaffari, Vicki Murray
Cinematographer | Creswick Collective
Editing | Creswick Collective and Melanie Lane
Music | "Danse Macabre" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Created with the support of artsACT and The Stellar Company
Filmed at QL2 Dance and Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres

 

Audio Description Script: Matt Shilcock, read by Liz Lea

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GYPSY LOVE | 4:32

Dancing to celebrate the beauty of nature and the fulfilment of love and self-realisation.

 

Choreographer: Antonio Vargas

Dancer: Megan Tang

Music Composition: Carlos Sendros

*Performed as part of SEEDS: Care & Connect (2021) by Maya Dance Theatre with Diverse Abilities Dance Collective (DADC)

 

Look out for latest edition of SEEDS Here.Not Here

Online from 23 July 2023 to 22 Aug 2023

Tickets from herenothere.peatix.com

More details log onto www.mayadancetheatre.org

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LOOK THE PART | 6:31

Sam is a disabled cleaner working in a large theatre who has a passion to be a dancer, but she's afraid to step into the light. When Peaches (her magical inner-diva-cum-drag queen) materialises at night, Sam’s creativity takes flight. She rips up a daring dance-number, to the rhythm of The Cat Empire’s beats. Look The Part, is the story of talent defying expectation, and magic transforming reality.

Writer and Director: Claire Fletcher​​

Writers: Claire Fletcher, Charlotte Juliana Ryan, Audrey O'Connor, Christine Blanch, Matilda Thompson​, Michael Oblati, Ben Rowntree, Georgia Di Laudo​, Daniel McGrath, Liam Peake, Rae Pastuszak, Oliver William, Ashley Kuhle, Ellen Maher

Producer: Kristen Hodges

Producer: Tracey Corbin-Matchett

Key Cast: "Sam", Ellen Maher

Key Cast: "Peaches" Luke McCaul

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RENEWABLE | 3:58

Using Society and technology as themes of this film, Mariska  looks at the movement of commuting and uses technology and movement to link her and Marc Brew. Created through a digital dance residency during the pandemic between ballet id and Marc Brew Company.

Choreographers/Dancers: Marc Brew, Mariska Febriyani

Producers/Directors: Susan Hay, Mariska Febriyani

Assistant Producer: Kevin Julianto

Videographers: Jamie Bradley-Hay, Susan Hay, Faishal Ammar, Reynold Setiadi

Editors: Jamie Bradley-Hay, Reynold Setiadi

Music Composer: Bagaskoro Putro Dewandoro

Audio Description: Emma-Jane McHenry

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ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN | 21.08

111 is a powerful duet between two exceptional dancers – Joel Brown and Eve Mutso – as they explore their different strengths and vulnerabilities. Joel is a paraplegic dancer, self-trained, who dances with CandoCo – the UK’s leading inclusive dance company and Eve is former principal dancer with Scottish Ballet.

111 is the number of vertebrae that Joel and Eve have between them… hypothetically. Eve “moves like she has a hundred”, Joel’s spin is fused and he jokes he only has 11.

 

Commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists, with funding from Spirit of 2012, The Work Room, Tramway, Creative Scotland​, The Place and Check it Scaffold. 

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RESEMBLANCE | 3:10

A woman sits in a battered building, assembling and disassembling a crutch with the precision of a trained soldier. Commissioned as part of 14-18 NOW – an arts programme to commemorate the centenary of the First World War – internationally renowned choreographer Claire Cunningham invites us to consider both the constructive and destructive potential of the innovative tools we have invented. Eerie and potent, the production design evokes contemporary conflict zones while suggesting conflicts yet to be fought.

Directed by Dale Corlett

Performed by Claire Cunningham

Commissioned as part of Does it Matter?

A series of short films produced by Artsadmin and Xenoki for 14|18 NOW & Channel 4

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SISTER | 4.43

Inspired by the different landscapes environments and renewable energy sources of Scotland and Indonesia this award winning film was created through a digital residency explores the need for art residency (Dance Dialogue) between Marc Brew (Marc Brew Company) and Mariska Febriyani (Ballet.id) exploring the concept of space and restrictions, (reflecting on the pandemic). 

Choreographers/Dancers: Marc Brew, Mariska Febriyani Producers/Directors: Susan Hay/Mariska Febriyani

Assistant Producer: Kevin Julianto

Videographers: Jamie Bradley-Hay, Susan Hay, Faishal Ammar, Reynold Setiadi

Editors: Jamie Bradley-Hay, Reynold Setiadi

Music Composer: Bagaskoro Putro Dewandoro

Dance Dialogues was a digital art residency between Marc Brew (Marc Brew Company) and Mariska Febriyani (Ballet.id) exploring the concept of space and restrictions, (reflecting on the pandemic).  Marc and Mariska started the discussion through movement, but setting each other tasks/ a score and choosing an outdoor location for the score to be explored in. Settings for the explorations varied and contrasted, as Marc lives in rural Scotland, while Mariska is based in Jakarta, a lively heavily populated city. Each exploration was filmed and the films edited to create two final pieces - Renewable (led by the Scottish team) and Logue (led by the Indonesian team).

 

The project was funded by Creative Scotland and British Council Connections through Culture.

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Parable Dance: UK created ‘Sister’, a dance film looking at the supportive and loving relationship between two sisters… ‘now we dance as two’. 

 

The duet was funded by Royal & Derngate Generate & Arts Council England, choreographed and performed by Georgia Poole and Lauren Payne, filmed and edited by Megapixelmovie and curated by Parable Dance UK Artistic Director Natasha Britton.

At Parable Dance we are passionate about providing opportunities for people with disabilities through dance. We believe that dance has the ability to unite communities, develop confidence and maximise physical health and wellbeing. People have the opportunity to be creative, active and social. Everyone has a unique ability. Parable Dance: UK (est. 2019) deliver inclusive dance classes in the south east of England. Parable Dance: NY (est. 2022) deliver inclusive dance classes in New York state and both companies deliver inclusive dance training, mentoring and consultancy worldwide.

Audio Description by Emma Bedford

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I Dance II is funded by  the Australian Government Department of Social Services

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