About this archive

Photo of Antony Hamilton by Peter Rosetzky

In 2020, the company’s 25th year and one that for many reasons will go down in history, Chunky Move began a collaborative process of collating records and documentation to honour the company’s legacy, people and works.  

This archive is an accumulation of historical records containing documentation collected over the course of Chunky Move’s lifetime. While neither fully comprehensive or complete, we hope it will offer valuable insights into the company’s past and more recent history.  

We acknowledge that histories and archival pieces of work can’t fully demonstrate the immense breath of experiences of those who were / are a part of it. However, through this archive, we want to celebrate and honour the extraordinary artists, dancers, choreographers, creatives, producers, production crew and audiences who’ve contributed to making Chunky Move the bold, transformative, intoxicating, boundary-breaking, genre-defying company it is today.   

We wish to sincerely thank the 300+ dancers, choreographers and collaborators who generously offered their permission to be part of this archive and a special thanks to those who assisted us to fill in some knowledge gaps. You may notice we are missing some credits and it is important to us that we continue to piece this extensive history together bit by bit. Please feel free to send an email to info@chunkymove.com.au if you identify any incorrect information and or can add to pages where there are omissions. 

We also want to acknowledge the many staff who’ve worked at Chunky Move over the years and who may not currently be credited in the archive. Your contributions have been as valuable as those of our creatives so thank you for being an important part of the company’s history.  

We want to extend our thanks to those who’ve financially contributed to enabling the company to thrive over the last 25 years. Our sincere thanks to ongoing supporters Creative Victoria, the Australia Council for the Arts, City of Melbourne and to the many individual donors, Trusts and Foundations who have generously supported Chunky Move.

The team at Chunky Move are deeply committed and excited to continue working on this archive and uncovering more and more boxes of video tapes, media clippings and photographs.  

We hope you enjoy deep diving into this archive and trust it will transport you back to 1995 where it all began.

- Chunky Move  

Click here to read a reflection about the process of archiving dance written by Antony Hamilton