Chunky Move (Australia)
Glow
It is an inventive and aesthetically impressive performance presenting a lone human being in interaction with a digital landscape created in real time and the movements of a dancer. This choreographic essay by artistic director Gideon Obarzanek and software designer Frieder Weiss presents latest trends in interactive video technologies. The critics have called the work unforgettable.
The company Chunky Move was founded by artistic director Gideon Obarzanek in Melbourne in 1995 and since that time has built up an enviable reputation. Its works are diverse in terms of form and content. The company has staged a number of theatre works, site-specific works and new-media projects and installations. In 2008 Chunky Move received Best Dance Work for Glow.
Gideon Obarzanek only began to take interest in dance towards the end of his college studies and after completing it began to study natural science. He stopped his studies and went to the Australian Ballet School. Later he worked with the Queensland Ballet and Sydney Dance Company. Then he began to work with different dance companies and run independent projects in Australia and abroad as a performer and choreographer. Obarzanek also directs films. Gideon’s latest film, Dance Like Your Old Man, co-directed by Edwina Throsby, won Best Documentary Short Film award at 2007 Melbourne International Film Festival.
Recent works include:Two Faced Bastard, Mortal Engine, Glow, I Want to Dance Better at Parties and Tense Dave.
“Short in presentation but lasting in its eerie intrigue.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
Duration: 30min
Warning: Not recommended for children under 6 years old.
Concept and choreography: Gideon Obarzanek. Concept and Interactive System Design: Frieder Weiss. Original music and sound design: Luke Smiles (motion laboratories). Additional music: Ben Frost. Costume design: Paula Levis. Dancers: Amber Haines / Harriet Ritchie. Multimedia Operator: Nick Roux. Rehearsal Director: Kristy Ayre. Support: Chunky Move is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. World premiere: Melbourne 2006.
