7 September 2006
Men and their experiences with dance provide the inspiration for dance company Chunky Move's acclaimed work I Want to Dance Better at Parties, to be performed at Monash University's Alexander Theatre on 22 September.
I Want to Dance Better at Parties is created by Chunky Move Artistic Director and Choreographer Mr Gideon Obarzanek. Interviewing men from a range of cultures and backgrounds, Mr Obarzanek set out to discover their relationship to dance.
Those interviewed included a dance music composer who avoided dancing at all costs, a recently widowed father of two who took private dancing lessons, a young clubber, and a retired telecommunications engineer with an obsession for collecting and coding folk dances.
I Want to Dance Better at Parties features excerpts on film of the interviews on five life size screens, interwoven with dance, lighting and music.
"The work begins as a factual and informative demonstration about these men and the place dancing has in their lives and gradually evolves into something much more subjective and expressive," Mr Obarzanek said.
"It is finally a highly impressionistic dance work, composed of a series of imagined private dances representative of the subject's inner lives."
Monash University Arts Centres Director Ms Jan Clancy said the production, which is the last to feature in the 2006 Monash Performing Arts Program, is highly enjoyable and engaging.
"This is a quality production with highly original and unforgettable dance performances," Ms Clancy said.
I Want to Dance Better at Parties will be performed at Monash's Alexander Theatre on Friday, 22 September at 8pm.For bookings contact the Monash Box Office on 9905 1111 or email boxoffice@adm.monash.edu.au. Concessions available.
See also: Monash University Arts Centres website.
Show notes
What: I Want to Dance Better at Parties by Chunky Move
When: Friday, 22 September, at 8 pm
Where: Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton.
Who: Bookings, telephone 9905 1111. Email: boxoffice@adm.monash.edu.au.
For further information and images, please contact Ms Wendy West, on +61 3 9905 1683 or Ms Karen Stichtenoth, Media Communications, on +61 3 9905 1253 or mobile 0408 812 301.
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