Australian Contemporary Dance

Dance Massive 3-15 March 2009


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Huit à Huit

Tuesday March 3 2009 - Friday March 6 2009

"...much of Dumas' work is performed in silence and is concerned with the articulation of questions rather than with narrative or with the development of answers to questions posed." - Australia Dancing

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Inert

Tuesday March 3 2009 - Sunday March 15 2009

"...an intimate, intricately made work" The Australian

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Mortal Engine

Wednesday March 4 2009 - Sunday March 8 2009

“The effect is terrifying, beautiful, unique and absolutely unforgettable…from the second the whirlpool of light hits the surface of the unfeasible steep set, the audience is at Mrtal Engines mercy”  The Metro, London

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roadkill

Thursday March 5 2009 - Sunday March 8 2009

“Fuelled by a collective creativity and inventive stagecraft, it is dark, primitive and very exciting.” Daily Express

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No Success Like Failure

Thursday March 5 2009 - Saturday March 7 2009

“Failure never looked so good, so silly, so successful…and so intelligent as The Fondue Set achieve a new level of wit in a bizarrely coherent show that is as carefully paced as it is manic…” RealTime

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Limina

Saturday March 7 2009 - Sunday March 8 2009

At the point where one thing becomes another, for a moment it is both. Limina explores these threshold moments, merging psychological and physical spaces, memory and present, dream and reality, to create an environment where linearity is re-arranged and we exist in multiple places at once.

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Melbourne Spawned a Monster

Saturday March 7 2009 - Sunday March 8 2009

"Complete. Dizzying. Satisfying...Melbourne Spawned a Monster is far and away the best original work we've seen from (Jo) Lloyd."  Chris Boyd

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180 Seconds in (Disco) Heaven or Hell

Sunday March 8 2009 - Sunday March 8 2009

Infusing a little ‘Night Fever' into Dance Massive, 180 Seconds in (Disco) Heaven or Hell presents a night of choreographic speed-dating meets po-mo disco.

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Morphia Series

Tuesday March 10 2009 - Sunday March 15 2009

Described as one of the quietest, smallest piece of dance ever seen, yet one of the bravest and most compelling.

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Vianne

Tuesday March 10 2009 - Wednesday March 11 2009

Vianne is 'about the space and the place one holds within that is also inhabited with other people: it is about knowing and how one knows. Where is Vianne, what does Vianne know and how does she know it?'

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lawn

Wednesday March 11 2009 - Saturday March 14 2009

"It's simply one of the best things you will see in the theatre...A series of physical and imaginative miracles." The Australian

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Untrained

Wednesday March 11 2009 - Saturday March 14 2009

A new work by Lucy Guerin Inc which questions our ideas about what is worth watching in a performance. This casual theatrical exploration presents four men, in a humorous and courageous examination of themselves and their art.

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A Volume Problem / The Counting / Puck

Wednesday March 11 2009 - Sunday March 15 2009

"Intricate...sublime...an important new force in Melbourne's dance scene" Realtime

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LIFESIZE

Thursday March 12 2009 - Friday March 13 2009

“…bordering on the pornographic… It intrigues, titillates and leaves one wondering whether one should be watching; (George) craftily sucks us all in.” The Age

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