2023 Program
Thank you to the artists and audiences who explored the dimensions of the inaugural FRAME.
Relive the 2023 program below.
Strokes
Annika KoopsPresented by Centre for Projection Art
A moving image work by Annika Koops that explores how the corporeal and personal are distilled into data.
Longing + Forgetting
Matt Gingold and Philippe PasquierPresented by Centre for Projection Art
How are our bodies measured and controlled by the structures of technology?
Cthuluscene
Megan BeckwithPresented by Centre for Projection Art
Explore the transformative nature of the digital to discover different notions of gender, physicality, and the post-human.
Progress Report
Alison Currie and Alisdair MacindoePresented by The Substation
A hortative manifesto that boldly proclaims wasting waste is a waste.
TWO
Raghav HandaPresented by Arts House
An intercultural, inter-generational bromance between a dancer and musician tests the limits of tradition.
A Bestiary of Unimaginable Animals
Nana Biluš AbaffyPresented by Temperance Hall
An experimental choreographic work for three dancers and a congregation of beasts.
Mohini
Raina PetersonPresented by Arts House
Be transformed by a vivid, surreal queering of experimental Indian dance.
Dancing outside the FRAME
Phillip AdamsPresented by Ausdance VIC
An exploration of the dance industry through movement and discussion with Phillip Adams.
Slip
Rebecca JensenPresented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy
Image, sound, and time untether in acts of delay, deferral and doubt.
DaS #7
Jo Lloyd, Melanie Lane and Female WizardPresented by The Substation
Imagined as an experience of choreography and sound, DaS celebrates this deep history.
An Experiment in Intervals III – Violet Desert
The Third ThingPresented by Centre for Projection Art
A video work made in response to a decommissioned industrial plant in Barreiro, Portugal.
Us And All Of This
Liesel ZinkPresented by Arts Centre Melbourne and the Betty Amsden Participation Program
100 local participants come together for a new large-scale dance work at Arts Centre Melbourne.
Horror, Body and Hauntology
Martin HansenPresented by Lucy Guerin Inc
Horror points to the outside, Hauntology slips time out of joint. A sharing of Martin Hansen’s ongoing research project.
CUDDLE
Harrison Ritchie-JonesPresented by Chunky Move
Put the Money in the Bag if you want to dance.
Dancing outside the FRAME
David PrakashPresented by Ausdance VIC
A movement workshop with David Prakash investigating the ability to create, consider, connect, curate, and collaborate beyond the individual reality.
The Mothering Project
Forest V Kapo and collaboratorsPresented by Punctum
The Mothering Project reviews the identities and tasks of parents, caregivers, and mothers.
Triptych
Phillip AdamsPresented by Temperance Hall
A divine intervention of queer crucifixions after Francis Bacon’s shocking paintings of eroticism and death.
Sleep Activism: A Choreographic Practice Laboratory
Amaara Raheem and CollaboratorsPresented by Lucy Guerin Inc
Sleep Activism explores sleep and sleeplessness as sites of unlearning.
TOXX
Luna Mrozik GawlerPresented by Centre for Projection Art
An opportunity to turn towards the chimeric forms haunting contemporary myths of ecologic purity or return.
The Honouring
Jackie SheppardPresented by Arts House
Grief, upheaval and healing animate this powerful work of dance theatre.
Dancing outside the FRAME
Caroline BowditchPresented by Ausdance VIC
A movement and creative workshop with Caroline Bowditch with a focus on accessibility in dance.
An Afternoon of Work-in-Progress Studio Showings
Prue Lang, Yuiko Masukawa, Sandra Parker, and Lilian SteinerPresented by The Australian Ballet
An afternoon of work-in-progress studio showings at The Australian Ballet centre.
A Certain Mumble
Amelia Jean O'LearyPresented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy
Two women, strong in their identities, express what it feels like to be an outsider in Australia.
Δ (Change from Aotearoa): Choreolab 2023
Jahra Wasasala, Jaycee Iman, and OoshconPresented by Chunky Move
Choreolab is Chunky Move’s professional development workshop program.
JNK in 6 panels
Wendy YuPresented by Centre for Projection Art
A capture of the dance that has passed. Mourning and ephemerality.
Δ (Change from Aotearoa): Archipelago
CONJAH (Jahra Wasasala & Ooshcon) and Jaycee ImanPresented by Dancehouse
A celebration of new worlds made in real-time, rooted in diversity and safety.
Body of Work + QWERTY
Atlanta EkePresented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy
The prophecy and the sequel. A double bill on the relationship between the human body and technology.
Exposed
Restless Dance TheatrePresented by Arts House
Seven diverse dancers explore risk, vulnerability and trust in this mesmerising new work from Restless dance.
ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY
Presented by Temperance HallPerformance and art getting intimate on the dance floor in a one-night terrestrial encounter that’s a bit extra.
Dancing outside the FRAME: Forum
Phillip Adams, David Prakash and Caroline BowditchPresented by Ausdance VIC
An interactive panel discussion that will bring together the areas of industry, inclusion, and accessibility in dance in our world today.
Us And All Of This
Liesel ZinkPresented by Arts Centre Melbourne and the Betty Amsden Participation Program
100 local participants come together for a new large-scale dance work at Bunjil Place.
Maloya Moshpit
PunctumPresented by Castlemaine State Festival and Punctum
A cultural evolution in progress, this is a collision of adventurers and dance floor aficionados.
IN-VOCATION
たまおこし
Yumi Umiumare Presented by Dancehouse
Punk, playful, and exuberant, this is an intimately epic and profanely sacred ritual.
Somewhere at the Beginning
Germaine AcognyPresented by Arts House
Be electrified by this turbo-charged production from the mother of contemporary African dance.
Δ (Change from Aotearoa): Workshops
Jahra Wasasala, Jaycee Iman, and OoschonPresented by Dancehouse
Vogue Runway, Essence, Waving, and CONJAH workshops with 3 of Auckland’s leading movement artists.
Chunky Move Morning Classes
Presented by Chunky MoveChunky Move’s Morning Class program will be free for the month of March.
LGI Morning Class and FRAME FRIDAYS
Presented by Lucy Guerin IncLGI’s Morning Class program will be free for the month of March, with special guest teachers on FRAME FRIDAYS.
Activators 10: TADRA, and other visions
Jahra Wasasala in collaboration with Henry Lai-PynePresented by Chunky Move
Visions, nightmares and sinking worlds; a one-off showing by Aotearoa’s and Naarm’s most exciting contemporary artists.
REALREEL
Curated by Jo Lloyd and Melanie LanePresented by The Substation
A distinct and diverse collection of dance on film.
Body Crysis/身體災變
Harrison Hall and Sam McgilpPresented by Centre for Projection Art
A choreographic work with (re)animated bodies, stretching the bounds of our newfound digital corporeality.
NEWRETRO
Lucy GuerinPresented by Lucy Guerin Inc and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
21 works / 21 dancers / 21 years in the making.
Us And All Of This
Liesel ZinkPresented by Arts Centre Melbourne and the Betty Amsden Participation Program
100 local participants come together for a new large-scale dance work at Geelong Arts Centre.