Co.lab is a multi-artform improvisation practice fostering collaboration with diverse artists and informing ADP’s broader interdisciplinary creative approach.
A playground for possibility, Co.lab forges experimental languages between dance, music/sound, visual art/projection and poetry/spoken word. The lab embraces artistic impulse, instantaneous composition and journey into wild immersions and develops collaborative relationships with artists outside of our dance and body-centred networks.
Co.lab explorations have led to new and longstanding collaborative relationships and working methods developed with musician, Alex Voorhoeve and Poet, Melinda Smith, which has featured in ADP’s major works.
Co.Lab has led to performance outcomes, including Co_Lab:24
Artists in past Co.Lab exchanges have included:
Dancers: Alison Plevey, Sara Black, Ashlee Bye, Patricia Hayes Cavanagh, Ryan Douglas Stone, Emma Laverty, Alana Stenning, Steve Gow, Levente Szabo, Olivia Wikner, and Melanie Lane
Musicians: Alex Voorhoeve, Ruth O’Brien Liam Budge, and Gavin Findlay, Rasa Daukus, Will Larsen
Poetry: Melinda Smith
Visual Art: Nicci Haynes
