SUE HEALEY - DANCE and the MOVING IMAGE

IDEABe The WorkIDEA - Independent Dance Exchange Australia is a new Sydney based festival of creative ideas, workshops and performances delivered by local and global leaders from First Nations practice, contemporary dance, physical theatre, contemporary circus, disability and queer performance.

FORM Dance Projects

ESCAC by Brand X

WHO SUE HEALEY with cinematographer RICHARD CORFIELD WHAT Sue Healey will lead a 5-day workshop for those interested in developing a screendance practice - experimenting with and challenging the form of dance for the screen.Our lives and our connections with other people are mediated through screens. How to cut through the deluge of senseless imagery that saturates our existence? How instead can we make meaningful art in this medium?This workshop hones visual perception and kinaesthetic awareness alongside choreographic and film-making skills. Training the eye/sensing with the body.The duet between the camera and dancer is explored.What is the choreographic potential of this partnership? How can dance film extend our understanding of dance? And reach new audiences? What can it say that live dance cannot?Participants will have the opportunity to create a film in a studio and site-specific locations. Each artist will devise and create a short dance film over the week, assisting and performing with other collaborators. Participants will use smart phones/their own cameras, as well as experience the collaboration with professional cinematographer Richard Corfield. Editing will be explored on the last 2 days and films will be screened.No previous film-making skills are required. WHEN 5 Days, Sep 9-13 / 09:00-17:00 WHERE Brand X Darlinghurst (ESCAC) – 34 Burton Street, Darlinghurst SKILLS / ACCESS Dance, choreography, with an interest in photography and film-making. COST $250AU PATHWAYS To maximise your IDEA’24 journey and experience, you can combine this workshop with:<ul><li>Hofesh Shechter 1 and/or 2</li><li>Crystal Pite 1 and/or 2</li><li>Vicki van Hout</li><li>Martin del Amo</li><li>Marc Brew</li><li>Raghav Handa</li></ul> LINKS <a href="https://www.suehealey.com/" title="https://www.suehealey.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.suehealey.com/ </a><a href="https://www.suehealey.com/about.html" title="https://www.suehealey.com/about.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.suehealey.com/about.html </a>@suehealey4 BIO Sue Healey is an acclaimed Australian choreographer working in the fields of dance, film and installation art. She was the 2021 recipient of the Australia Council Award for Dance.With extensive experience in choreographic practice and cross-artform investigation, Healey is an acknowledged pioneer of dance on screen. Her films are widely acclaimed and have won many awards, screening in over 30 countries and have been finalists in major international film festivals. Her decade-long series ON VIEW explores cine-portraiture of dance artists across Asia and Australia and has been presented throughout the region.Recent works include ICONS (2024) a multi-screen installation for the Sydney Festival; THE LONG WALK (2022) a live action film, edited and broadcast live to the OZASIA Festival; and ON VIEW: PANORAMIC SUITE (2021) a large scale performance installation for Liveworks Festival Sydney, West Kowloon in Hong Kong and 3 cities in Japan. *By booking this workshop you acknowledge and agree that:<ul><li>You are over 18yrs and have the demonstrated skills to satisfy this program. If your skills prove unsuitable FORM Dance Projects will do their best to place you in another workshop program. Gently noting that there will be no refund for this workshop.</li><li>All IDEA spaces are safe spaces, and we will not tolerate any inappropriate behaviour on the basis of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity or religion</li><li>FORM Dance Projects is neither responsible nor liable for injury to your person nor the loss or damage to personal belongings during your time in this workshop or in the identified venue</li></ul> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The program is made possible by the generous support of Create NSW, Brand X, Sue Healey and Richard Corfield.

Headshot Image: Sue Healey, Photo: John McDermott.