KAGE on TV
KAGE is proud to announce that the ABC's Artscape television program has come on board to film a documentary on the creation and development of SUNDOWNER.
Artscape offers an intimate and in-depth journey into the minds, lives and works of Australian and international arts practitioners. Artscape is the place for discussion, analysis and celebration of works being created, exhibited and performed across the country.
The ABC have been following SUNDOWNER over the last few months as the work has been developing and have filmed rehearsals, meetings and community showings as well as having completed interviews with the cast and creatives.
The show will go to air in May 2011 after the premiere season of SUNDOWNER.
Developing SUNDOWNER continues to be a rewarding experience and we hope that the stories that have been shared with us by people with younger onset dementia and their carers will touch you as much as they have touched us.
Sacred Heart Art
KAGE was excited to decorate the windows of the Sacred Heart Building at the Abbotsford Convent along with our other fellow tenants in the lead up to Open Day (on 7 November).
Open day went very well and we would like to thank everyone who took the time to stop by and have a chat to us on the day. We hope that you were able to glimpse a different perspective of KAGE.
Don't worry if you didn't make it to Open Day as the decorated windows will remain until the end of January. If you get a chance over the holiday period, please come a have a look. It's all about putting the Art into Sacred Heart.
Sundowner Secondments
During the final stage of creative development for SUNDOWNER, KAGE has invited a range of current students and recent graduates into the rehearsal room for a secondment opportunity.
Here is what Roy Berkin and Jordine Cornish had to say about the experience.
ROY: Spending this time at KAGE has been an invaluable experience. I have had the opportunity to work with some amazing artists who have passed on skills and knowledge that will be integral in the development of my professional career. Being able to participate in the final stage of development of SUNDOWNER, working with artists possessing a vast array of talents, from seasoned actresses, acrobatic circus artists as well as theTivoli Lovelies, has provided me with a unique learning environment to explore my passion for physical theatre. I was given the opportunity to witness the creative process and watch it develop into fruition as an example of contemporary physical performance.
JORDINE: I had a fantastic secondment with KAGE. It was fascinating to watch the rehearsals of their new work SUNDOWNER. It was intriguing to watch scenes rehearsed numerous times and observe how the cast members would allow their performances to shift. I was intrigued how the mature performers explored and experimented with their roles, keeping their performances fresh. I feel honoured to be able to spend time in the same room as these professionals, observing how individual cast members can collaborate together to create powerful, emotive work. Roy and I learnt a duet which occurs in SUNDOWNER between Gerard and Michelle and it was fantastic to be alllowed to have a go performing it in the set. Thank you very much to Kate and the rest of the cast for making me feel so welcome and treating me to performances all the way along.
Next week KAGE will be welcoming Tina Venditto into the studio who is currently in her second year of a Batchelor of Dance Performance at Adelaide College for the Arts.
Introducing the KAGE Board
As part of our KAGE Communication we decided that we should introduce you to our wonderful Board. There are currently nine members who bring a wide range of skills and breadth of experience to KAGE.
Last month we introduced you to our Chair - Nigel Edwards and this month we welcome our newest Board member Carol Ross (Treasurer).
Carol has an MBA from the Wharton school and brings with her enormous corporate experience from global companies such as General Electric, AT Kearney and The Boston Consulting Group. Carol's previous roles include Executive Producer for Storm Dance Theatre and most recently General Manager for the Catherine Freeman Foundation where she was able to apply her business background to a worthy cause.
Carol is passionate about dance and loves the artistic and cultural opportunities that Melbourne has to offer.
Get to know a KAGE Creative
This month we interview dancer Fiona Cameron.
What is your involvement with KAGE?
I first met Kate and Gerard at VCA in 1990, they were in the year below me, so we've known each other for a very long time. I first worked with Kate on "This Side Up" as part of Chunky Move's Live Acts season in 1999 at Revolver. "This Side Up" is one of my all time favourite works, something about being upside down with my head in a box for the entire work made it an absolutely unique experience. Since then I've worked on three KAGE productions as a performer; "Nowhere Man", "Appetite" (which I was too pregnant to perform in the end) and now "Look Right Through Me".
What is your favourite thing about working with KAGE?
Probably the diverse and interesting performers that they bring together to each project. There are performers with very different skills in each project which always creates a sense of exchange between us.
What would you make K A G E stand for?
Koalas Against Generic Expression
Insider Info
KAGE would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and a safe and relaxing holiday season.
We will be back in the office on the 10 January and look forward to touching base with you again in February.
Thanks for all your support in 2010 and we look forward to performing for you in 2011.
Take the emotion and resonance of opera.
Exaggerate it.
Make it physical.
Then take out the singing.
And wink.
Take the sensuality of a dancer and give it to a wrestler.
Take delicious nonsense, and make it beauty.
