Crumpled 2000

Jul 23

For Crumpled, Gideon Obarzanek’s trademark black humour, palpable eroticism and rapid-fire virtuosity was in full effect, featuring dancers Fiona Cameron, Sarah-Jayne Howard, David Tyndall and Nicole Johnston. Crumpled featured a series of what Obarzanek termed 'calculated collisions' by the dancers (including Obarzanek himself), set to a score of random electronic sounds and samples. By dropping and lifting the proscenium curtain throughout the work, Obarzanek transformed the stage into a self-contained world, suggesting the dance continued independently of the viewers’ seeing it.

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 Gideon Obarzanek
Composition Hugh Covill
Costume Design David Anderson
Lighting Design Margie Medlin

Original Performers Fiona Cameron, Sarah-Jayne Howard, David Tyndall, Nicole Johnston, Gideon Obarzanek

Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek
Executive Producer Jennifer Barry

World Premiere
20 October 2000 Melbourne

Touring Seasons
2001 Brisbane, Frankston, New York, Michigan
2002 Enghien, Villeneuve D'ascq, Cergy-Pontoise, Noisy Le Grand, Orly, Le Perreux Sur Marne, Budapest
2003 Moscow
2004 Seoul
2006 Yokohama

Partners
Melbourne International Arts Festival

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