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ReelDance

Adelaide August 22-31 Antistatic
Adelaide August 22-31 Antistatic
Christchurch Sept 25 - Oct 12 The Body Festival of Dance and Physical Theatre
Byron Bay (Northern Rivers Performing Arts), Cairns (On Edge Contemporary Media & Performance), Melbourne (ACMI), Sydney (Performance Space Carriageworks), Hobart (Salamanca Arts Centre), Perth (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art) , Noosa, Brisbane World Dance Alliance & Ausdance QLD
Movers and shakers The Australian, Arts, May 2008 »
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The ABC of Dance 4 Film : Episodes One to Three
A compendium of short dance films from around the world hosted by Frances Rings (Aust) and Jonzi D (from the UK). Launched last December at the Australian High Commission in London and screened as part of the 4th International Dance Film Festival in Yokohama, 2008, this is a unique and exciting collaboration between the ABC, the Australian Council, Channel 4 (UK) and the Arts Council England.
The first of the series of three 30 minute dance programs to be shown over consecutive Tuesday’s in Artscape, includes the especially commissioned works Dis-oriental from Sean O'Brien, choreographed and performed by Yumi Umiumare and Rosie Dennis & Samuel James with Quietly Collapsed.

Photographs: Mayu Kanamori, Michelle Mossop, Jon Armstrong
Music: Dr Thomas Fitzgrald
CHIKA is a multi-layered production which crosses the genres of journalism, visual and performing arts, incorporating original live music, dance and narration, documentary images, archival video and recorded interviews to tell a story - the story of Chika Honda, a Japanese woman who spent a decade in Australian jails for a crime she has always insisted she did not commit.
Concept/Photography: Mayu Kanamori
Original Music Composition: Thomas Fitzgerald, with one exquisite Koto Solo by Satsuki Odamura.
Choreography: Yumi Umiumare
Director of Music: Thomas Fitzgerald
Producers: Mayu Kanamori & Malcolm Blaylock
Director: Malcolm Blaylock
Artists: Mayu Kanamori (Narrator), Tom Fitzgerald (Violin/Keyboards), Yumi Umiumare (Dance), Satsuki Odamura (Koto), Bronwyn Kirkpatrick (Shakuhachi), Toshinori Sakamoto (Taiko Drums)

Sydney Season : Carriageworks, March 2008
Artists: Mayu Kanamori (Narrator), Tom Fitzgerald (Violin/Keyboards), Yumi Umiumare (Dance), Satsuki Odamura (Koto), Bronwyn Kirkpatrick (Shakuhachi), Toshinori Sakamoto (Taiko Drums)

Adelaide Season : OzAsia Festival 2008
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, September 2008
Artists: Mayu Kanamori (Narrator), Tom Fitzgerald (Violin/Keyboards), Yumi Umiumare (Dance), Satsuki Odamura (Koto), Anne Norman (Shakuhachi), Toshinori Sakamoto (Taiko Drums)
Chika Website  Chika Website
OzAsia Festival Website  OzAsia Festival Website
Adelaide Festival Centre  Adelaide Festival Centre Website

Japan Foundation Arts NSW ABC Radio National Australia Council for the ArtsAdelaide Festival Centre'sOzAsia Festival
Thank you all who contributed to the success of the CHIKA Melbourne Fundraiser - those who attended the performance, performers Anne Norman (Shakuhachi), Yumi Umiumare (Butoh), Toshi Sakamoto (Japanese traditional drum), Noriko Tadano (Tsugaru Jamisen), guest speaker Mr Remy van de Wiel (QC) and MC Yoko Davies (former producer of Japanese program, SBS Radio).

Choreography: Yumi Umiumare

Once Upon A Midnight premiered in Japan at the Kijimuna Festival in July 2008. Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival and Flinders University Drama Centre presented the Australian premiere in September 2008.

Dance House
A Gulsen Ozer Collection

Five female choreographers have each created a solo dance for a male dancer. Performed in the round, this vibrant collection consists of a diverse and surprising combination of dance forms and content
An autonomously created cohesive musical composition will overlay the five individual works and be introduced to the performances for the first time on the eve before opening night.

Choreographers & Dancers

Dianne Heywood-Smith on David Backler
Dani-Ela Kayler on Lee Serle
Jo Lloyd on Adam Wheeler
Dianne Reid on Luke Hickmott
Yumi Umiumare on Gerard Veltre

Musical director/composer : Wendy Morrison
Curator : Gulsen Ozer
Since completing a Bachelor in Performing Arts with Honors in Visual Culture and a second major in Drama and a minor in Dance at Monash University Melbourne, Gulsen has worked as a choreographer, writer, performer and director, as well as a workshop facilitator, dramaturge, curator and producer in the performing and visual arts. Gulsen is currently developing a new dance-theatre work entitled 'Iris' in creative partnership with Dani-Ela Kayler.
"My vision for Girls on Boys is to create a diverse program which encourages new collaborations and involves taking risks. The program title is intentionally provocative marking an old primary school term for dividing into teams to play a game i.e. "Boys on girls", "Girls on boys."
Your Collection
girls on boys has come about through "Your Collection", a Dancehouse initiative that sought expressions of interest from artists to curate a season of short works. Dancehouse provides support to the artist in curating the program and presents their "collection"in a fully promoted public performance season. Like a clothing line, book of stamps or a shed full of biscuit tins, this dance collection is Gulsen Ozer's Collection.

May 28, 29, 30, 31 and June 1, 2008

Beyond Butoh (BB08#2) series has been directed, curated and facilitated by Tony Yap and Yumi Umiumare since 2001 to provide the local Butoh community an opportunity to investigate, explore and stretch the limits of what we understand as the intrinsic meaning of Butoh. The long-term vision for this series is a grander scale festival encompassing all idiosyncratic interpretation of Butoh in performance from local and international artists.

A Butoh event facilitated by Yumi Umiumare & Janette Hoe
22 & 23 November
VENUE Oki-Do Centre

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BB08#2 - JOINING THE DOTS ... SHAPES WITHIN LIFE
Sharna Vrhowec ©2007
Michael Prior michaelprior.com

The idea for Shapes Within Life is provoked by the famous debate between Kazuo Ono and Tatsumi Hijikata, the creators of Ankoku Butoh – Dance of Darkness, discussion on the definition of Butoh. Ono said “Life should not be chasing Form but that Form should follow from Life” and Hijikata said “Form should be leading Life”. The performers create movement sequences and collect choreography vocabularies (Shape/Form) from an individual’s interpretation toward Life.
DIRECTED BY Yumi Umiumare
PERRFORMERS: Amadis Lacheta, Ann Fuata, Anna Maclean, Antonia Green, Craig Peade, Ellen Rijs, Felicity Hopkins, Georgia Snowball, Geraldine Morey, Giselle, Janette Hoe, Jeremy Neideck, Josephine Fisher, Lily Paskas, Mariela Paz Laratro, Medea Red Sea Luminea Fox, Myfanwy Aldersun, Natalie O’Connor, Xristi Dcruz