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"The resilient roots (nature) and roof (cosmos) of my Australian Javanese ancestral heritage inspire me to manifest elegance, concentration and self-determination as a way of achieving a beauty that points toward the unknown." |
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I am a dance artist and contemporary performance maker based in NSW North Coast, Australia.
CHOREOGRAPHY AND COLLABORATIONIn addition to devising the concept, choreography and performance realisation of my Solo works I have made Duet and Ensemble dance and inter-arts works in collaboration with other artists. These performance works have been placed in theatres, galleries, museums as well as urban and wilderness 'untheatre' locations, such as a city laneway, an old substation basement, gardens of an ancient temple and tidal rock pools of a marine reserve. My artistic approach blossoms from interests in the voice of the dancing body, perception, chaos, dreams, mythology, relations of art with different cosmologies, inter-arts collaborative processes in cultural practice and performance as collective memory. |
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SOLO WORKSKiss Slap (2013)Avantika (2013) 6/7 Empty (2008) Compost (2010) Metamorph (2005) Bridge (2005) Wangi Sementara (2004) DUET WORKSOpal Vapour (2012)Soft Targets (2010) Intimate Alien (2009) Osmosistanetix (2010) Human Flame Forest (2009) Midnight Marauders (2007) Encountering the City (2006) Shadow & Ash (2006) Gongtronic (2005) Disease (2005) Diaspora (2005) ENSEMBLE WORKSClouds of Ash & Glass (2013)All To Get Her (2012) Whenever a Friend Succeeds (2010) 4 Noble Truths (2004) |
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FREELANCE PERFORMANCE
As a dancer/choreographer the quality of my performance has been recognised for both my own distinctive solo and duet works and also Freelance projects with other artists such as Margie Mackay, Jacob Boheme, Mirramu Dance Company and the Bodycartography Project. Significant to my performance practice is also working as an Independent Dancer on new projects with various artists including, Martin del Amo, Albert David, Stephen Page, Jason Pitt, John Rose, Robin Fox, Vivienne Rogis, Bernadette Warlong, Sandra Kaufman, Gerri Houlihan, Bebe Miller and Ana Vitoria. RESEARCH RESIDENCIESI have travelled throughout the world for dance art-life Research in India, Indonesia, Spain, France, regional Australia, Austria and Iceland.
Further career highlights include travelling to remote places for extraordinary creative collaborations with Indigenous atists in Australia and Indonesia including,
Yolngu elders and artists of Yirrkala (2012),
Barkindji artists of Wilcannia in (2009),
Wik elders of Arukun in (2006),
Batak elders of Lake Toba Sumatra in (2003) and
Anangu elders of Pitjantjara Lands in (2003).
My diverse travel adventures have provided opportunities to observe and interpret multiple approaches to knowledge and creativity. |
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DANCE TUITIONMy deepest interest in being a dancer, choreographer and teacher is the evolution of dance and performance practice.
I have experience teaching Dance Classes and specialised workshops, for Victorian College of the Arts, Ausdance, Chunky Move, Dance Massive, Arts Northern Rivers, New World School of the Arts, Malvern Dance School, Alstonville Dance Studio, Hallidays Dance Centre and Clarence River Dance Academy. I have also facillitated several Indo Arts workshop performances at numerous primary and secondary schools across Australia. Many young dancers appreciate my private tuition for eisteddfod solos, university audition preparation and mentoring creative projects.
SUPPORTERSMy artistic work has been supported by Australia Council for the Arts, Kultour, Multi-cultural Arts Victoria, Ian Potter Cultural Trust, Arts Victoria, Arts NSW, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Performance Space Sydney, Opera House Studio, World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific, Critical Path, Regional Arts NSW, Ausdance, Victoria University, Lucy Guerin Inc, Theatre Works, Newport Substation, Arts Centre Melbourne, Malthouse Theatre, Northern Rivers Performing Arts, Glasshouse Port Maquarie, Vitalstatistix Adelaide, Perth Contemporary Art Centre, Salamanca Arts Centre, Cairns Contemporary Art Centre, Mackay Arts & Entertainment Centre, Powerhouse Brisbance, Street Theatre Canberra and Sydney Blacktown Arts Centre. |
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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Biography photography: Marika Niken Tyas Tunggal, Christine Hewitt, Bindi Cole and Ponch Hawkes |
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