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10 Mar YGen to IGen

Posted at 15:18h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Composed of a lineage of professional and emerging/youth dancers and dance makers spanning sixty years, this mass movement of cross generational dance reflects upon fears, hopes and imaginings of possible futures. Inspired by the festival theme ‘Today I, Tomorrow you,’ the creative agency and collaborative process is shared across all ages and is as much a part of the work as the performance. Commissioned for Art, Not Apart[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="16px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

10 Mar Autumn Lantern

Posted at 12:08h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dancers and musicians weave movement, music and light symbolic of lanterns lighting the way through festival, or city spaces. Responsive to place and the activity present there, Autumn Lantern playfully reveals the character of the natural and architectural spaces and the choreographies already present within them. Follow them as they thread a mystical, waltz and hum through your event from twilight into the darkness.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="16px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

01 Aug from the vault

Posted at 14:56h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a secret warehouse, once an old storage bunker for valuable goods, from the vault unlocks a timely reflection on values; what is truly important today and why we choose to keep it safe. The work features live cello by Alex Voorhoeve (Canberra Symphony Orchestra) and sound design by electronic music producer Andy McMillan (Doppel). Canberra Critic's Circle Award 2019 Alison Plevey and the Australian Dance Party For From The Vault. Choreographed and directed by Alison Plevey in collaboration with dancers Olivia Fyfe, Stephen Gow, Eliza Sanders, Alana Stenning and Ryan Stone and with live music and sound by Alex Voorhoeve and Andy McMillan, evocative lighting by Mark Dyson, costumes designed by Imogen Keen and dramaturgy by Karla Conway, From The Vault was an outstanding endeavour. Brilliantly conceived and executed, it was the dance highlight of the year.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="16px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reviews: Michelle Potter - On Dancing Bill Stephens - Canberra Critics Circle[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

31 Mar Dance Week 2019

Posted at 18:12h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Celebrate the launch of Ausdance ACT Dance Week and International Dance Day. Get ready for a fabulous night of grooving, moving and mingling with your fellow dance lovers of the ACT. Hosted by Ausdance ACT and Australian Dance Party, hear from Arts Minister Gordon Ramsay, and the International Dance Day message, then see performances from GOLD, Fabulous Fan Dancers, ADP and more. DJ, Mr. Michael sets the dance floor in swing amidst drinks, chats and finger food. What better way to celebrate our love of dance and all that it brings to community and society? Let’s Dance![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="16px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][button icon="" target="_self" hover_type="default" text="Register your place" link="http://danceweek2019launch.eventbrite.com/"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

06 Mar Soul Defenders

Posted at 15:43h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]We march in defense of the soul. We dance to connect to movements of the heart. We let it burst out from within. Not contained by judgemental blocks, but embracing and releasing the soul that rocks. With 14 tonne ex-military cargo truck, the 'SOUL DEFENDER', and legendary Soul DJ Vince Peach, as our comrades, ADP's Soul Defenders disguise peculiar army drills, extemporaneous body moves and soulful grooves that uphold the values of joy, spontaneous play and soul. Do you wanna dance?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="16px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][button icon="" target="_self" hover_type="default" text="Support us on Patreon" link="https://www.patreon.com/australiandanceparty"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

28 Sep ENERGEIA

Posted at 14:12h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Set at Mount Majura Solar Farm, Australian Dance Party’s ENERGEIA surveyed the generation, use and waste of the energy around us. An immersive audience experience which looked closely at human energy transactions positioning the human at the centre of the renewable and non-renewable energy debate. Why are we energy hungry? The performance, runs entirely on battery, solar and kinetic power, reveals the wasted power of ourselves and our environment. Supported by artsACT, Molonglo Group Cultural Program, QL2 Dance, Impact Group, Dionysus, Maxim Chartered Accountants, AllInsure, Screencraft and Lorna Sim Photography. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="transparent"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

07 Aug Situate

Posted at 09:29h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Situate is a residency supported by City Renewal Authority and Canberra's iconic You Are Here We are undertaking a week long residency in the Canberra CBD to dig into the practice and process of site dance making. ie. How can we truly draw from, not impose on, site to amplify its spirit and engage its audiences? What performance is already there? What themes underlie its essence? A process of witness, receiving, responding and revealing this place to it self through movement. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] We will be working 10-4pm daily on site. Performances of developed scores and processes are as below. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="transparent"][vc_column_text]Listen below to hear from artists and audiences during the project:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] [playlist ids="16538"] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [playlist ids="16548"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reflecting on the situation We came to this adventure with the aim to explore and extend our practice in the public realm. To be immersed and informed by the goings on of time, place and people. Many questions arose from our experiences and even before we began. There were many 'grate expectations', and then not so many. So rare it is for time and support to dig under the surface of...

25 Apr Water Tight

Posted at 23:07h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] We use it, drink it, wash with it, play in it, we need it, yet under the surface, at times we abuse it. Sparked by ADPs current project Moving to Zero, exploring behavioural change towards emissions reductions and more sustainable futures, the ensemble has explored qualities, energies and uses of water that survey our interactions with this powerful element. We examine through dance and physical states; the body as water, its renewing and destructive forces felt on the body, and the impact of the human in its midst. Immersed in water during the work, we seek to uncover our intimate connection to water, where it dictates our survival and prosperity, yet our carelessness and ignorance towards the preciousness of this vital resource. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="transparent"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

02 Feb Hyper Real Nights

Posted at 16:19h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is it to be human? How does the movement and postures of our bodies give us life, character, age and beauty? Drawing inspiration from the jaw-dropping artworks in Hyper Real, contemporary dancers from the Australian Dance Party harness the power and playfulness of the moving body as they travel through the exhibition. Lingering in Patricia Piccinini's extraordinary video installation, The Breathing Room 2000, the dancers interact with their audience to create a dynamic response to the artist's fascination with evolution and ethics. Supported by the National Gallery of Australia and QL2 Dance as company in residence. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="transparent"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][button icon="" target="_self" hover_type="default" text="Support us on Patreon" link="https://www.patreon.com/australiandanceparty"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

21 Jan In a flash

Posted at 13:47h in

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] In our second commission from the National Portrait Gallery, we present a new short work in response to ‘Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits’. In a flash captures the glamour, adventure, iconography and nostalgia of life on the screen and reveals in the ebb and flow between fiction and reality in performance and photography. Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery and supported by QL2 Dance. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...