U>N>I>T>E>D 2025

Jul 29

U>N>I>T>E>D is the latest work in the canon of Chunky Move Artistic Director Antony Hamilton’s ‘speculative future’ performances, following recent innovative dance experiences created by the company such as Token Armies (2019) andYung Lung (2022).

Exploring ‘machine mysticism’ and the persistence of spirituality in a post-industrial digital age, the work is a major international collaboration with leaders in the Javanese experimental scene, Gabber Modus Operandi Bali-based streetwear label Future Loundry, Australian global leaders in animatronic design, Creature Technology Co., and a stellar line up of six dancers.

Drawing from its artists’ individual artistic and cultural practices, U>N>I>T>E>D will be an exhilarating melding of sophisticated movement, infectious music and science fiction-inspired design, that honours technologies both ancient and contemporary; inner and collective.

Creative Team

Artistic Direction & Choreography Antony Hamilton
Sound Design & Composition Gabber Modus Operandi
Costume Design Future Loundry
Exoskeleton Design & Fabrication Creature Technology Co.
Lighting Design Benjamin Cisterne
Performers & Choreography Ashley McLellan, Melissa Pham, David Prakash, Samakshi Sidhu, Robert Alejandro Tinning, Jayden Wall
Understudy Madeleine Bowman
Stage/Set Design/Fabrication and Art Finishing Ashley Buchanan and Antony Hamilton
Set and Costume LED Fabrication Shiv Geaney
Outside Eye Melanie Lane
Production Manager Ashley Buchanan
System Engineer & Head Electrician Shiv Geaney
Lighting Operator Nicholas Moloney
Sound Engineer Ethan Hunter
Executive Director/co-CEO Kristy Ayre
Senior Producer Kristina Arnott

World Premiere Season

Asia TOPA, Sidney Myer Music Bowl
27 February–2 March

European Premiere Season

Biennale Danza 19th International Festival of Contemporary Dance
Teatro alle Tese
Venice, Italy
17–18 July 2025

U>N>I>T>E>D is commissioned by Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and Perth Festival.

U>N>I>T>E>D is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the City of Melbourne, and the Playking Foundation via a Playking Foundation Travel Grant.