2018 KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD
DANCEHOUSE, THE KEIR FOUNDATION, CARRIAGEWORKS and THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
06 March 2018 - 10 March 2018
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PROGRAM ONE
4 works x 20 min + interval
TUE, 6 MARCH - 7pm
THU, 8 MARCH - 7pm
SAT, 10 MARCH - 2pm
PRUE LANG
BHENJI RA
BRANCH NEBULA
NANA BILUŠ ABAFFY
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PROGRAM TWO
4 works x 20 min + interval
WED, 7 MARCH - 7pm
FRI, 9 MARCH - 7pm
SAT, 10 MARCH - 7pm + Awards Ceremony
AMRITA HEPI
LILIAN STEINER
LUKE GEORGE
MELANIE LANE
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Now in its third incarnation, the Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) has assumed a significant and dynamic place in the Australian dance landscape. It offers eight artists the time and space to create and present a fully funded new work, a remarkable context in which to engage with international perspectives and an opportunity to connect with new and ever expanding audiences for dance in Australia. The KCA today is an unmissable national mini-festival, assembling an inspiring and diverse community of artists, international guests, audiences, and local and national stakeholders.
*To see all artist performances, you must book for both Program 1 and 2.
VIEW THE 2018 DANCEHOUSE KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD PUBLIC PROGRAM
2018 KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD JURY:
ANNA CY CHAN (HK)
LUCY GUERIN (AUS)
ISHMAEL HOUSTON JONES (USA)
ESZTER SALAMON (BE/FR)
CHRISTOPHE SLAGMUYLDER (BE)
MEG STUART (GE/BE)
WHAT IS THE KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD?
The Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) is a national biennial award dedicated to the commission, presentation, promotion and dissemination of new Australian choreography..
KEY DATES:
- SEMI FINALS: DANCEHOUSE, MELBOURNE, 6 – 10 MARCH 2018
- FINALS: CARRIAGEWORKS, SYDNEY, 15 – 17 March 2018
THE KCA PUBLIC PROGRAM:
The KCA Dancehouse Public Program accompanies the KCA performance season and is an integral part of this initiative — and of Dancehouse's ongoing commitment to promote dialogue, reflection, accessibility and criticality for the art form, its makers and its audiences.
This diverse public program is now an integral part of the award. It aims to cross-pollinate an array of outstanding thinkers and practitioners from the dance field and other communities of thought — in order to provide a unique context in which to consider the deep, subtle ways that dance, with its multiplicity of choreographed and embodied practices, connects to the social, the ethical and the political.
VIEW THE 2018 DANCEHOUSE KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD PUBLIC PROGRAM
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ACCESS ONLINE CONTENT FROM THE 2016 KCA PUBLIC PROGRAM
HOW IT WORKS:
To enter, make a video (maximum 5 minutes) outlining a new choreographic idea. Each submitted application will be assessed by a jury of national and international industry peers. Eight artists will be commissioned to develop a work of up to 20-minutes over a four month period. Each artist will receive a commissioning fee, proportionate to the scale of the work, for development and production costs. They will also receive 100 hours of free rehearsal space in the city or region in which they reside.
The eight commissioned works will be presented at Dancehouse, Melbourne. The KCA jury will then select four works to be presented at Carriageworks, Sydney. The 2018 Keir Choreographic Award recipient will receive $30,000 and Sydney audiences will vote for the recipient of the $10,000 Keir Choreographic Audience Award.
READ DEBORAH JOWITT'S REVIEW OF 2016 KCA
2016 KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD TRAILER:
READ MORE ABOUT THE 2016 EDITION
FOR MORE INFORMATION
READ THE 2018 MEDIA RELEASE #1
READ THE 2018 MEDIA RELEASE #2
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Image: Rebecca Jensen, semi-finalist of the 2016 Award, photographed by Gregory Lorenzutti for Dancehouse
