Impermanence National Tour 15 June – 10 September 2022
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Welcome
The journey to bring Impermanence to the stage for its world premiere in 2021 was a long but incredibly rewarding one, with theatre closures, cancelled performances, rehearsals from home, and at last the joy of finally sharing this work with our beloved audiences and returning home to our newly refurbished Wharf Studios. It is such a privilege to now be taking Impermanence on tour to 15 locations around Australia, sharing the very best of contemporary dance with our national audiences through performances and educational workshops. The support of our donors and audiences over the past two years has been incredible and so very appreciated. This came in many forms and every piece of it contributed to ensuring that Sydney Dance Company is still here today. My sincere thanks go also to our major funders the Australian Government, through the Australia Council for the Arts, for their ongoing support. The Australian Government’s assistance programs over the course of 2020 and 2021 made a material difference to Sydney Dance Company and we are deeply grateful for that help. The NSW Government has also been a steadfast supporter of the Arts over this time. Not only is Sydney Dance Company grateful to be the recipient of ongoing partnership funding from the NSW Government, but we are also humbled and deeply thankful to have received support through their Restart and Renewal support package for the Arts. With that support we were able to employ the artists that have helped bring Impermanence to the stage and ensured that Sydney Dance Company could return to national and international touring. I would particularly like to thank the Australia Council for the Arts for their investment in our collaboration with the Australian String Quartet, enabling us to co-commission the stunning Bryce IDessner score.wouldalsolike to sincerely thank the NSW Government through Create NSW for our beautifully renewed home at the Wharf, underpinning all our creation and rehearsal activities together with our Open Classes and Advanced Training programs. With their support, and that of all those who invested in our vision, we have secured a home for Australian contemporary dance, now and into the future.
Lou ExecutiveOppenheimDirector
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It has often been said that Sydney Dance Company feels like a family; we work together collectively to bring these incredible works to the stage. We share the joys and triumphs of success and we gather together and buckle down to get through the challenges. My sincere thanks and appreciation go to all of the Sydney Dance Company family, Board, staff, dancers and audiences for what has been achieved to bring Impermanence to life. I encourage you to allow yourself to inhabit Impermanence – it is a reflection of our collective experience over the past few years, marking a moment in time where we could truly appreciate the fleeting nature of all we hold dear.
The majority of the score was written towards the end of 2019 when the bushfire crisis overwhelmed Australia. Bryce was deeply affected by what he was seeing; the images of the bush on fire, headline news across the world, permeated his thinking and the work.
What a journey. In 2020, as we were in the theatre in technical rehearsal for the original iteration of Impermanence, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent, and a matter of days before opening night, the curtain came down before it had ever Afterbeen raised.thechallenges we have all faced, as a nation and as global citizens, it is an enormous privilege to finally be able to present this work. I am truly delighted that you are here, in a theatre, and watching Sydney Dance Company perform in our National Tour of Impermanence Bryce Dessner and I were initially inspired to consider the ephemeral nature of life when we spent time together in Paris in 2019, shortly after the Notre Dame fire. We reflected on how easily things fall apart, even structures we imagine to be eternal, but also the fragility and impermanence of human life, the planet and human relationships. This transience, so fleeting and vulnerable is the perfect subject for live performance and in a post-COVID “new normal”, a work that we created to reflect on vulnerability has added poignancy.
As it became apparent towards the end of 2020 that we would, perhaps, be able to perform on stage again, I contacted Bryce to explore extending both his score and my choreography; to create a full-length work that responded to the initial stimulus and to the shattering change to the fabric of our lives that had affected us all.
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Welcome to Impermanence
The personal connection he felt to Australia, to Sydney, to the Company, the dancers, saw beauty germinate from desolation.
Bryce has created incredible music. It is full of emotional power; epic, driven, raw and poignant. The choreography takes its cues from these drivers inspired by the questions the music raises for me – what do we hold dear? How do we make each and every moment count? From devastation, what is the pathway through energy and urgency to peace and radiance? In 2015, I choreographed Frame of Mind using Bryce Dessner’s Ahyem; a driving, thrilling piece for string quartet, originally commissioned by the Kronos Quartet. I really connected to that piece of music and the artistic relationship with Bryce grew once he had an opportunity to see the dancers rehearsing to his score. He was in Sydney performing with his band, The National, in 2018 when he had the opportunity to visit the studio. From that meeting, our creative collaboration blossomed. It has been a real treat to conceive of this work together – to explore the emotional drivers through both dance and music and to arrive at a place where the parts knit together so closely to make the whole. And ironically, to be able to shape Impermanence in response to such unexpected, but life-changing global
that whole is of course the Australian String Quartet – working with them to not only realise the work for performance but to actually jointly commission the score has been a joy. I want to thank the wonderful musicians of the Australian String Quartet, Dale Barltrop, Francesca Hiew, Stephen King and Michael Dahlenburg, and guest musician Christopher Cartlidge. Their talent is breathtaking and their passion for this project inspiring. It has been a pleasure to work again with Damien Cooper whose lighting brings so much depth to this work, with designers David Fleischer and Aleisa Jelbart, whose deigns in set and costume have captured our world of Impermanence. My sincere thanks go to all those who have worked on Impermanence, especially the dancers, whose tenacity, passion and resilience, through months of Zoom rehearsals and dancing in lounge rooms across Sydney, have brought us to the stage today. Now more than ever, I realise that we must make the most of every moment, that every moment counts; we must hold tight what we hold dear. I hope that you enjoy every moment of Impermanence.
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8 sydneydancecompany.com Choreographer Rafael Bonachela Composer Bryce Dessner Lighting Designer Damien Cooper Stage Designer David Fleischer Costume Designer Aleisa Jelbart Australian String Quartet Dale Barltrop – Violin I Francesca Hiew – Violin II Christopher Cartlidge – Viola Michael Dahlenburg – Cello Impermanence Composition for String Quartet and Electronics by Bryce Dessner AnotherRequiemPulsingImpermanenceEmergencyShardsEmbersUrgencesAlarmsDisintegrationAlarmsBefore2-AshesWorld Additional Electronics David Chalmin Another World – song by Anohni with arrangement for live quartet by Bryce Dessner. Use of Anohni’s Another World is with kind permission of Kobalt Music Publishing. Another World is written by Anohni and administered by Kobalt Music Publishing. Recording produced by Anohni, Antony and The Johnsons, Rough Trade 2008, Remote Control Records. Impermanence Impermanence, a work by Rafael Bonachela, featuring Bryce Dessner’s composition, CompanycommissionedImpermanence,bySydneyDanceandAustralianStringQuartet (by arrangement with Chester Music Ltd, Wise Music Group) With generous support from: The Neilson Foundation Antoinette Albert, Don & Veronica Aldridge, The Berg Family Foundation, Paul Brady & Christine Yip, Jillian Broadbent AC & Olev Rahn, Jane & Andrew Clifford, Manuela Darling, Chum Darvall AM & Sonja Woodwell, Susie Dickson & Martin Dickson AM, Helen Pagnin & Angie Ellis, Bahar Etminan & Herbert Appleroth, John Griffiths & Beth Jackson, Janet & Michael Hayes, Alicia K Kemp, Joan Lyons, Jules Maxwell, In memory of Nola McCullagh, Janet McLachlan, Didy McLaurin, Catriona Mordant AM & Simon Mordant AO, Paris Neilson & Todd Buncombe, Rebel Penfold-Russell OAM & Ian Low, Dominique Robinson, Bernard Ryan & Michael Rowe, Jeanette Sandford-Morgan OAM, Penelope Seidler AM, Ezekiel Solomon AM, Allegra Spender & Mark Capps, Bianca Spender & Sam McGuinness, The Ian Wallace Family Bequest, Kathy White and Carla Zampatti CommissioningFoundation.
Partners: The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Araluen Arts Centre, Art House Wyong, Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, Canberra Theatre Centre, Capitol Theatre Tamworth, Civic Theatre (City of Newcastle), Darwin Entertainment Centre, Frankston Arts Centre, Glasshouse Port Macquarie, Griffith Regional Theatre, Lighthouse Theatre Warrnambool, Mildura Arts Centre, Orange Civic Theatre, Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre, Theatre Royal Hobart & Ulumbarra Theatre (Bendigo Venues & Events).
Impermanence is presented in association with the Australian String Quartet. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and Theadvisory body.ASQacknowledges musicians Sharon Grigoryan – cello and Rachael Tobin – cello, who have been part of the development and recording of this work.
You can read more of Rafael’s biography here
Rafael Bonachela is a Choreographer, Artistic Director and Curator whose career has seen him successfully span high art and popular culture, working across a range of art forms, including contemporary dance, art installations, pop concerts, musicals, film, commercials and Bonachelafashion.was born in La Garriga near Barcelona (1972) where he began his early dance training before moving to London to join the legendary Rambert Dance Company where he danced from 1992 to 2004. In 2008, Rafael premiered his first full-length production 360° for Sydney Dance Company. Less than six months later he was appointed Artistic Director, making international headlines and heralding a new era in Australian contemporary dance. His vision for the Company embraces a guiding principle that sees commissioned dance works by Australian and International choreographers alongside his own critically acclaimed creations. In 2022, Cartier announced Rafael as a new Friend of the Maison. From his internationally recognised talent as both a dancer and choreographer, to his commitments supporting a new generation of emerging artists and choreographers, Bonachela embodies values cherished by Cartier: strength of character, virtuosity and the ability to find beauty wherever it may lie. Bonachela’s work is strong, sober and sharp. The exploration of pure movement is where he finds his unmistakable style. The result is an incandescent dance that springs from the power of movement, in which energy and muscle strength combine with a great emotional sensitivity.
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RafaelAbout Bonachela
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Rafael and I met in Paris in the northern summer of 2019 to explore concepts for a new work. Following the Notre-Dame fire, I had been mulling over a number of themes that intrigued me. Living in Paris, I had been deeply shaken as the world-renowned cathedral, the beating heart of the city for over 850 years and the symbol of so much art and humanity, burned and was forever transformed. The mutability of the structures around us, both tangible and intangible, became central to my thoughts. In the following weeks and months, a catastrophic bushfire season in Australia escalated. Images were beamed around the world on the internet and TV and I was horrified to see the devastation it caused to the bushland, the wildlife, and to people’s homes and livelihoods. Having regularly visited Australia, and spent time in Mallacoota, I was profoundly moved by the images of loss, destruction and panic that were being shared across the world. I was also deeply affected by the beauty that revealed itself in the aftermath – the hope, and the anticipation. These events, and their impacts, fundamentally shaped the architecture of this work and became pivotal to its development. With just days to go before opening night, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent and the scheduled premiere and performances of what had become Impermanence were cancelled. Devastating at so many levels. However, as Australia has worked towards a new COVID-normal, Rafael contacted me to explore extending both my composition and the choreography, reflecting on both the incredible paradigm shift the world has experienced during the pandemic and how we all have been affected. The fragility of our existence and the vulnerabilities that have been exposed have been compounded, from our relationship to the planet, the climate and the structures around us, to change at a profoundly personal
A Note from the Composer
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Thelevel.intimacy of composing chamber music and working with strings is a passion. I am delighted that Sydney Dance Company has joined forces with the Australian String Quartet to commission this work and thrilled that the Quartet will play live on stage with the Rafaeldancers.and I both wanted to end the work with a song. My friend Anohni was delighted to collaborate with us, and I asked if we could adapt her incredibly beautiful song Another World as the closing of Impermanence. Her lyrics encapsulate perfectly everything that Rafael and I sought to achieve with this piece. “I need another place. Will there be peace? I need another world. This one’s nearly gone.”
Composing for dance is something that has always fascinated me – my sister is a dancer – and the symbiosis of music and movement, each weighted equally, is the most satisfying of collaborations for me. After meeting Rafael and the dancers when I visited Sydney in 2018 and seeing the way Rafael used three tracks from my work Aheym in his 2015 piece Frame of Mind, I was intrigued to work with Sydney Dance Company on a commissioned score and a new work.
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Bryce Dessner
Recent major works include Concerto for Two Pianos for Katia and Marielle Labèque, premiered by London Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded for Deutsche Grammophon; Voy a Dormir for Kelley O’Connor and Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Skrik Trio for Steve Reich and Carnegie Hall; the ballet No Tomorrow cowritten with Ragnar Kjartansson; and Wires for Ensemble Intercontemporain. In 2019, Gautier Capuçon premiered a new work by Dessner commissioned by Fondation Louis Vuitton, and Los Angeles Philharmonic premiered Triptych (Eyes for One on Another), a major theatre piece integrating the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe. New York’s Metropolitan Museum featured a song by Dessner in one of its first contemporary installations. Dessner’s albums include El Chan and St. Carolyn by the Sea on Deutsche Grammophon; Music for Wood and Strings (Brassland records); Aheym commissioned by Kronos Quartet; and When We Are Inhuman by Dessner, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Eighth Blackbird. Click to read more about Bryce Dessner’s Impermanence score to feature Mercury-Prize-winner Anohni Click to listen to Bryce Dessner on Spotify
Dessner collaborates with some of today’s most creative and respected artists, including Philip Glass, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Paul Simon, Sufjan Stevens, Johnny Greenwood, Bon Iver, Kelley O’Connor, Nico Muhly and Steve Reich, who named Dessner “a major voice of his generation.” His orchestrations can be heard on the new albums of Paul Simon and Bon Iver. In 2015, Rafael Bonachela choreographed his work Frame of Mind to Dessner’s dramatic contemporary classical album Aheym recorded by Kronos Quartet. Frame of Mind went on to win four Helpmann Awards, has toured internationally and was performed live by the Australian String Quartet in Sydney Dance Company’s 2018 reprise of the Brycework.Dessner was named one of a collective of eight “extraordinary artists, thinkers and doers” to help steer the artistic leadership of Esa-Pekka Salonen as San Francisco Symphony Orchestra’s new Music Director from September 2020.
Bryce Dessner is a vital and rare force in new music. He has won Grammy Awards as a classical composer and with the band The National, of which he is founding member, guitarist, arranger and co-principal song-writer. He is commissioned to write for the world’s leading ensembles, from Orchestre de Paris to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Meanwhile he is a high-profile presence in film score composition, with credits including Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant – for which he was Grammy and Golden Globe nominated, as well as his score for the triple Oscar-nominated The Two Popes (Netflix – November 2019) featuring legendary actors Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce. The breadth and level of Dessner’s creative output is remarkable.
Damien has won three Sydney Theatre Awards, four Green Room awards and two APDG awards.
The design for Impermanence is a pure, abstracted architectural gesture that goes on its own journey throughout the show. At times it operates like a wall, at other times a horizon of a landscape; later, a window to nature, as well as a curtain that may close off that outside world. The set provides a context for the souls that inhabit it in this chaotic and alarming world. The journey the music takes is mirrored by the movement of this single scenic element, amplified by the arresting treatments of light. The purity of the space aims to be in harmony with the clarity and distinction of the string quartet on stage. Biography David is a set, costume and production designer working across Australia with leading theatre, dance and opera companies. He has worked extensively with Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Dance Company, Belvoir St Theatre, as well as Opera Australia, Sydney Chamber Opera, Pinchgut Opera among others. His works have been presented throughout the country as well as internationally. Notable recent productions include Fangirls (Belvoir), The Harp In The South (Sydney Theatre Company) and ab [intra] (Sydney Dance Company).
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Damien Cooper, Lighting Designer
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Highlights include Cinco, ab [intra] and Grand for Sydney Dance Company, Of Earth and Sky for Bangarra Dance Theatre and The Happy Prince for The Australian Ballet. Damien’s career highlights include Neil Armfield’s productions of The Ring Cycle for Opera Australia and Exit the King on Broadway starring Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon.
David Fleischer, Stage Designer
I do love the energy it brings. This on top of Bryce’s intense score, Rafael’s ever climaxing choreography on the full company of dancers. Amazing! Intense! The lighting and scenic design will create a landscape for these highly energised elements to exist within. A dose of simplicity? Purity? I often seek these elements in other aspects of my life - fashion, architecture, design. The simple and pure items always stand out. They bring balance. Enjoy. Biography Damien works with many leading dance companies in Australia and his work has toured extensively around the globe.
The costumes for Impermanence were inspired by the music, composed by Bryce Dessner, as well as the vivid imagery of the Australian bushfires at the end of 2019. The score is so layered, with an intensity and a sense of heaviness to it, contrasted by moments of hope, and I wanted the costumes to reflect this. I started by establishing a colour palette, with the idea of using this to find lightness in the work. I avoided using blacks and whites, or any colours that were too strong and would be too intense alongside the music, and instead landed on a palette of muted hues and soft, earthy tones. The softness of these colours also reflects the concept of hope emerging from the intensity, in the same way that the incredible images of rejuvenation followed the devastation of the bushfires.
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Aleisa Jelbart, Costume Designer
The simplicity of the dancers’ shorts provided me with a base to work from, giving me the freedom to explore a variety of textures and structures for the top half of the costumes. Using the idea of the fire at the Notre-Dame that initially inspired Bryce’s music, and the architectural elements of the historic cathedral, I have incorporated a mixture of strong lines and draping fabrics. The softness of seeing the dancers’ skin through short-sleeves or splits along the back of a top allow for a sense of vulnerability and connection to the movement happening on stage.
Biography Aleisa Jelbart is a Sydney based costume and set designer. For Sydney Dance Company Aleisa has designed costumes for Rafael Bonachela’s Lux Tenebris (2016) and Anima (2016), Melanie Lane’s WOOF (2019) and a number of works featured in New Breed (2014–2022). Aleisa was the recipient of the 2016 Berlin New Music Opera Award and the 2014/15 Hephzibah Tintner Fellowship for Production Design. Aleisa specialises in design for movement, dance, cross disciplinary performance and devised work.
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15 #2022SDC Angelina Zucco Chief Executive The opportunity to work with like-minded individuals is the stuff of dreams. It has been our great pleasure to play a part in the co-creation of Impermanence with Rafael Bonachela, Bryce Dessner and the fearless team at Sydney Dance Company. Through the visionary leadership of Sydney Dance Company, this project has grown from a ‘what if?’ to a ground-breaking collaboration between leading Australian companies and innovators. With the generous investment of our respective supporters, we are privileged to play our part in making powerful contemporary work for our world. Impermanence is a work that is both for and of our time and we thank you for joining us. ASQ PATRON Maria Myers AC ASQ LIFE MEMBER Jeanette SandfordMorgan OAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS Hayley SheenaBaillieBoughen OAM Alexandra(Chair) Burt Bruce Nicholas(DeputyCooperChair)Callinan AO John SuzanneSusanJanetMarisaJanetEvansHayesMandileMcLachlanRenoufStark MANAGEMENT Kate Duthy CRM & ChiefAngelinaDevelopmentMichelleManagerCommunicationsMarketingKaneAccountsLeigh&DirectorStephenCreativeSamuelSpecialHelenExecutiveAlisonOperationsSophieCoordinatorAdministrationEmeryManagerGrowdenAssistantHristofskiProjectsManagerJozepsProducerKingofEngagementLearningMilneMoroney&RichardsManagerZuccoExecutive
He joined the ASQ in 2016 and also serves as Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Prior to this, he was Concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Canada and Principal Second Violin of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra in the US.
Pictured L-R: Dale Barltrop, Francesca Hiew, Christopher Cartlidge, Michael Dahlenburg. Photo: Jacqui Way.
Brisbane-born violinist, Dale Barltrop, has concertised across Australia and the globe.
He has studied with William Preucil, Gerald Fischbach, Elizabeth Morgan and Marcia Cox. Francesca Hiew, Violin Francesca joined the Australian String Quartet in 2016 after being a full-time member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and a core member of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. Highlights from her diverse performance career include playing in front of 10,000 people alongside Bruce Springsteen, recording with friend and fellow violinist Sally Cooper for The X Factor, and sightreading Ravel’s Duo with Dutch cellist, Pieter Wispelwey, in concert. Francesca is devoted to fostering future chamber musicians and audiences. She enjoys teaching and has tutored emerging ensembles and violinists across Australia and internationally. Constantly refining her own theories on violin technique (an obsession inherited from her teacher William Hennessy), Francesca believes generosity and the sharing of knowledge can only strengthen our musical communities.
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A product of the Queensland Instrumental Music Program, Dale made his solo debut with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra at the age of fifteen and was Concertmaster of both the Queensland and Australian Youth Orchestras. Dale has also appeared as Concertmaster of the Australian World Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle and guest director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
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a full scholarship at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music where he studied with Josephine St Leon, and at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). During his studies, he was the recipient of several awards and accolades, including the University of Tasmania’s Director’s Prize, and inclusion on the University of Tasmania’s Dean’s Roll of Excellence. In 2015 he was a grand-finalist and multiple prize-winner in the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards.
Michael Dahlenburg, Cello
Michael is an Australian cellist, conductor, and educator. His prolific career as a cellist has seen him play in a variety of different musical settings. He was Principal Cellist of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and has been Guest Principal Cellist with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (NZ), and Orchestra Victoria.
Christopher Cartlidge, Viola Australian violist Christopher Cartlidge joined the ASQ in 2021, after ten years as a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra where he held the position of Associate Principal Viola. He regularly appears as a guest in orchestras across Australia and New Zealand and as a soloist, Christopher has appeared with both the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony ChristopherOrchestras.studiedon
Michael was a founding member of the acclaimed Hamer Quartet who won First Prize, Grand Prize, and Audience Prize at the 2009 Asia-Pacific Chamber Competition. As a soloist and chamber musician, Michael has given performances at festivals and concert halls around the world. He has studied chamber music with Gerhard Schulz, Paul Katz, András Kellar, Heime Müller, Barbara Westphal, Hatto Beyerle, William Hennessy and the Artemis, Tokyo and Jerusalem Quartets amongst many others.
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Richard Cilli, Rehearsal Director Born in Boorloo (Perth), Richard Cilli trained at WAAPA and Taipei National University of the Arts before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2009. His international performing career has seen him work with a range of choreographers including Rafael Bonachela, Lloyd Newson, Stephanie Lake, Anouk van Dijk, Jacopo Godani, Lucy Guerin, Gideon Obarzanek, Alexander Ekman, Adam Linder, Emanuel Gat and Kenneth Kvarnström. Richard has danced with Sydney Dance Company, Rambert, Chunky Move, Australasian Dance Collective, Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc. and K.Kvarnström & Co (Sweden). In 2010 he was awarded the Helpmann for best male dancer for his performance in Rafael Bonachela’s we unfold, and in 2012 won the Australian Ballet’s 50th Anniversary Ballet AsCompetition.achoreographer he has created work for Sydney Dance Company, The Australian Ballet, Pre-Professional Year, LINK Dance Company and WAAPA, as well as various independently produced works. A certified Countertechnique teacher, Richard has taught at institutions around Australia and the world, including the 2019 One Body, One Career intensive in Montreal, Canada. Richard assumed the role of Rehearsal Director at Sydney Dance Company in 2021, since which he has worked on Impermanence national tour, Bonachela’s dance film Years, New Breed 2021, Ohad Naharin’s Decadance, and the French tour of ab [intra]. Charmene Yap, Rehearsal Associate Charmene Yap is a multi-award-winning dancer, rehearsal director and choreographer. She is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and Purchase College New York. In her early career, Charmene was a recipient of an Australian Council Skills and Development Grant and nominee of the prestigious Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative Award. Prior to her decade of performing with Sydney Dance Company, Charmene danced for companies Chunky Move, Tasdance, Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc., Armitage Gone! Dance Company and worked with numerous choreographers including Tanja Liedtke and Antony Hamilton. She has featured in films including Think Of Yourself As Plural by David Rosetzky, Del Kathryn Barton’s Red, and Katie Noonan’s music video Quicksand. Charmene joined Sydney Dance Company as a dancer in 2010, performing the majority of works by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela, and other Australian and international choreographers including William Forsythe, Alexander Ekman and Stephanie Lake. She has won numerous awards including the Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer in 2012, the Australian Dance Award in 2013 for 2 One Another, and the Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer in 2014 for 2 in D Minor. Charmene has choreographed works performed by Sydney Dance Company and Co3 Company in Perth and more recently was Assistant Choreographer for Gideon Obarzanek’s Us 50 which celebrated Sydney Dance Company’s 50th Anniversary. In September 2019, Charmene commenced her role as Sydney Dance Company’s inaugural Rehearsal Associate, supported by the Nelson Meers Foundation and Sydney Dance Company’s Dancers’ Circle, working with the company’s artistic and education departments. Charmene also continues to perform and develop her choreographic practice.
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Born in Sydney on Gadigal Land, Tamara started her dance training at the age of three with the Northern Beaches Dance Academy. She trained at various schools including Warringah Performing Arts, The Village Performing Arts and Brent Street, alongside classical training at Tanya Pearson’s Classical Coaching Academy. In 2019 Tamara graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance). Tamara made her professional debut in Colossus with the Stephanie Lake Company (2018-2020) and has since performed and worked with various independent artists and companies in the realms of contemporary dance, contemporary circus, children’s educational dance performances and physical theatre. Tamara joined Sydney Dance Company in May 2022 and will make her debut with the Company for their national tour of Rafael Bonachela’s Impermanence in June.
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Dean Elliott Dean began his dance training in Auckland, New Zealand at age 17. In 2018, he graduated from Ev and Bow Full-time Dance Training Centre in Sydney. During his time there, he worked with many Australian dance professionals and performed in works by choreographers Larissa McGowan, Anton, Robbie Curtis and Adam Blanch. In 2018, Dean appeared as a special guest artist in the Sydney City Youth Ballet’s Australian Tour of Together Live, performing in Lucas Jervies’ PowerHouse Dean played the role of Young Brett Whitely in Theatre of Image’s Brett and Wendy… A Love Story Bound by Art directed by Kim Carpenter and choreographed by Lucas Jervies. Dean joined Sydney Dance Company in 2019.
Jacopo Grabar Italian born Jacopo trained at Ateneo della Danza in Siena. In 2012 he joined Balletto di Siena as an apprentice and graduated to full time dancer in season 2013 –14. Jacopo received his American Ballet Theatre NTC diploma in 2013, before joining Baltic Dance Theatre (Gdańsk, Poland) the following year where he worked with choreographers including Jiří Kylián, Patrick Delcroix and the director, Izadora Weiss. In 2015 he joined ImPerfect Dancers Company (Pisa, Italy), directed by Walter Matteini and Ina Broeckx and in August 2016 joined Ballet des Stadttheater Bremerhaven, under the direction of Sergei Vanaev, where he worked with Itzik Galili and Ed Wubbe. Jacopo joined Sydney Dance Company in August 2018. Liam Green Having grown up in Perth, Liam trained with a range of local schools, including Dynamic Performing Arts and The Graduate College of Dance. At 15, Liam was accepted into the Advanced Diploma of Dance at WAAPA, the youngest to enter the program. Liam worked with the West Australian Ballet for five years, ending his time at the Company as a DemiSoloist, before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2019. Liam’s repertoire is expansive and diverse, including works such as Radio and Juliet by Edward Clug, In Transit by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and WOOF by Melanie Lane. Liam has also completed a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Finance and Economics, at The University of Western Australia.
Luke was born in Alice Springs and received his early training at Central Dance Theatre and Alice Springs Gymnastics before moving to Sydney to train at Tanya Pearson’s Classical Coaching Academy and Studio Tibor. He then furthered his studies in Germany by completing a Bachelor of Dance at Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden. While there, Luke interned at Yuval Pick’s National Choreographic Center De Rillieux-la-Pape and Elena Tupyseva’s Balet Moskva. Upon graduating with Honours, he received the Ingrid-Biedenkopf-Stipendium and accepted a contract with Theater Balet Moskva in Moscow, where he joined their Ballet troupe and Contemporary troupe as a Soloist for the 2016/17 Season. Luke joined Sydney Dance Company in 2019 and has worked with an extensive array of choreographers including Rafael Bonachela, Gabrielle Nankivell, Melanie Lane, Gideon Obarzanek and Ohad Naharin. Morgan Hurrell Born and raised in Mudgee NSW, Morgan began her early training at age 2 and attended Dance Unlimited until 2019. Focusing on her passion for contemporary dance, at age 17 Morgan had numerous offers for full-time placements. She accepted an offer to attend National College of Dance in Newcastle where she completed her Diploma of Dance. In 2021 Morgan moved to Sydney to study an Advanced Diploma of Dance with Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year. She joined Sydney Dance Company as a Trainee at the end of 2021, supported by The Wales Family, and her first onstage performance with the Company was in Jacopo Grabar’s work Stereotipo for New Breed 2021. Sophie Jones Sophie grew up in Angourie NSW and trained with Adele Lewis School of Dance. At the age of 14 she moved to Burleigh Heads, Queensland to begin full time ballet training and further her studies with Prudence Bowen Atelier. After extensive years of training she received a traineeship with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago where she worked with numerous choreographers and performed Etudes by Harald Lander, and George Balanchine’s Serenade. After discovering an interest in contemporary dance, Sophie completed her diploma and advanced diploma with Sydney Dance Company’s Pre Professional Year in 2020 and 2021. During this time she had the opportunity to perform works by Holly Doyle, Omer Backley-Astrachan, Jessica Goodfellow and Rafael Bonachela. Sophie joined Sydney Dance Company as a Trainee in January 2022, supported by the David and Fee Hancock Foundation. Rhys Kosakowski Rhys Kosakowski, a classical ballet and contemporary dancer originally from Newcastle, strives to embrace his creativity through the art of rhythm and dance. Rhys’ passion for movement has propelled him to success; he performed with Houston Ballet Company for 6 years as a Corps de Ballet dancer and played Billy in Billy Elliot The Musical (Australia 2007) as one of the original four Billys. After slowly building a following in the dance industry, Rhys entered the fashion industry and has shot with globally known photographers whilst also collaborating with artists and videographers. Rhys is passionate about combining the qualities of fashion and artistry with the movement of dancing. Rhys joined Sydney Dance Company in 2020.
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Emily Seymour Sydney born, Emily Seymour began her training in all styles of dance at All Starz Performing Arts Studio and later studied full-time ballet at Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy. In 2016, Emily was a member of Houston Ballet II for two years, following a year as an Apprentice with Houston Ballet Company. While in Houston, Emily performed in works by Stanton Welch, Alexander Ekman, John Neumeier, George Balanchine and many more. Emily joined West Australian Ballet as a Young Artist for one year before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2018. Emily’s first performance with the Company was at the Théâtre National De Chaillot in Paris, followed by Sydney Dance Company’s European Spring Tour. Since joining the Company, Emily has performed in Rafael Bonachela’s ab [intra], Frame of Mind and Lux Tenebris; Melanie Lane’s WOOF; and Gabrielle Nankivell’s Wildebeest and Neon Aether #2022SDC
Jesse Scales Born in Hobart, Jesse is from Adelaide where they trained with Terry Simpson and received the RAD Solo Seal. They received full scholarships to study with Complexions Contemporary Ballet in New York and Nederlands Dans Theatre in The Hague and went on to major in classical ballet at the New Zealand School of Dance. Since joining Sydney Dance Company in 2012, Jesse performed a feature role in the Australian premiere of William Forsythe’s Quintett for which they were awarded the 2015 Green Room Award for ‘Best Female Dancer’ and a nomination for the 2015 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Female Dancer’. Jesse made their choreographic debut in Sydney Dance Company’s 2016 New Breed season, and choreographed Inertia in New Breed 2020. In 2017, the Dance Australia Critics’ Choice Survey named Jesse as ‘Most Outstanding Dancer’.
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Chloe started dancing at the age of six at Sydney’s Brent Street studios, and later studied at Lindfield’s Ecole Ballet and Dance Theatre. In 2010 she completed three years training at London’s Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Chloe moved to Barcelona in 2012 to join the junior contemporary company IT Dansa under the direction of Catherine Allard. During her two years with the Company she performed works by Rafael Bonachela, Alexander Ekman, Ohad Naharin and Sidi Labi Cherkaoui. Chloe joined Sydney Dance Company in 2015. She won the 2015 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Female Dancer’ for her performance in William Forsythe’s Quintett. Chloe made her choreographic debut in New Breed 2020 with her piece Nostalgia. Connor McMahon Connor began training at Planetdance in Sydney, Australia and continued his contemporary dance training at Ev & Bow, receiving his Diploma of Dance in 2021. During his final year, Connor made his musical theatre debut as Baby John in Opera Australia/GWB Entertainment’s production of West Side Story in Perth, WA, continuing onto the national tour around Australia. Since graduating, Connor has performed in Sydney Choreographic Centre’s production Galileo with Francesco Ventriglia. Connor joined Sydney Dance Company in July 2022.
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Mia Thompson Mia was born in Queensland and started her dance training at the age of four with the Yvonne Brittain Dance Academy. She went on to join Queensland Ballet’s Pre-Professional Year in 2010 where she performed alongside the Company in many productions. In 2011 Mia joined West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). After completing two years at WAAPA, Mia accepted a job with Queensland Ballet under the directorship of Li Cunxin. After three years with the Queensland Ballet, Mia joined Scottish Ballet as an artist in 2016 and was promoted to First Artist in 2018. Her highlights include the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Peter Darrell’s The Nutcracker. Mia joined Sydney Dance Company in January 2019.
KaiDancersTaberner Kai Taberner is an emerging contemporary movement artist and choreographer. Originally from Sydney, Kai Taberner acquired an interest in ballet and contemporary dance at the age of 12, training with the Valerie Jenkins Academy of Ballet and the NSW public schools dance ensembles. In 2021, Kai graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance Performance) from QUT in Brisbane. Kai has performed both nationally and internationally and made his choreographic debut at NIDA in 2019 with Axis Trajected. Using his multidisciplinary skills, Kai has performed for a range of Company’s in various styles, including Oblaat for Supercell: Festival of Contemporary Dance in Brisbane (2020), Leviathan with Circa Contemporary Circus (2020), The Australian Ballet premiere of The Creatures of Prometheus by Jayden Grogan (2021), Cirque Bon Bon at Brisbane Powerhouse (2021), and lndependance with Phluxus2Dance Collective (2020 and 2021). Kai joined Sydney Dance Company in 2022 and ab [intra] will be his performance debut with the Company.
Coco Wood Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Coco started training at the Kerry Moore School of Ballet. In 2015 she was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School in Melbourne where she spent 4 years. While at VCASS she performed in many works, notably Tim Harbour’s contemporary work Romeo and Juliet and Jonathon Taylor’s Summer’s End. At the end of her schooling, Coco was accepted into third year of the Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London. In 2020, Coco was accepted into Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year program, where she engaged in works by Holly Doyle, Jessica Goodfellow, Omer Backley-Astrachan and Rafael Bonachela. In 2021, Coco performed in Rhiannon Newton’s The Gift of a Warning for New Breed and joined Sydney Dance Company as a Trainee in 2022, supported by The Wales Family.
Chloe Young Chloe graduated from Queensland National Ballet’s Advanced Diploma in Elite Performance in 2016. Chloe performed with Queensland National Ballet School as Alice in Alice in Wonderland, a soloist in Mulan, and Phyrgia in Spartacus, as well as a special guest at the Alana Haines Australian Awards (2017) and the Press Freedom Dinner (2017). In 2017, Chloe graduated from Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year and joined the Company as Trainee in 2018. Chloe’s first onstage performance with the Company was in Rafael Bonachela’s award winning works Frame Of Mind and Lux Tenebris during the Company’s South America Tour to Chile and Colombia in 2018. She has since performed in Rafael Bonachela’s Cinco, ab [intra] and Impermanence, as well as Gabrielle Nankivell’s Wildebeest, Antony Hamilton’s Forever and Ever and Melanie Lane’s WOOF
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StaffBoardofDirectors Brett Clegg (Chair) David Baxby Jillian Broadbent AC David CatrionaMarkAlexaEmmaFriedlanderGrayHaslingdenHassellMordant AM Sandra ParisEmma-JaneMcCullaghNewton(DeputyChair)Neilson Patron Dame Darcey Bussell DBE Founding Patron Dancers’ Circle Julian Knights AO Ambassadors Judy Crawford Bee JulesWoodMaxwell Dance Noir Committee Co-Chairs: Mandy Foley Peter Reeve Committee: Sally Burleigh, Hilary Burton, Jane Clifford, Debbie Coffey, Georgie Fergusson, Alexa Haslingden, Anna Houssels, Tina Johnson, Jan Logan, Jane McCallum, Stephen Thatcher, Christina Voitenko, Michelle Walsh, Judi Wolf. Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela Executive Director Lou Oppenheim Deputy DirectorExecutive Caroline Spence Executive Assistant Andy Grant Producer Dominic Chang Programming Coordinator Kerry JacobThampapillaiWilliams(ParentalLeaveCover) Chief Financial Officer Sean Radcliffe Accountant Melissa Sim Payroll Assistant Carina Mision Head of Open Programs Polly LachlanBrettBell(Parental Leave Cover) Dance Class Manager Ramon Doringo Conditioning Studio Manager Felicity McGee Customer Service Manager Michael Sieders Customer Service Assistant Kimberley Brewster Head of Training Linda Gamblin Pre-Professional Year Course Coordinator Omer Backley-Astrachan Training Associate Juliette Barton Learning Manager Sam Dashwood Learning Coordinator Alys Gwillim Head of Philanthropy Michelle Boyle Philanthropy Manager Madeleine White Philanthropy Coordinator Anya Platoskina External Affairs Assistant Amy Burrows Corporate Partnerships Manager Marcus Hurley Management 24 sydneydancecompany.com
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