I recently had the pleasure and privilege to participate in a creative development on new show “Vertigo” with Compagnie Lumiére Fugitive in Vila Nova de Cerveira, northern Portugal. It was inspiring, fun and productive.http://bienaldecerveira.org/vertigo-une-lumiere-fugitive-residencia-artistica-na-fundacao-bienal-de-arte-de-cerveira-16-a-28-de-abril/
I’m pleased to announce the PlayMoves 2018 workshops in Brisbane.
July 7 – Play, Awareness Through Movement and Creativity- for General Public
July 8 – One Day Winter Performers‘ workshop
December 10 – 14 – Performers’ workshop
December 11 – 13 – “Insuring Failure” Clown Workshop.
Here’s the flyers:
PlayMoves Public LW July 7, 2018
PlayMoves for Performers,July8,2018
PlayMoves – CLOWN – Insuring Failure Brisbane Dec 2018
If you would like PlayMoves workshops in your region, community, organization, please contact me: anna@playmoves.org.
Warm Wishes,
Anna
Photo © International Feldenkrais® Federation Archive, Robert Golden.
GUSH recently returned from presenting MONSTERIA at the RCC during the Adelaide Fringe 2018.
We’re very excited to be awarded a BANKSA Best Circus and Physical Theatre Award for our last week in Adelaide.
Thanks to Helen Clifford, Elyse Fitzpatrick, RCC, and Sugarbag Bees. http://www.sugarbag.net/
Wonderful news. My play, SLOW BOAT, has been short-listed for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award. This means that I am having the opportunity to develop the script further. On March 18-21, this year 2018, the actors, co-director workshopped the current draft with the excellent dramaturge Hilary Beaton, who we welcomed into the creative team.
SLOW BOAT is inspired by the adventures of my father during WW2.
Photo Credit: Queensland Theatre. (l-r) Luke ha, Anna Yen, Therese Collie, Joel Chia, Julian Wong, Nicholas Ng, Hilary Beaton, Harry Tseng.
I am delighted to announce that GUSH won the 2017 Matilda Award for Best Costume Design for MONSTERIA. We were also nominated for Best Circus Physical Theatre.
Photos by Katrina Garvey and Rod Noendeng
Very much looking forward to performing in MONSTERIA with GUSH, Nov 30 -Dec 3 during Brisbane Powerhouse’s Wonderland Festival. MONSTERIA is directed by Celia White and the performers are the wonderful Mayu Muto, Bianca Mackail and I.
Cast of SLOW BOAT in Creative Development November 2016: (l-r) Harry Tseng, Julian Wong, Nicholas Ng, Luke Ha, Joel Chia. Photo by Georgina Greenhill. Slow Boat_ Synopsis 2017 SLOW BOAT is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Creative Sparks is a joint initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
A new creative project I am part of:
GUSH is a new feminist circus ensemble made up of 4 highly experienced women of circus. We use the repertoire of circus and the theatricality of contemporary performance to explore the way the performing feminine body is read and misread. The circus is unconventional and the performance is daring, ranging from the rebellious to the ridiculous. Photo by Suzon Fuks.
I’ll be in Melbourne August 15-19, 2016 to work in the Strong Women Project at Circus Oz. I’ll be Movement Trainer, along with a great team of Maude Davey ( Lead Director) and Rudi Mineur (Group Acro balances). Here is a video from last year’s Circus Oz Strong Women project where I was also Movement Trainer. Looking forward to it!