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speCial events
Dancenorth
Opening Night 8:00pm Tuesday 8th July
(through to sunday 13th July)
Dancenorth
Cnr stanley & walker streets, Townsville
Internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company, Dancenorth will again collaborate with AFCM musicians, following
the success of the Seulle collaboration in 2006. A dynamic new Australian work incorporating music, film, dance and theatre,
Remember Me is choreographed by Dancenorth's Artistic Director Gavin Webber, and Sydney based freelance dancer Sarah-
Jayne Howard (roadkill, Nightcafe, Kaidan). It will feature a new composition by renowned Western Australian composer
Iain Grandage, who will also perform on cello and keyboard, along with Miki Tsunoda [Violin], Townsville-based Ian Brunskill
[Percussion] and Kirsty McCahon [Double Bass].
Iain`s pleasure is two-fold. He states `Gavin is one of the finest artists I have ever worked with. He has the rare gift of
sublime storytelling without resorting to plodding narrative the ability to unearth truths without being didactic. And
secondly, he appreciates how much more expressive dancers performances can be when interacting with live music, and
simultaneously, how expressive musicians become when engaging with another medium.'
Remember Me explores the different dreams and ideals of two groups of individuals. One group comprises the Dancenorth
dancers live on stage with all the power and force of their youth and fierce ambitions. Behind them, captured on screen, is
the other group, a number of older residents from the town of Charters Towers who meet each week to dance olden day
dances from their youth in a local hall in the main street of this historic gold rush town of western Queensland.
Juxtaposing these two groups gives an insight into their different sets of hopes and ideals and also their similarities. They
both inhabit a similar space, one like a memory of the other. Dance and the body become metaphors for larger concerns
about age, life and death.
Remember Me will also be performed on Thursday 10th July through to Saturday 12th, with a matinee at 6pm on Sunday
13th. For booking information contact Dancenorth on 07 4772 2549 or book online at
www.dancenorth.com.au
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up close and personal with the artists
wednesday 9th July
1:00pm
Townsville City Library,
Level 1 Northtown, 280 Flinders Mall
Free Admission
Join composers Carl Vine and David Hush along with festival artists Michael Kieran-Harvey and Kathron Sturrock in an
informal lunch time library discussion. Together they will discuss the challenges associated with the composition and
performance of contemporary chamber music.