The Move is a choreographic commission – a curated initiative of Dance Hub SA, The Mill & Ausdance SA, presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
This unique project is the opportunity for choreographers to create works that engage artists and audiences through choreographic process, and to pursue the delivery of choreographic development, seek artistic collaboration, test ambitious ideas in the studio and boldly commit to delivering brave performance works for public presentation.
Two professional South Australian Choreographers and their artistic teams have been selected to present a double bill of works to be staged at Adelaide Festival Centre’s Space Theatre in April 2021. Artist commissions and additional funding for design elements has been funded by ArtsSA.
Congratulations to commissioned artists:
Gabrielle Nankivell selected by The Mill
Lewis Major selected by Dance Hub SA
About the artists:
Gabrielle Nankivell
Wonder Grit
Choreography and Direction: Gabrielle Nankivell in collaboration with Jo Stone
Dramaturgical Support: Katrina Lazaroff
Wonder Grit throws contemporary dance at competitive cycling to investigate the nature of loss, injury and motivation in times of uncertainty. The show is an energetic two-hander packed with killer dancing, survival tips and Adelaide’s most strenuous monologue. Featuring crowd sourced data, a deadly treadly and two women with a tonne of experience, Wonder Grit might just be a ride you won’t want to get off.
“Being part of The Move is an opportunity to develop some new collaborative connections while contributing something fun to an artistically diverse new program.” Gabrielle Nankivell
Lewis Major
Satori
Choreography and Direction: Lewis Major
Dramaturgy: Amanda Philips
Satori is a Japanese term for awakening. The work explores the states of impermanence and imperfection through an ensemble dance work with 3D projection design and stellar dancers. The interconnecting elements transform into a fluidly shifting atmosphere and stage architecture that continually collide, collapse and create.
“The Move is an incredible, rare opportunity: through this program I have been granted the freedom, space and resource to take a scratch idea, to mould it, shape it and play with it, culminating in a fully-fledged professional performance in the leading South Australian performance venue” Lewis Major
The Move is a performance platform for new choreographic works; founded through the directors from the allied organisations and the Adelaide Festival Centre.
“South Australian independent dance deserves presentation in our state’s highest calibre venue, the Adelaide Festival Centre. The Move is designed to make this possible for freelance artists to shine a light on our local talent.”
Katrina Lazaroff, The Mill Director“The Move is one of the most exciting, relevant and significant platforms for freelance Choreographers and the future of Dance. The Move validates and supports creative careers, artistic expression and the development and presentation of new Australian work centred in Choreography as an art form.”
Amanda Philips, Artistic Director Dance Hub SA“The Move grew out of a need for production opportunities for SA professional dance artists. Performing original work at the Festival Theatre was a significant part of my development as an artist and I’m excited to help develop an opportunity like this again. I’m proud to fulfill Ausdance’s brief to support excellence in all forms and genres of dance.” Cathy Adamek, Director Ausdance SA
