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4 new works : march to november 2009
booking
Sid’s Waltzing Masquerade,
Sid’s Waltzing Masquerade,
Bonachela’s we unfold
Kvarnstrom’s Mercury
Season 2: Kenneth
Rafael Bonachela’s
Rafael Bonachela’s
Rafael Bonachela’s
Rafael Bonachela’s
by Aszure Barton
by Aszure Barton
Season 1: Rafael
360 Degrees
360 Degrees
360 Degrees
360 Degrees
programs
Canberra Theatre Centre,
Playhouse, Arts Centre,
Christchurch Festival,
Playhouse, QPAC,
Christchurch, NZ
Newcastle, NSW
Playhouse, AFC,
Sydney Theatre,
Sydney Theatre,
Melbourne, VIC
Canberra, ACT
Brisbane, OLD
Civic Theatre,
Sydney NSW
Sydney NSW
Adelaide, SA
Playhouse,
venu
May 13 – May 16
Aug 21 – Aug 22
Nov 17 – Nov 28
Mar 31 – Apr 11
Apr 17 – Apr 25
May 6 – May 9
Jul 31 – Aug 2
Sep 2 – Sep 5
date
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We Unfold : Mercury : Sid’s Waltzing Masquerade : 360° :
Rafael Bonachela Kenneth Kvarnstrom Aszure Barton Rafael Bonachela
Bonachela’s we unfold is effectively a dual One of Europe’s most revered Aszure Barton is a New York-based, Born in Barcelona, Award winning
arts premiere, with choreography set to choreographers, Kenneth Kvarnstrom, will Canadian born choreographer and the choreographer, Rafael Bonachela as
the world premiere of Symphony No 1 for make his Australian debut, applying the director of her own dance troupe Aszure been described by the Sunday Times
Orchestra and Solo Cello by celebrated sensibilities of this beyond-cutting-edge- & Artists, founded in 2002. At present, Magazine as “the next big thing” and by
Italian composer Ezio Bosso. choreographer to the creation of a full Aszure Barton is Artist-in-Residence at ID magazine as among “the hottest of
length work for the Sydney the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York, international talent.” Rafael Bonachela
“When I heard this new symphony I Dance Company. where she has created commissioned describes himself as a movement junkie
was completely swept away. I could work for Mr. Baryshnikov’s new performing and the exploration and experimentation
immediately see my new work arising out Finnish born Kenneth Kvarnstrom’s work
company Hell’s Kitchen Dance. Aszure also of pure movement is his motivation.
of it”, says Rafael Bonachela. “Through is imbued with a bold and distinctive
performs and tours with Mr. Baryshnikov’s
his music, Ezio creates tensions that take visual stamp as a result of his frequent With an impeccable pedigree, having
troupe, in works such as the acclaimed
me to a very emotional place. When I hear collaborations with light and set designers been a stand-out dancer at Rambert
Come In, which she choreographed.
it I feel then I see. Movement for me is no of his choice; artists whose technical skills Dance Company, he later went on to
longer a pure physicality but an instinctual and personalities have combined to inspire Described as the most innovative choreograph as many as seven new
and emotional response to Ezio’s incredible the overall energy of his creations. choreographer of her generation, Aszure works. Rafael Bonachela emerged as a
composition. This new symphony is quite Barton recently created choreography choreographer committed to innovation.
For several years the director of the
simply breathtaking”. for the Broadway production of The He is now director of his own Bonachela
Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company
Threepenny Opera. She has also made Dance Company.
we unfold is Bonachela’s second full and of the esteemed Dansens Hus in
works for Benjamin Milliepied and
length work for the Company following the Stockholm, where he presented the finest Rafael moves seamlessly between
Company, the Juilliard School, Les Ballets
success of the dynamic 360° created in of international dance artists, Kvarnstrom the mainstream and the avant garde.
Jazz de Montréal (where she is also
2008. It is his first work as Artist Director. has now returned to a career of creative Recent commissions include works for
resident), Hubbard Street Dance and
diversity, reapplying his creative energies to George Piper Dances, Dies de Dansa
“His dance is like a spray of bullets that hit Transitions Dance Company in the UK.
his own K. Kvarnstrom & Co and making Festival Barcelona, Candoco, Danza
their target.” The Times, London. Acclaimed in Europe as well as North
commissioned works for Gothenburg Contemporanea de Cuba, David Hughes
America, her choreography has been
Ballet, Helsinki Dance Company and Dance Company for the Edinburgh
described as intensely musical, emotionally
Finnish National Ballet. Festival, Dance Works Rotterdam, English
moving and structurally astonishing.
Chamber Orchestra and Kylie Minogue’s
award-winning Fever Tour and the 2005
Showgirl Tour.
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visionaire
Words by Elly King | Styling & makeup by Augur Inc. | Photography by Lars Hansen
visionaire
Meet Danish fashion
Danish fashion photographer Lars Hansen remembers the day
he was bitten by the photography bug like it was yesterday…
photographer Lars Hansen
‘I was thirteen years old and I had a Although his style is his own, Lars
girlfriend living fifteen miles away. studies the way different artists go
I was riding my bike to her place. I was about their craft. Subtle traces of
in a special mood, ready to explore the the people he admires can be found
world with my new camera strapped in his own work. Steven Klein’s stories,
around my neck. After ten miles I took Paolo Roversi’s romantic flair, Anton
A big breath a rest in the grass, lying there looking at Corbikn’s highly contrasted portraits
Florence and the sun. There were flowers and insects and David Sims’ ability to capture
the Machine so I started taking pictures of a little fly movement are inspirational to Lars and
on a flower. I got carried away. The light, these things manifest themselves in an
the composure, the colours, the smells, ingenious, understated manner.
Can we weather everything! I went on and on for hours.
Lars creates fashion photography with a
the storm? I couldn’t stop. I really liked my girlfriend
but because of the opening to the story. Much of his work in menswear has
David Johnston photography world I was six hours late.’ the shadowy film noir feeling of the 1940s.
Elegantly handsome men against dark
Essay Girlfriends may have had to take a back cityscapes and rustic backdrops;
seat in Lars’ life but only because his the contrast of a striking ‘signature’.
The man who built work appears to be a naturally occurring The look was created working only at
his own house obsession — the need to photograph night using film lighting techniques.
flows and art ensues. Lars’ work Typically, when lighting a fashion shoot
has a timeless quality and an aching the model is illuminated and then the
moodiness, the narrative performing background. To get the essence of film
on the page. He plays beautifully with noir the traditional concept was inverted.
light and shadow. Shafts of light falling The room was dimly lit with spots of light
onto his models with inspired precision and the model worked into the various
and his use of muted, murky colours light settings. Lighting technique and the
set against splashes of rich colour, use of contrast is an important aspect of
creates a nostalgic glamour. Lars’ photography and one that allows
him to produce emotionally moving
Educated in Denmark and graduating images wherever the location.
in 2000, Lars started his studio the same
year with a portfolio that includes work Although having traveled the world
for magazine titles like Esquire (his and worked in stunning settings like
‘playground’), Arena, Harpers and Queen the Sahara and Ireland, Lars maintains,
and portraits of some big personalities, ‘most of my best pictures are still made
including the late Michael Jackson, in a stinky back alley 200 metres from
Depeche Mode and Will Smith. my home. It sounds like a cliché but
good pictures are everywhere.’ If you
have the talent of Lars, that is…
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