Chunky Move

Chunky Move

Chunky Move is an Australian contemporary dance company from Southbank, Victoria

It was founded in 1995 and debuted at the Melbourne International Arts Festival with artistic director Gideon Obarzanek.

The company’s work is diverse and has included stage, new-media and installation works. Chunky Move has toured extensively including the United States of America, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom, Colombia, Japan, Belgium, Canada and Russia. Reviews of their performances are regularly published in the Village Voice.

Works include:

  • Glow[1] (2007) using a "sophisticated video tracking system" and "interactive video technologies" with Frieder Weiss's interactive system design
  • I Want to Dance Better at Parties[2] (2006)
  • Tense Dave (2005) awarded the 2005 Bessie Award for Choreography[3]
  • Wanted: ballet for a contemporary democracy
  • Closer
  • Arcade
  • Crumpled
  • Corrupted 2
  • Connected

References

  1. ^ Chunky Move: Tech Trek, Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice, 26 February 2008, (accessed 10 March 2008)
  2. ^ Review of I Want to Dance Better at Parties, Village Voice, 14 July 2006, (accessed 15 July 2006)
  3. ^ Smiles of a Summer Night: The Bessies come of age with a transnational roster, Elizabeth Zimmer, Village Voice, 20 September 2005, (accessed 29 April 2007)]

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