LIESEL ZINK with LAWRENCE ENGLISH
Presented by BLEACH*
Produced by Performing Lines
Discover a powerful moment of connection with yourself, and with your community, through award-winning choreographer Liesel Zink’s thought-provoking sculptural dance work, Us And All Of This.
In a world increasingly defined by rising geopolitical tension, ecological mismanagement, deteriorating labour conditions and social isolation, Liesel Zink’s Us And All Of This offers a rare moment of calm reflection. Bringing together 50 local dancers for a large-scale contemporary performance work, Us And All of This unfolds across the Broadbeach Cultural Precinct, not in the pursuit of profiteering, but in the pursuit of togetherness and communion.
Taking place at the Broadbeach Hub, this large-scale meditative piece challenges the rise of social isolation, bringing together a rich tapestry of people from varying backgrounds, cultures, ages and abilities to deliver a moment of togetherness via movement. Celebrating the joy of creating something with others, the group will perform en masse to a unique soundscape crafted by renowned sound artist and composer Lawrence English. Let yourself slow down and soak up the gentle act of shared creation.
We have gathered over 50 willing and curious humans who love to move and are keen to be involved in the community dance performance, Us And All Of This. These volunteers will be of various ages, ethnicities, genders, body types and abilities, and together they will form this meditative and sculptural performance in public space.
Registrations have now closed for this BLEACH* Festival performance – however, you can check out the Brisbane Festival website for the Brisbane season of Us And All Of This (rehearsals begin in August)
Liesel Zink is an award-winning choreographer of Ukrainian and German descent interested in collective bodies as a tool for social change. She has developed and presented work around Australia, Asia and Eastern Europe. Liesel's practice explores the intersection of contemporary dance and community engagement seeing her create performances in public-space and use her creative process as a means for artistic, cultural and intergenerational exchange. As an Independent choreographer Liesel is most well know for the creation of large-scale public space performances, most significantly 'The Stance' which won the 2017 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance. Other recent Independent projects include: 'Daruvaty' (Bleach Festival 2022), 'Awesome: a state
of wonder and fear' (World Science Festival 2021), 'Our New' (IMA Gallery 2020), 'We and the Uncertain' (Ukraine 2019) and 'Inter' (Flowstate 2018). As a choreographer, Liesel has also been commissioned to choreograph for Expressions Dance Company, Tasdance and LINK. Liesel is currently an Associate Artist for Force Majeure. More broadly, Liesel is a dramaturge, facilitator, movement coordinator, producer and advocate.
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Lawrence English is an artist, composer and curator based in Australia. Working across an array of aesthetic investigations, English's work explores the politics of perception and prompts questions of field, agency and memory. English utilises a variety of approaches including visceral live performance and site-specific installation to create work that invites audiences to consider their relationship to listening, place and embodiment. Over the past decade he has worked with sound as a medium for embodied experience and is determined to share his interests in the transformative and sensorial transgressive possibilities of sound. He is a Sidney Myer Creative fellow, was awarded an outstanding doctorial thesis award in conjunction with his PhD in 2017 and has been supported by the Mike Kelley Foundation for his public artwork project in Los Angeles, Seira. In 2022, he has been appointed the Annual Honouree by the Institute Of Modern Art.
This is a primarily visual work, with minimal dialogue and some background music or sounds. Deaf and hard of hearing audiences can have close to the full experience of the work. There is no dialogue in the work.
This performance is well suited to people with different access needs and is a relaxed, calm work suitable for those with sensory triggers.
The performance takes place in and around the Broadbeach Hub. There is no specific seating area for the work, which can be enjoyed from many locations across the Broadbeach Hub.
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| Creator | Liesel Zink |
| Composer | Lawrence English |
| Dramaturg | Martyn Coutts |
| Assistant Choreographer | Kyall Shanks |
| Production Manager | Kat Harch |
| Commissioned by | Arts Centre Melbourne through the generous support of the Betty Amsden endowment |
| Produced by | Performing Lines |
| Core Artists | Jax Compton, Richard Causer, Guy Ritani |
| Local Community Coordinator | Tal Fitzpatrick |
| Photo | Shuttermain |
| Acknowledgement | A Betty Amsden Participation Program, Us And All Of This is produced by Performing Lines, and commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne through the generous support of the Betty Amsden endowment. It was developed and presented with support from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, as well as HOTA and the City of Melbourne. |
| Friday 02 Aug | 5:30 PM |
| Saturday 03 Aug | 5:30 PM |
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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Yugambeh Language Region and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People of the Gold Coast. We recognise their continuing connection and contributions to country and culture. We pay respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Yugambeh Language Region and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People of the Gold Coast. We recognise their continuing connection and contributions to country and culture. We pay respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
