2013 Annual Program

SEASON2013

I M AGE: C H R ISTO PH E CA N ATO / DA N C ER S: GEO R GIA P ISCO N ER I & M Y LES W H IT E

THU 28 FEB — SAT 2 MARCH 2013S T U D I O U N D ER G R O U N D, S TAT E T H E AT R E C EN T R E O F WA

GÉNÉR ATIONS

ABOUT STRUT DANCE

STRUT DANCE IS WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S CHOREOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT CENTRE.We foster a professional and independent dance community within Western Australia by connect-ing audiences with evocative choreography from around the world and dancers with provocative experiences from industry exper ts.

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After celebrating a milestone decade of STRUT dance in 2012, this year sees us entering a new and exciting phase.

Our 2013 program, will interlace generations, trace imaginative patterns of dialogue, connect stories across states and continents, and combine bodies in space on a grand scale.

The primary focus of STRUT is to suppor t Western Australian indepen-dent dance artists in developing their creative concepts, while raising awareness of the potency of dance. This year, STRUT draws upon the expertise of Jean-Claude Gallotta and Mathilde Altaraz, Yvonne Rainer, Myriam Gourfink, Liz Lerman, Shaun Parker, Leigh Warren, Joanne Leighton and Rebecca Hilton.

Each guest artist brings a sense of historical depth that encourages the emergence of new ideas amongst artists and an increased knowledge of dance for audiences.

STRUT is pret ty much a whole of body experience — developing Western Australia’s independent dance ar tists, expanding oppor tunity, access and reach. In 2013, we step beyond the developments of Future Moves with a firm commitment to building oppor tunity for WA ar tists to develop new ideas and works, and being able to work and connect with ar tists of international significance.

STRUT is about the ar tist, but it is just as much about the audience. If we are to continue to seek to build contemporary dance to a position where it has a firm place in the cultural calendar, we need to continue to build our audience to make it possible.

Some of what you can experience in 2013 may be works in progress, others will have been finessed over a much longer time. Some pieces will be shor t and some long. Some may perplex and others will amaze. This year, we show there are no barriers of generation or geographical borders in contemporary dance.

It is all made possible through the support of the State Government of Western Australia through the Department of Culture and the Ar ts, The Federal Government through the Australia Council, and our program par tners — local, national and international.

OLWYN WILLIAMS

Each year STRUT dance initiates a program of choreographic activities and of fers a range of responsive programs to suppor t its members including:

• Creative residencies, both curated and responsive

• International exchanges• Studio showings and in-theatre seasons• Regular training and workshops

THU 28 FEB — SAT 2 MARCH 2013S T U D I O U N D ER G R O U N D, S TAT E T H E AT R E C EN T R E O F WA

IMAGE: CH R ISTO PHE CANATO / DANCERS (CLOCK WISE FR OM TO P) : GEOR GIA P ISCONER I , JU L IE DOY LE, K YE MAU R ER & AL ISHA SU B R IT ZK Y

A single dance score per formed by three generations of stellar Western Australian dancers, expressing the dif ferent stages we go through in life: from the childhood innocence of play, to coming into adulthood with the world at our feet, and to the wisdom we acquire with maturity.

Choreographer Jean-Claude Gallot ta, who has been director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Grenoble since 1984, has always enjoyed involving people from all walks of life in his dance works, especially children.

Trois Générations is proudly presented by STRUT dance, in association with Steps Youth Dance Company, the Centre Chorégraphique National de Grenoble (France) and the Per th International Ar ts Festival.

STRUT PRESENTS

TROIS GÉNÉRATIONSW HEN THURSDAY 28 FEBRUARY — SATURDAY 2 MARCH 2013

W HERE STUDIO UNDERGROUND, STATE THE ATRE CENTRE WA

DU R ATION APPROX. 8 0 MINUTES

TICK ETS PREMIUM $29 FRIENDS, MEMBERS & CONC. $25 F T STUDENTS (U/30) $15 .50

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IMAGE: DAVID KELLY / DANCER: SAR AH WOOKE Y

‘Dance is hard to see’, wrote Yvonne Rainer when making her seminal Trio A. This per formance-lecture by Sara Wookey examines Rainer’s statement and Trio A itself to raise questions of the transmission of dance from one body to another.

Exploring a methodology behind dance making and the engagement of process as material, Wookey will both per form iterations of Trio A and discuss her personal experiences of working with the esteemed Yvonne Rainer.

Trio A is presented by PICA and STRUT dance. Project initiated by Hannah Mathews with thanks to Per forma.

TRIO A PERFORMANCE- LECTURE

W HEN SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2013

W HERE PICA PERFORMANCE SPACE

DU R ATION APPROX. 60 MINUTES

TICK ETS STANDARD $30 STRUT MEMBERS / ART ADDICTS / CONCESSION $25

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IMAGE: LU CY SPARTA L IS / DANCER: EL ANOR JANE WEB B ER

We invite you to witness the return of the annual studio showing program that is synonymous with STRUT dance. Short Cuts is a showcase of the latest shor t works from Western Australia’s emerging dance practitioners mixed with some of the state’s more experienced ar tists.

Daring, experimental and with a strong Do-It-Yourself ethos, Short Cuts is a veritable smorgasbord of new ideas and concepts – with a huge range of aesthetics from humour to more serious themes – providing something for everyone, across four evenings.

See where creativity begins again, as STRUT dance resurrects Short Cuts and celebrates the exciting independent contemporary dance culture that exists within Western Australia.

STRUT PRESENTS

SHORT CUTSW HEN THURSDAY 30 MAY — SUNDAY 2 JUNE 2013

W HERE KING STREET ARTS CENTRE

DU R ATION APPROX. 60 MINUTES

TICK ETS STANDARD $18 STRUT MEMBERS / CONCESSION $15

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IMAGE: LORNA S IM / DANCERS: CAR LY AR MSTR ONG & JESSICA LE WIS, FR OM UNKEM P T DANCE

Presented by STRUT dance, the EYES WIDE – open dance platform – will take hold of the iconic King Street Ar ts Centre for six days in November, presenting a vast array of dance on a local, national and international scale.

All eyes will be on Western Australian independent dance and our connections worldwide, with a lively and playful program of activities, including:

MADE IN TAIWAN (FRANCE/AUSTRALIA)

Australian born Joanne Leighton, Director of CCN Belfor t (France), will per form her signature solo, introducing the Made in... series: a play on copy, erasure, and the variations that a changing perspective on the same material suggests. The piece is permeated by fractures, interruptions and cuts, of ten created by the public themselves.

DANCE SITES (WA /NSW/ VIC)

A newly established network for Australian independent dance, between STRUT dance, Critical Path (NSW) and Dancehouse (VIC). Select ar tists will work with Rebecca Hilton, engaging audiences with open rehearsals and more formalised presentations over three nights.

DYUETTO (SOUTH E AST ASIA-WA) WITH LEIGH WARREN (SA)

Launched in 2007, Dyuetto promotes cultural exchange between Western Australia and Asia through the duet form. Indigenous dance ar tist Simon Stewart work with Ly Ly Tran (Vietnam), accompanied by body-percussion dancer Alfira O’Sullivan (NSW) under the mentorship of Leigh Warren (SA).

IN SHORT CURATED BY UNKEMPT DANCE (WA)

Those over-caffeinated, lightly freckled, mischievous prime-movers at Unkempt Dance piece together a second season of choice new works by emerging ar tists, following their hugely successful first season in 2012.

STRUT ON SCREENCheck out a unique selection of dance films and documentaries, featuring prominent choreographers alongside films by Australian dance filmmakers and Western Australian choreographers.

EYES WIDE OPEN DANCE PL ATFORM

W HEN TUESDAY 5 — SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2013


TICK ETS AVAIL ABLE IN SEPTEMBER


2013 CALENDAR

5, 12, 19, 26 FEBPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES

KING STREET ARTS CENTRE

6 – 8, 13 – 15, 20 – 21 FEBPROF. DANCE CLASSES


2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25 JULYPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26 SEPTPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24 OCTPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


4 – 6, 11 – 13 DECPROF. DANCE CLASSES


3 & 5 DECPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 MARPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


1, 6 – 8, 13 – 15, 20 – 22, 27 – 28 MARPROF. DANCE CLASSES


3 – 5, 10 – 12, 17 – 19, 24, 26 APRPROF. DANCE CLASSES


4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 APRPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


1 – 3, 8 – 10, 15 – 17, 22 – 24, 29 – 31 MAY PROF. DANCE CLASSES


7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 MAYPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


5 – 7, 12 – 14, 19 – 21, 26 – 28 JUNEPROF. DANCE CLASSES


4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 JUNEPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


JUNECRITICAL PATH EXCHANGE

PERFORMANCE SPACE, NSW

6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 AUGPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES

KING STREET ARTS CENTREAUGUST — SEPTEMBER

IETM EXCHANGEJOJO-OULU DANCE CENTRE, FINLAND

JULY — DECEMBERSEED RESIDENCIESVARIOUS VENUES AND SPACES

OCTOBER — NOVEMBERDYUETTO

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT KING STREET ARTS CENTRE 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 NOV

PUBLIC DANCE CLASSESKING STREET ARTS CENTRE

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THU 28 FEB — SAT 2 MARTROIS GÉNÉRATIONS

STATE THEATRE CENTRE OF WA

4 – 6, 11 – 13, 18 – 20, 25 – 27 SEPTPROF. DANCE CLASSES


2 – 4, 9 – 11, 16 – 18, 23 – 25, 30 – 31 OCTPROF. DANCE CLASSES


THU 28 FEB — SAT 2 MARTROIS GÉNÉRATIONS

STATE THEATRE CENTRE OF WA

TUE 2 — FRI 5 APRILTRIO A WORKSHOP

PICA

SAT 6 APRILTRIO A

PERFORMANCE-LECTURE PICA

THU 30 MAY — SUN 2 JUNESHORT CUTS


TUE 25 — FRI 28 JUNECRITICAL RESPONSE PROCESS

LIZ LERMAN SEMINAR & WORKSHOP KING STREET ARTS CENTRE

FRI 28 JUNECRITICAL RESPONSE PROCESS

PUBLIC Q&A KING STREET ARTS CENTRE

1-2, 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 28-30 AUGPROF. DANCE CLASSES


MON 26 — WED 28 AUGINCUBATOR

SHAUN PARKER & COMPANY CLASSES & WORKSHOPS, KING STREET ARTS CENTRE

WED 28 AUG INCUBATOR

SHAUN PARKER & COMPANY PUBLIC PRESENTATION, KING STREET ARTS CENTRE

1, 6 – 8, 13 – 15, 20 – 22, 27 – 29 NOVPROF. DANCE CLASSES


TUE 5 — SUN 10 NOVEYES WIDE

OPEN DANCE PLATFORM KING STREET ARTS CENTRE

PUBLIC EVENTS

PROFESSIONAL EVENTS

NB: NO DANCE CLASSES ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS— 29 MARCH (EASTER) & 25 APRIL (ANZAC DAY)

5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26 SEPTPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24 OCTPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


4 – 6, 11 – 13 DECPROF. DANCE CLASSES


5 – 7, 12 – 14, 19 – 21, 26 – 28 JUNEPROF. DANCE CLASSES


6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 AUGPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 NOVPUBLIC DANCE CLASSES


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOP WITH SARAH WOOKE Y (USA)

A four-day intensive workshop, examining Yvonne Rainer’s Trio A and its philosophical, physical and historical relevance. Open to artists of all disciplines. Presented by PICA and STRUT dance.

W HEN WO R KS H O P : TUESDAY 2 – FRIDAY 5 APRIL 2013 P ER F O R M A N C E- L EC T U R E : SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2013

W HERE PICA PERFORMANCE SPACE

PRICE WO R KS H O P A N D P ER F O R M A N C E- L EC T U R E : $99 P ER F O R M A N C E- L EC T U R E O N LY: STANDARD $30 STRUT MEMBERS / ART ADDICTS / CONCESSION $25

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SEMINAR, WORKSHOP & DEMONSTRATION WITH L IZ LERMAN (USA)

A four-step, facilitated system for giving and receiving useful feedback on works-in-progress.

Starting with a full-day seminar, open to non-artists, on how to engage with the tools of CRP.

Dance and visual ar tists will then encouraged to bring work at any stage of development and advance its growth over a four-day workshop, influenced by dialogue generated through CRP.

The workshop will culminate in a public CRP demonstration. Presented in par tnership with Ausdance Queensland.

W HEN SEMINAR: MONDAY 24 JUNE 2013 WORKSHOP: TUESDAY 25 – FR IDAY 28 JUNE 2013 PUBLIC CRP DEMONSTRATION: FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013


PRICE SEMINAR: $ 8 8 PUBLIC CRP DEMONSTRATION: $15


CL ASS, WORKSHOP, PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION WITH SHAUN PARKER & COMPANY (NSW)

A three-day program held with Shaun Parker’s company during their national tour of Happy as Larry, which includes a performance at the Mandurah Per forming Arts Centre. Daily technical classes, taught by a company member, will be followed by choreographic workshops with Shaun Parker. A free public Q&A session will close the program.

W HEN CL ASS & WORKSHOP: MONDAY 26 — WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST 2013 PUBLIC Q& A: WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST 2013


PRICE CL ASS: STANDARD $12 / STRUT MEMBERS $9 WORKSHOP: $33 PUBLIC Q& A: FREE


TRIO A CRITICAL RESPONSE PROCESS

INCUBATOR

I M AGE: C R I T I C A L R ES P O N S E P R O C ESS S I GN AT U R E I L LU S T R AT I O N, © L IZ L ER M A N L LC .

STRUT dance has secured a new year of suppor t for up to four SEED Residencies, in the second half of 2013. SEED Residencies provide specific suppor t for choreographers in the initial “seed” stage of their projects, allowing them to explore their ideas in the studio towards the creation of new work.

STRUT regards SEED residencies as critical to its role as a choreographic development centre, building a dynamic contemporary dance culture and community in Western Australia.

SEED ar tists will be invited to present a 15-minute “snapshot” of their residency projects during the EYES WIDE – open dance plat form – in November.

The STRUT dance SEED Residencies are suppor ted through the WA Department of Culture and the Ar ts.

CRIT ICAL PATH E XCHANGE – SUSTAINABLE BODIES OF THE FUTURE

Two WA dance artists will be supported to participate in this Critical Path workshop series at Performance Space, NSW, in mid-June. Led by Myriam Gourfink (France), Paul Gazzola (NSW) and Garth Paine (NSW).

IETM E XCHANGE (F INL AND) – INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY

STRUT Members Isabella Stone and Ella-Rose Trew will develop work at the Jojo-Oulu Dance Centre in northern Finland and present Sue Peacock’s Lost and Found as part of the Oudance festival in September.

DYUETTO – CRE ATIVE DE VELOPMENT

An eight-day duet improvisation research intensive, taking place in early November, mentored by Leigh Warren (SA), with Simon Stewart (WA) and Ly Ly Tran (Vietnam).

SEED RESIDENCIES

OTHER RESIDENCIES

I M AGE: A D EL L E C O U S I N S / DA N C ER: JA M ES O ’H A R A , F R O M B R O O K E L EED ER ’S 2012 S EED D E V ELO P M EN T O F UNRAVEL

IN THE STUDIO

STRUT MEMBERS ARE A COMMUNITY OF PASSIONATE, PROFESSIONAL CONTEMPORARY DANCERS.

STRUT DANCE HAS OVER 80 MEMBERS, INCLUDING EMERGING & ESTABLISHED ARTISTS FROM VARIOUS MODES OF PRACTICE.

STRUT MEMBERSHIPS

BENEFITS OF BEING A STRUT MEMBER INCLUDE:

• Discounts for STRUT events, showings and classes.

• Access to professional workshops and industry contacts.

• Presentation oppor tunities within our annual program.

• Eligibility to apply for our SEED Residencies.

• Access to auspicing assistance, pending on capacity.

• Professional administrative and marketing advice.

• Free promotion via our social media networks and in the regularly distributed Member News to other STRUT Members.

• Email bulletins, including STRUTchat and Member News.

WHO CAN BECOME A STRUT MEMBER?

Professional dancers (ter tiary qualification or demonstrated equivalent experience) who are willing to be involved in dance practice and engage in STRUT’s professional development and training activities.

No current students or people under the age of eighteen.

HOW DO I BECOME A STRUT MEMBER?

Download our application form by scanning the QR code or visiting the STRUT dance website.

Contact our Communications & Development Manager Jamie McGleave for fur ther information at [email protected] or call 08 9321 4066.

STRUT Membership is $45 annually, or $12 in conjunction with an Ausdance WA membership.

BECOME A MEMBER FOR ONLY

$45

MEMBERSHIP FORM

CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASSES

PUBLICSTRUT Beginner Class is entry-level dance training, open to newcomers. Increase your fitness, expand your reper toire and have some fun with us in the studio!

STRUT Intermediate Class is per fect if you are trained in a dif ferent style, getting back into dancing or seeking a bigger challenge than the beginner class.

W HEN TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

TIME BEGINNER CL ASS: 5 .40 PM INTERMEDIATE CL ASS: 7.0 0 PM


FEE S INTRO CL ASS: $15* 4 -WEEK BLOCK: $50 3 -MONTH PASS: $170 YE AR PASS: $50 0 *$35 FOR U PGR ADE TO 4 -WEEK B LOCK

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PROFESSIONALFor professional independents or company members to retain and extend their skills. Taught by three teachers, one each day in eight-week blocks. Visiting ar tists are of ten invited to teach, pending on their availability.

W HEN WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS

TIME 9.0 0AM — 10.30AM


FEE S PER CL ASS: $9 * CL ASS CARD FOR 10 CL ASSES: $ 60 * *DISCOUNTED PR ICE FOR STRUT MEMBERS

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PROFESSIONAL CL ASS

PLE ASE NOTE: YOU MUST BE AT LE AST 18 YE ARS OLD TO AT TEND ANY STRUT DANCE CL ASS.

DANCE CLASS!

INTERMEDIATE CL ASSBEGINNER CL ASS

From modest beginnings in 2002, STRUT dance has grown to become Western Australia’s choreographic development centre. STRUT is now a thriving hub, around which incredibly dedicated independent dance ar tists collaborate, exchange and share.

These ar tists need your suppor t to reach excellence, take risks and be the inspiring per formers and choreographers of our present and future.

PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT NOW TO THE TALENT OF OUR LOCAL ARTISTS AND THEIR POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES.

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Thanks to our current donors: James Ross Lyons, Alison McArdle, Paul Chapman, Helen Cook and Reverend Philip Raymont.

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CHAIR Olwyn Williams

BOARD MEMBERS Serena Chalker Liesbeth Goedhart Steve North Deborah Robertson Justin Rutzou Aimee Smith Amy Wiseman

STRUT STAFF

ARTISTIC PROGRAM MANAGER Sue Peacock

DIRECTOR Agnes Michelet

BUSINESS MANAGER Chloé Delvaulx

COMMUNICATIONS AND DE VELOPMENT MANAGER Jamie McGleave

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