Gideon Obarzanek

Gideon Obarzanek (born 1966, Melbourne)[1] is an Australian choreographer and the former Artistic Director of Melbourne, Australia based contemporary dance company Chunky Move which he formed in 1995, in collaboration with Garry Stewart.

Gideon Obarzanek spent his early childhood in Israel on an agricultural kibbutz. His family returned to Melbourne where he took jazz ballet lessons, he later went to the Australian Ballet School, graduating in 1987.[1] He danced with the Queensland Ballet after graduation. He later joined the Sydney Dance Company before pursuing a career as a performer and choreographer with various dance companies and independent projects within Australia and abroad. In that period he worked with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Opera Australia and the Netherlands Dance Theatre.

His works for Chunky Move included stage productions, installations, site-specific works and film. His works have been performed in many festivals and theatres around the world in the U.K, Europe, Asia and the Americas. In New York, he has been presented at BAM Next Wave Festival,[2] Dance Theatre Workshop and the Joyce Theatre.

Awards

Works

Chunky Move[5]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Obarzanek, Gideon (1966) at Australia Dancing
  2. ↑ Deborah Jowitt, (2001), Birds and Kangaroos: Festival Fare From Down Under and Across the Pond, Village Voice, 23 October 2001 accessed 16 September 2008
  3. ↑ Elizabeth Zimmer, Smiles of a Summer Night: The Bessies come of age with a transnational roster, The Village Voice, 20 September 2005, (accessed 29 April 2007)
  4. ↑ Anna Kisselgoff, (1994), Dance Review: A Junior Troupe, Growing Up Fast, New York Times, 26 October 1994 accessed 16 September 2008
  5. ↑ Chunky Move works, accessed 14 September 2008
  6. ↑ Tobi Tobias, Dance, Village Voice, 24 May 2005 accessed 16 September 2008
  7. ↑ Review of I Want to Dance Better at Parties, Village Voice, 14 July 2006, (accessed 15 July 2006)
  8. ↑ Chunky Move: Tech Trek, Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice, 26 February 2008, (accessed 10 March 2008)

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