Butterfly and Me 2000

Japanese choreographer Kim Itoh was commissioned to create a new Chunky Move work for the Melbourne International Festival. The result was Butterfly and Me, a work with a heightened sense of the absurd, which blended butoh with drama and contemporary dance.

Combination #3 drew together three exciting contemporary choreographers. Japan’s extraordinary choreographer Kim Itoh and Australia’s Phillip Adams joined Chunky Move’s Artistic Director and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek to create this new triple-bill. Combination #3was performed at the National Theatre in St Kilda from Friday, October 20 as part of the 2000 Melbourne Festival.

Creative Team
Choreography Kim Itoh
Composition Pan-Sonic, Arvo Part, Achim Wollscheid
Costume Design David Anderson
Lighting Design Margie Medlin

Original Performers Fiona Cameron, Luke Smiles, David Tyndall, Luke George, Sarah-Jayne Howard, Nicole Johnston, Kate Levy

Stage Manager Briony Leivers
Lighting Assistant Michele Preshaw
Sound Operation Byron Scullin

Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek
Executive Producer Jennifer Barry

World Premiere
20 October 2000 (Melbourne)

Touring Season
2002 Tokyo

Partners
Melbourne International Arts Festival

"Seriously weird and deliberately unbeautiful" - The Age
"Idiosyncratic mix of sleaze, humour sex and death" - Sydney Morning Herald

L-R: Nicole Johnston, David Tyndall, Luke Smiles Image: Virginia Cummins