Chunky Move

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Chunky Move is a contemporary dance company based in Southbank, Victoria founded in 1995 when it debuted at the Melbourne International Arts Festival by 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 performaces 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

[edit] 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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