Choreolab - Choreographic Program 2021

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Tracks Dance Studio, Harbour View Plaza, Darwin

Mar - May Choreographic Program
22 - 23 May Showings

Developing Artistic Practice

The Choreographic Program provides an opportunity for movement artists, dance-makers and others in the performing arts, to explore the mechanics and creative scope of choreography in an artistically rich environment.

Since 2009 the Choreographic Program has filled a much-needed gap in the performing arts sector in Darwin, where there are limited opportunities to gain training and experience in the art of choreography.

Through this course, Tracks offers an inclusive, safe, and nurturing environment that leads participants through movement experimentation, improvisational scores, and into the beginnings of dance making with movement.

This is a non-accredited training course aimed at dance and movement practitioners with a strong interest in developing their artistic practice.

Creative Team

Program Facilitator: Jess Devereux

Artists: Nicky Fearn, Sita Valadian, Katy Moir, Steph Spillet, El Ibo, Eleni Vettos, Stephanie Thompson, Mave Ward, Felicity Wardle, Raj Pillai, Rachal Van Wyk, Kate Boston Smith, Omaya Dona Padmaperuma, Kelly Turner, Peta Goodrem, Cat Hart

Meet this years' artists

Choreographic Workshops

Choreographic Program 2021 provided an opportunity to explore choreography in a process-led environment. The experience encouraged participants to develop their individual artistry within the supportive framework of an established company.

The program began with a weekend intensive where artists submerge into an immersive, rich and playful environment for choreographic creativity.

Across 11 weeks, dance artist and choreographer Jess Devereux led participants through lively dance exploration, experimentation, compositional tasks and creative discussion in twice-weekly workshops, fostering more confident and articulate dance artists.

Choreolab Showings

"Today we’ve aimed to softly capture a number the movement experiments from the process, to share that raw energy of being in workshops together. Plus we’ll share some spontaneous, improvised works, and a new dance film. " Jess Devereux

Dance Film by Naina Sen - All
Tuning score with movement - All
Bend blend break - KBS, Raj, Eleni, Omaya
Chance Process:
Quartet - Raj and Rach, Katy and Eleni
Duo - Sita and Nicky
Design pieces:
Party Hats / Cones - Spillet, Raj, Stephanie, Rach, Katy M, Cat
Silk Scarves - Eleni, PJ, Mave, Nicky
Cockroach - Eleni, Raj, Steph, Kate BS, Flick
Alphabet cube / name dance - Omaya, Spillet, Sita
Canon and Rhythms - All
Sensory solos - PJ, Spillet, Omaya, Katy M
Site Responsive solos - Cat, Raj, Katy M, Nicky
Mapping impro score (mystery) - All

Company Partners

Tracks Inc is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; and is proudly sponsored by the Northern Territory Government.

Tracks 2021

Artistic Co-Directors: David McMicken and Tim Newth
Company Director: Adelaide Wood
Administrator: Jo Shearn
Production Manager: Duane Preston
Dance Animateur: Jessica Devereux
Bookkeeper: It Figures

Committee Members: Venaska Cheliah (Chairperson), Andrea Wicking (Vice-Chairperson), Glenn Bernardin (Treasurer), David Taylor, Michael Grant, Ken Conway, Max Dewa Stretton, Rachael Wallis. David McMicken, Tim Newth, Adelaide Wood (Ex-Officio Members)

Public Fund Trustees: Maari Gray, Will Crawford and Lachlan Peattie

Patron: Her Honour the Honourable Vicki O’Halloran AM, Administrator of the Northern Territory

Photos

(l-r) Choreolab participants 2021. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Eleni Vettos, Stephanie Spillet, Kate Boston Smith, Katy Moir. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Sita Valandian. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Stephanie Spillet, Sita Valadian. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Stephanie Spillet, Omaya Dona Padmaperuma. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Nicky Fearn, Sita Valadian. Photo Duane Preston

(t-b) Raj Pillai, Kate Boston Smith, Eleni Vettos, Steph Thompson. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Felicity Wardle, Raj Pillai, Kate Boston Smith, Eleni Vettos, Steph Thompson. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Cat Hart, Katy Moir, Stephanie Spillet, Raj Pillai. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Nicky Fearn, Mave Ward. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Peta Goodrem, Eleni Vettos. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Katy Moir, Raj Pillai. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Stephanie Spillet, Rachal Van Wyk, Raj Pillai. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Katy Moir, Raj Pillai, Eleni Vettos, Rachal Van Wyk. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Choreolab audience, Nicky Fearn. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Choreolab audience, Raj Pillai. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Omaya Dona Padmaperuma, Stehanie Thompson. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Steph Spillet, Mave Ward, Rachal Van Wyk, Nicky Fearn, Cat Hart, Jess Devereux, Peta Goodrem, Stephanie Thompson, Felicity Wardle, Eleni Vettos, Omaya Dona Padmaperuma, Katy Moir, Kate Boston Smith, Sita Valadian and Raj Pillai. Photo Duane Preston

(top l-r) Jessica Devereux, Eleni Vettos, Stephanie Spillet, Raj Pillai, Omaya Dona Padmaperuma, Kate Boston Smith, Felicity Wardle, Rachal Van Wyk. (bottom l-r) Peta Goodrem, Mave Ward, Sita Valadian, Stephanie Thompson, Cat Hart, Katy Moir, Nicky Fearn. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Naina Sen and Sita Valadian. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Rachal Van Wyk. Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Naina Sen (filming) Felicity Wardle (centre). Photo Duane Preston

(l-r) Naina Sen (filming) Stephanie Thompson, Katy Moir, Sita Valadian and Felicity Wardle. Photo Duane Preston

Videos

Responses

"What made the program unique for me, was that it gave me a chance to play and explore and make mistakes and celebrate them, and learn from them, and mould and grow as a dancer." Eleni Vettos

"Choreo Program is highly inclusive, accessible, manageable, inspirational, it pushes you, nurtures you, listens, disciplines... and as adults, we don’t have a lot of spaces where we can ebb and flow into that, mindfully." Kate Boston Smith

"It was such a positive and safe space. Tracks has got such a long history of working with different people in such enabling, positive and beautiful ways, so there was an ability for everyone to come in and feel like you had something to offer, and you weren’t being judged because you couldn’t dance or didn’t have technique or whatever, it felt like a pleasure zone! The gentleness, the lack of judgement, but very clear direction, and solid shaping and input, was a treasure." Nicky Fearn

"It was a beautiful equitable process to go through." Rachal Van Wyk

"It’s a space for true artistic exploration and creative development... The inclusivity creates this amazing fabric for artistic development." Katy Moir

Showing

Sat 22 & Sun 23 May 2021
1.30pm & 4.00pm

An afternoon of short choreographic works, improvisations, thoughts and ideas. Celebrating 11 weeks in a process-led, collaborative environment at Tracks Studio.

Including a premiere screening of experimental dance film.

Venue

Tracks Dance Studio, Harbour View Plaza, Darwin

Cost

$15 Full
$10 Concession

Explore Further

All Choreographic Programs

Research and Development

2021 Artistic Program