HYPERSPACE | JAMES BATCHELOR & COLLABORATORS
DANCE MASSIVE 2019
20 March 2019 - 23 March 2019
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From the human body to the cosmos, HYPERSPACE is an inquiry into the metrics we use to measure the deep unknowns of the universe. It proposes a study of the human body seen through the prism of cosmology, a mapping of the universe within and around it. The interior and exterior landscapes of the body are deconstructed, producing a self-critique of the masculine body and its dominance in space exploration. In HYPERSPACE, the fleshy material of the body bends, stretches and is reconfigured as alien transmutation, appearing simultaneously colossal and microscopic.
HYPERSPACE is the third in a series of works from James Batchelor and his collaborators that grew from a unique opportunity to be part of a scientific expedition to study sub-Antarctic islands in 2016.
Choreographer & Performer: James Batchelor
Composer & Sound Design: Morgan Hickinbotham
Lighting Design: HØV (Matthew Adey)
Illustration Design: Amber McCartney
Producer & Collaborator: Bek Berger
WHERE: Dancehouse, Upstairs Studio
DATES: Wed 20 to Sat 23 March
TIMES: 6:30pm
DURATION: 40mins
PRICE: $28 F | $22 C | $15 DH Member/City of Yarra Residents
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James Batchelor is an award winning choreographer and dancer from Australia. James trained at the Victorian College of the Arts graduating with a Bachelor in Fine Arts (Dance) in 2012. Over the last five years he has generated an extensive body of work including commissions from Chunky Move (REDSHIFT) Dance Massive (DEEPSPACE), Dancehouse (ISLAND), The Keir Choreographic Award (METASYSTEMS, INHABITED GEOMETRIES) and the National Portrait Gallery of Australia (SMOOTH TRANSLATION). James's work has been presented internationally in Paris (La Briqueterie), Versailles (Plastique Danse Flore), Luxembourg (Casino Luxembourg / Trois CL), Bassano del Grappa (Operaestate), Chongqing (501 Artspace) and Bangkok (Creative Industries). He was a resident artist on the RV Investigator, Australia's marine research vessel, which travelled to the sub-Antarctic Heard and McDonald islands in 2016. As a performer he has worked with choreographers such as Iván Pérez, Anouk van Dijk (Chunky Move), Antony Hamilton, Prue Lang, Stephanie Lake and Sue Healey.
HYPERSPACEhas been supported by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund, The Besen Family Foundation, The Keir Foundation and Michael Adena and Joanne Daly.
Dance Massive 2019 is supported by Creative Victoria and the Australian Government through the Ministry of the Arts and Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Dance Massive exists as the simultaneous programming of contemporary dance works and associated public and industry events by three Melbourne arts organisations - Arts House, Dancehouse and Malthouse Theatre in association with long-term associate partner Ausdance Victoria and new associate partners Abbotsford Convent and The SUBSTATION. The Dancehouse Dance Massive program is funded by the City of Yarra.
Image: Morgan Hickinbotham
