L-E-V Masterclass

Photo Credit: Gil Shani

When: Monday 20th March, 2017
Where: Adelaide College of the Arts (TAFE SA), Level 3, 39 Light Square, Adelaide SA
Time: 9.30am - 11am (Studio will be open at 9am for dancers to warm up)
Cost: $20
Level: Professional Level Contemporary Dance/Dance Theatre
Bookings: via Eventbrite.

Founder, Dancer & Creator

Sharon Eyal was born in Jerusalem. She danced with the Batsheva Dance Company from 1990 until 2008 and began choreographing within the framework of the company’s Batsheva Dancers Create project.Eyal served as Associate Artistic Director of Batsheva between 2003-2004, and House Choreographer of the company between 2005-2012.

In 2009 Eyal began creating pieces for other dance companies in the world: Killer Pig (2009) and Corps de Walk (2011) for Carte Blanche Dance of Norway; Too Beaucoup (2011) for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Plafona (2012) for Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg, Germany.

In 2013 Eyal launches L-E-V with her long-time collaborator Gai Behar. This October, they premiered Untitled Black in collaboration with the Goteborgs Operans Danskompani in Gothenburg, Sweden. Eyal is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2004 Ministry of Culture Award for young dance creators and the 2009 Landau Prize for the Performing Arts in the dance category. In 2008, she was named a Chosen Artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.  

Rebecca Hytting

Born in Huskvarna, Sweden. Rebecca graduated from Balettakademien, Stockholm. After finishing her studies she worked with Kamuyot/Riksteatern, Carte Blanche, Norway, Batsheva Dance Company and GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. She is now a dancer of L-E-V and have also been assisting Sharon Eyal/Gai Behar in creations outside the company. She is a certified Gaga teacher.

Kyle Page / Dance North Masterclass 2017

When: Friday 10th March, 2017
Where: Adelaide College of The Arts (TAFE SA) , Level 3, 
39 Light Square, Adelaide SA
Time: 9.30am - 11.30am
(Studio will be open from 9am for dancers to warm up)
Level: Professional Level Contemporary Dance/Dance Theatre
Cost: $20
Bookings: via EVENTBRITE https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/dance-north-masterclass-tickets-32144531158 or book a spot via programming@themilladelaide.com and pay at the door.

Dance North are performing ‘ATTRACTOR’ at WOMAD. 
Please follow this link to see a clip of this work.
https://vimeo.com/202711227

Dance North

Dancenorth is a contemporary dance company based in Townsville, Tropical North Queensland. An epicenter for artistic exchange and collaboration Dancenorth balances a dynamic regional presence with a commitment to creating bold, adventurous and critically acclaimed contemporary dance. The dancers bios are substantial and I feel unnecessary. They can been found on our website if people are interested.

Masterclass Facilitators: Jenni Large & Mason Kelly

Masterclass Description

The workshop will begin with a class based on methodologies designed to attain strength through fluidity whilst harnessing the intrinsic support system for efficiency, balance and power. We will share repertoire from Dancenorth’s latest work Attractor, a co-production with Lucy Guerin Inc choreographed by renowned choreographers Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek. Together we will explore improvisational structures derived from momentum, evolution and surrender as well as learn phrase material connecting texture and rhythmical sequencing with detailed virtuosity. This is a unique opportunity to gain insight into the rich artistic culture of Dancenorth whilst experiencing choreographic processes from Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek’s latest creation, Attractor.

Kidd Pivot Masterclass

Image Credit: Michael Slobodian

Kidd Pivot Company

Integrating movement, original music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s performance work is assembled with recklessness and rigour, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk. Under the direction of internationally renowned Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, the company’s distinct choreographic language – a breadth of movement fusing classical elements and the complexity and freedom of structured improvisation – is marked by a strong theatrical sensibility and a keen sense of wit and invention. 

Kidd Pivot tours extensively around the world with productions that include The Tempest Replica (2011), The You Show (2010), Dark Matters (2009), Lost Action (2006), and Double Story (2004), created with Richard Siegal. Kidd Pivot received the 2006 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, and was resident company at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, with the support of Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, in Frankfurt, Germany from 2010 to 2012.

Masterclass Facilitator: 
Eric Beauchesne – Rehearsal Director

Born in Québec, Eric grew up fishing and hunting before discovering dance at the age of 16. He has been on stage with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal as well as with Canadian contemporary dance icons such as La Fondation Jean-Pierre Perrault, Paul-André Fortier, Louise Lecavalier and Crystal Pite. Performing with Kidd Pivot since 2004, Eric currently collaborates with the company as rehearsal director, and stages Pite’s work on companies worldwide including Ballet British Columbia, Cullberg Ballet, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Royal Swedish Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2013, he was appointed rehearsal director for Nederlands Dans Theater and since then has been based in the Netherlands. Eric devotes most of his spare time conducting improvisation workshops and advocating for climate justice and sustainable practices in the dance world.

Details

When: Thursday March 2nd 2017
Time: 11am - 12.30pm
(venue open at 10.30am for dancers to warm up)
Venue: Level 3 Station Arcade, Adelaide City (old Ausdance Studio)
Level: Professional Level Contemporary Dancers/Dance Theatre Artists
Cost: $20
Booking Details: via EVENTBRITE

Tom Borgas '13 Spheres (Klein Blue) Public Art Program

Tom Borgas installed the new public sculptural work ‘13 Spheres (Klein Blue)’ in Adelaide’s Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, October 27, 2016 - Nov 28th 2016. Presented by The Mill Adelaide’s Public Art Program and the Adelaide City Council. 

The Mill Adelaide’s Tim Watts says, “We’re very excited to welcome Tom Borgas back from Portugal and engage him in this public art installation. We’re looking forward to seeing how Adelaide responds to the work being in such a prominent location.” The Mill Adelaide’s Amber Cronin explains, “Borgas’ practice is developing a strong, distinguishable aesthetic and is always engaging and purposeful.”

About the work:

Borgas will install thirteen, large blue spheres into the landscape of Adelaide’s central and most recognisable public space, Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga. The work challenges the public to reconsider a familiar environment and experience the space in new ways during events, festivals and ceremonies. The work will continually morph throughout its lifespan with Borgas altering the spheres’ configuration on three occasions. ‘Yves Klein’ refers to the particular shade of blue used by Borgas in this work.

About the artist:

Tom Borgas is an Australian artists who has exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Centre of South Australia, The Jam Factory, Salamanca Arts Centre in Hobart, FELTspace ARI, Hatched 2013 and PICA Salon 2014.

He is the recipient of a number of awards including the NAVA Ignition Prize for professional practice, the Hill Smith Gallery/Helpmann Academy Friends Travel Prize and the 2015 Lismore Regional Gallery Splendour in the Grass New Art Commission. Borgas’ sculptural works behave as interventions in natural environments. The artist creates a dynamic by installing synthetic, geometric shapes into a landscape, and asking the audience to reconsider their surroundings.

Glitchy geometric forms emerge suddenly from known surroundings as a polarity to their location, spilling over from their digital existence and into the landscape. Borgas describes his work as, “dealing with the narrowing divide between digital and analogue – or virtual and real.” Further examples of the artist’s public sculptural work can be found here: www.madebytomborgas.com

Collaboration Workshop with Amber Cronin and Erin Fowler

This Is Not Art festival (Newcastle) hosted directors Amber Cronin and Erin Fowler for a workshop sharing their collaborative approach which was the foundation for The Mill.

Artists and Directors of The Mill, Amber Cronin and Erin Fowler started developing new work in the areas where their background cross over, multi-disciplinary performative work. Amber and Erin are interested in the intersection between dance, performance with visual arts, installation based work. Over the past 3 years they have developed a unique and concentrated dialogue between these two backgrounds as they explore, learn and investigate both the performance and visual arts worlds through their work as Artistic Directors of The Mill Adelaide.

ATLAS is an example of immersive experiences, transporting audiences to other worlds, and finding new models, creative processes, and ways of working that can serve their two artistic backgrounds. The workshop will be an afternoon session on ‘working collaboratively’ with a particular focus on working across disciplines and with individuals, mentors, and with new collaborators considering ways to forge new connections.

Masterclass: Eko Supriyanto

Founder and artistic director for EkosDance Company and Solo Dance Studio in Surakarta Indonesia, Eko is the leading Indonesian dancer and choreographer of his generation.
Trained in Javanese court dances and the Indonesian martial arts of Pencak Silat since the age of seven Eko’s performance career spans major works and tours throughout Indonesia, Europe, America and the Asia Pacific. Eko holds a PhD in Performance Studies (2014) from Gadjah Mada University and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance and Choreography from the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures (2001).

Eko’s performance career stretches between major commercial productions to dance research projects. He was enlisted as a dance consultant for Julie Taymor’s Lion King Broadway production and choreographed and performed for major international productions including Peter Sellars Le Grand Macabre, John Adam’s Opera Flowering Tree in Vienna, the Barbican Centre in London and the Lincoln Center in New York, Garin Nugroho’s Opera Jawa, MAU Lemi Ponifasio’s Tempest, Solid.States with Arco Renz, and was a featured dancer in Madonna’s 2001 Drowned World. His recent major work is Cry Jailolo with seven youth dancers from Jailolo North Maluku and will be touring in Japan, Australia and Europe in August- October 2015. 

Cost

FREE for GreenRoom members
$15 per class for non-GreenRoom members (please bring cash on the day)

Bookings

Open to professional dancers. Places are limited – so get in quick!
Secure your place via info@themilladelaide.com and bring cash payment on the day.

Workshop Details

Eko’s Class will run for 1 hour 30 minutes
Dress for Class. No late comers will be allowed. 
For more info contact: info@themilladelaide.com

Australian Dance Awards: Forum

The Mill Adelaide, in association with the Australian Dance Awards, is excited to be hosting an afternoon forum on Saturday the 12th of September, the day of the awards. Invited panelists attached to the Australian Dance Awards will be responding to and discussing: "A contemplation and examination of the literal definition vs. practical implementation of independent dance/artistic practice in the current financial support structure in Australia”

We look forward to having a robust discussion about the current arts dynamic in South Australia/Australia.

Panellists

• Peter Louca, Chief of Staff to the Minister for the Arts

• Anouk Van Djik, Artistic Director of Chunky Move www.chunkymove.com.au

• Jason Cross, Director of Insite Arts www.insitearts.com.au

• Israel Aloni, Co-Director ilDance (Sweden) www.ildance.se 

• Erin Fowler & Amber Cronin, Co-Directors The Mill www.themilladelaide.com.au

Details

Doors open: 11:30am
Discussion: 12pm - 2pm
Please stay for a drink and nibbles following the formal conversation, before heading to the awards later that evening.

Nebula Deluxe: Mill Immersive Event

Audiences were invited to an all-inclusive music, theatre, dinner, drink and dance experience, from The Mill and The Happy Motel. Join us at a full moon for a curated arts event for the ages in the exotic rainforest environment of the Adelaide Botanic Garden’s Bicentennial Conservatory. 

Come celebrate the intricacies and mysteries of our great Universe. Peer into the unknown; familiarise yourself with the machinations of the machine, and the lilting loops of the eclipsing moon. 

All eyes are on the future - unlike World Fairs of the Past, Nebula Deluxe concentrates on puzzling problems rather than trumpeting triumphs. Our imaginations circle far beyond the fading memories of Paris, London, Chicago and St Louis. 

Come lift your spirits under the light of the blue moon in the Adelaide Botanic Garden’s Bicentennial Conservatory.

Witness groundbreaking exhibitions that venture far beyond our skies in ATLAS - an immersive cinema, soundscape experience created by 6 artists within a planetary dome.

Featuring

• The Mill

• The Happy Motel

• Nan & Betty

• Young Muscle DJs

• ATLAS Cinematic Theatre Dome

  • Aida Azin

  • Abby Howlett

  • Henry Walker

  • Naomi Keyte

  • Liam Somerville

  • Felicity Arts

  • Future Memory
    

• Entropy by Peter Sheedy and AC Arts Dancers

• Erin Fowler

• Ben Roberts

• Callan Fleming

• Lochlan Maybury

• Antoine Jelk

• Hew Parham

• Ashton Malcolm

• G.A.G. Wines

• Moon Themed Karaoke

• Wax & Wayne’s Goodtime Bottleshop

• Pink Moon Saloon

• Young Henry’s

• Tarot Readings

• Abby Jane Howlett

• Lighting by Chris Petridis

Atlas

A 20 min video work consisting of four short videos made collaboratively by ten South Australian based visual artists, musicians, and film artists.  ATLAS is a collaborative project which facilitated the development of four short film based works which consider things beyond our skies within a planetary dome. These immersive works and soundscapes are presented inside the 180 degrees of cinema. 

ATLAS LOOP

1. "Watch the Stars" (2015) Aida Azin & Abbey Howlett

2. "Rawling Star" (2015) Henry Jock Walker, Amanda Lee Radomi & Hugh Black, Luke Hancock

3. "Away from the Sun" (2015) Liam Somerville & Naomi Kristina, Tom Capagreco

4. "Future Memory" (2009) Amanda Phillips & Alexander Waite Mitchell

ATLAS is a fulldome immersive cinema experience made during the 'Dome It - fulsome production workshop series' led by Amanda Phillips and Alexander Waite Mitchell of Felicity Arts. The 2015 fuldome films are co-commissioned by The Mill Adelaide and Felicity Arts thanks to Arts South Australia. All works have been made in collaboration and consultancy as part of 'Dome It' with production by Felicity Arts. 

Choreographic Futures: ilDance 2015

With the generous support of the Helpmann Academy and Klein Family Foundation, The Mill is expanding the size and reach of the 2015 Dance Residency Program to offer the national dance community an oppourtunity to make lasting connections within SA, and globally, through the international presence and networks of the residency.

The Mill welcomed Lee Brummer and Israel Aloni, artistic directors/choreographers of Swedish dance company, ilDance - Lee Brummer and Israel Aloni – to mentor the Choreographic program. The 2015 Choreographic Residents were: Chelsea Evans, Callan Fleming, Erin Fowler and Alexandra Knox. Alongside the residency, four dancers participated in a new choreographic work by ilDance, Not Just Yet on the Dance Residents. The Dance Residents were: Cazna Brass, Hayley Kollevris, Erin Fowler and Andrew Taeli Haycroft

Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, ilDance is an independent and international contemporary dance company and production coordinating collective. ilDance’s artistic directors, Israel Aloni and Lee Brummer bring an exciting international presence to Adelaide having performed with and choreographed for some of the world’s top dance companies including Sasha Waltz & Guests (Berlin), Emanuel Gat (Israel), and the Gothenburg Opera (Sweden) as well as teaching for international companies including DV8 (UK), the Royal Swedish Ballet School, Sydney Dance Company and Australian Dance Theatre. Having visited The Mill in late 2013, Lee and Israel bring remarkable mentoring expertise and refreshing, nurturing artistic inspiration to Adelaide’s dance community.
www.ildance.se

““During our classes we share our methods of movement and training, opening the door into our world and sharing our vocabulary. We work with a large focus on anatomy and the power of the mind when it comes to movement and range. Minimum effort and maximum possibilities and outcome. During the classes we work on breaking routines and movement habits and exploring movement as an individual.” – ilDance (Lee Brummer and Israel Aloni)”

The second offering of The Mill’s Choreographic Residency program was highly successful. It offered 7 South Australian dance artists opportunity for development, artistic exchange, mentorship and presentation. The program also attracted parts of the South Australian dance community including secondment students from AC Arts, local independent artists, and Australian Dance Theatre dancers and staff. 

The Mill's unique model offers a residency with multiple choreographers and mentors working alongside each other, and are hopeful to continue building and offering this program with new internationals into the future. 

The final showing was performed in partnership with Australian Dance Theatre, as a co-presentation of ADT’s Rough Draft program. 

Residents were awarded 4 weeks of studio time in which to develop a new or existing choreographic project. During this time residents were able to explore their choreographic practice under the expert mentorship of Lee and Israel, as well as engage in workshops, professional development sessions, and forums. The residency ended in a public showing of the works created open to the program’s supporters, industry guests, the artist’s peers and the general public.

The Residency included:

• A 2-day choreographic Masterclass open to the broader South Australian dance community

• Facilitated meet and greet sessions with the mentors, residents and artists at The Mill Adelaide

• Daily class for the dancers and choreographers – led by Lee and Israel as well as local SA established dance artists. 

• One on one mentoring sessions with Lee and Israel

• Weekly group feedback sessions and facilitated discussions

• Professional Development sessions for the residents in the areas of Marketing, Project management, documentation and technical production with selected industry professionals.

• Artistic forums/industry panel sessions open to the broader dance and arts community

• Professional documentation of the work and development process

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Masterclass

When & Where

March 5th, 10:30am (studio open from 10:00am for dancers to warm up)
Rehearsal Studio, Level 3, Adelaide College of the Arts
39 Light Square, Adelaide SA 5000

Cost

$30 (please bring cash on the day)

Bookings

Open to professional dancers. Places are limited – so get in quick!
Secure your place via info@themilladelaide.com and bring cash payment on the day.

Workshop Details

Cedar Lake's classes are designed to give dancers a well-rounded overview of contemporary ballet and the repertoire of Cedar Lake. The first portion of the class begins with a warm-up and the second portion incorporates the principles and techniques of choreographers whose work will be presented in the performance city.

Public Art: Hitnew

As part of his visit to SA, HITNES stopped in at The Mill to meet the residents and leave a little something behind for Adelaide. This 10m long fish was completed over three days by the Italian artist in Feb 2015.

Work sponsored by Adelaide City Council's Public Art Program and completed with the support of Vans the Omega (ADL).

www.hitnes.org

Pantheon: Immersive Mill Event

Pantheon was an immersive performance event, publication and exhibition series. Pantheon challenged twenty-one Adelaide artists to find their own personal mythology and reflect on the universal relationship between place and story. Over two nights audiences went on a dark journey into a dream space created within the walls of The Mill Adelaide where, regardless of religious persuasion, you will experience the eternal, the personal, the real and the imagined. Consisting of 8 performances and a group exhibition Audiences were led through a labyrinth of tales of the gods, interacted with performers and witnessed dance work unravel before them. The Mill's publication offers a written realisation of these works, foreward by Jeff Khan (Performance Space AD, SYD) and written creative work by Jens Van Horne and Critical Review by Jane Howard. 

Pantheon 2014

Before philosophy became a separate discipline, the poetic images of myths and gods were the central way in which people addressed the immediate questions of life and death. They questioned and studied nature, the stars and universe, the relationship between human beings and the supernatural, as well as the rea- sons for certain customs or ways of behaviour. Myths made visible to individuals their deepest longings and imaginings and, so, offered a way in which society could understand it’s own being. 

The nature of the gods and myths of any culture are to some extent conditioned by the nature of the land in which the stories of the first tellers of their stories lived. Universally, these creations and stories may have taken the form of a living presence –such as a goddess or a god, or an animal or bird - or perhaps the moon, sun or landscapes of earth. Either way, these stories and creations were, and are, an attempt to reach for an idea that would re- veal patterns and structures in order to make sense of the world.

List of Artist Works:

Performance

• Delana Carbone

• 'the Gods have been lost'

• Callan Fleming

• ‘FURY’, performed by Margot John (solo), Alicia Harvie & Kendal Winton

• Callan Fleming

• ‘Atlas Drowing’

• Lukus Robbins

• ‘Clear Sight’

• Ben Roberts

• ‘Purgatory’

• Josephine Were

• ‘Shotgun’

Visual Arts

• Aurelia Carbone

• Marina Warner

• Berkely Peabody

• Françoise Dolto

• Capital Waste Pictures

• Invoking the unholy towards melancholic light

• Multichannel video installation by Dom Sargent and Liam Somerville

• Lucas Croall: 'Paradox: A Unified Opposition'

• Andrew Dearman

• The Magpie called by name. I always knew that being called ‘Woooblwobliboublouu blou’ would be a problem.

• Peter Fong: "Secret Valley"

• Fruszi Kenez

• 'The Town Meeting'

• 'Little Foxes'

• 'Hands hands hands'

• 'Cordelia'

• Jens Van Horne

• The Ideal, The Anxiety, The End: or, the pathos, of hope and perfection

• Joel Van Moore

• I am Trinity

• Kaspar Schmidt- Mumm

• Mr Tinker the thought thinker. Aka the god of  thinking til the aint nothin you aint thunk. (Green Old man ) 

• U-Gene-e in a can. Aka the god of canned Genius: Campbell's Soup, Spaghetti Toasties, Heinz Baked Beans, etc.

• Ms Spectacle with Spectacles. Aka the god of receiving attention purely by winking. (Without being sleazy) Pure Suave. 

• Gary Seaman

• Future Ancestors.

• Maiden Voyage.

• Joshua Searson and Mei Wong

• Sun-Wukong/ The Palm of the Buddah

• Jono Simmons

• 'taste the milk'

Choreographic Futures: Kate Champion Force Majeure

The Mill Adelaide, in association with the Klein Family Foundation, Force Majeure and the Helpmann Academy, presented the 2014 Choreographic Futures Dance Residency.

In 2014, the first residency program saw one of Australia’s leading choreographers, Kate Champion of Force Majeure, mentor local choreographer Alicia Harvie to develop her new work The Closet Activist. This work has since had a second development with plans for performance in the works, including a performance at the Tour Down Under festivities. “What more could an emerging dance artist ask for than four weeks creating in an inner-city dance studio, immersed in a collaborative arts hub and mentorship with an internationally renowned choreographer?” Alica says. “The Choreographic Futures Dance Residency helped me to introduce myself as an artist and my emerging arts practice to the professional arts industry with integrity and excellence.”

“This residency will provide Alicia Harvie, a South Australian choreographer with a tremendous opportunity to further develop their skills and experience and to gain exposure in the industry. During the 4-week residency, the selected artist or artists will have the creative freedom to play, experiment and develop new ideas,” explains the Mill’s co-founder Erin Fowler. “Recent graduates need the breathing space to try out their ideas in a supportive environment and yet it can be a challenging process to get independent work off the ground. The Mill is thrilled with the world-class team they have brought together for the residency – who will offer invaluable support in all areas of creating a dance work. In particular, the selected artist will work under the mentorship of one of Australia’s leading choreographers, Kate Champion, who will travel to Adelaide specifically for this residency and will also offer a masterclass to the professional dance and theatre communities. This residency will not only benefit the programs chosen recipient, but will hopefully inspire and engage the wider dance community.”

Batsheva Adelaide Workshop - March 4th, 11am

Gaga/Naharin is a movement language developed over the last decade by Ohad Naharin, Batsheva’s long-time artistic director, in the Batsheva studios. This expressive and dynamic movement language is used daily by dancers of the Batsheva Dance Company and Batsheva Ensemble as the basis for their distinctive technique.

Gaga offers a new way to reach a deeper knowledge and understanding of one's self via the body and its movement. Gaga encourages, teaches and cultivates multi dimensional movement, efficiency and texture of movement, the use of explosive power, the connection between pleasure and effort, quickness, clarity of intention, stamina. It enables recognition of one's own movement habits and helps to acquire new ones.

Essentially, Gaga increases one's understanding of the body’s weaknesses and strengths, as well as its response to them. Through Gaga, one works to break down physical barriers in order to reach a greater comprehension and control of instinctive movements.

Ultimately, Gaga empowers the experiences of pleasure, stillness, positivism, and happiness. The Gaga movement language is a tool that can be utilized by dancers and non-dancers alike.

When & Where

March 4th, 11am (studio open from 10:30am)
Studio 1, The Mill Adelaide
Level 1, 27 Bewes St, Adelaide 5000
(off Angas st just 20m walk from The Mill).

Bookings

$35
Places limited to 30 participants – so get in quick! Book via www.themilladelaide.com/events/

Workshop runs for 1 hour 15 minutes. Dress for Class, barefoot or socks. Comfortable clothes