Contemporary Classes with Chunky Move

Contemporary Classes with Chunky Move ·

Join us in the studio for a full First Nations take-over of Chunky Move for the duration of YIRRAMBOI Festival. Kick off your weekday mornings with Open Classes by leading and local First Nations choreographers, or start your Saturday with a deep dive into a Contemporary Dance Masterclass. Curated by Ngioka Bunda-Heath (Wakka Wakka, Ngugi, Biripi), get ready to get sweaty and stretch your idea of what First Nations dance looks and feels like.

Recommended for 18+ intermediate to professional level dancers as well as people who regularly attend dance classes. Please wear non-restrictive athletic clothing such as track style pants or leggings and bring own water bottle.

Full schedule:
Sat 6 May workshop 10am – 12pm: Thomas E.S. Kelly
Monday 8 May morning open class 9.30am – 11am: Joel Bray
Tuesday 9 May morning open class 9.30am – 11am: Zoe Brown
Wednesday 10 May morning open class 9.30am – 11am: Amelia O'Leary
Thursday 11 May morning class 9.30am – 11am: Jackie Sheppard
Friday 12 May morning open class 9.30am – 11am: Jasmin Sheppard
Sat 13 May workshop 10am – 12pm: Rheannan Port

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible Assistant animal friendly Changeroom facilities available for participants

Credits

Chunky Move creates bold, visually striking and genre defying dance works. These works are experiments that merge the body with other forms, explore new ideas and materials and respond to different spaces and contexts. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Antony Hamilton and Executive Director Kristy Ayre, Chunky Move plays a crucial role in driving the art-form of dance forward in Australia and beyond. Artists and audiences are at the heart of our company, expressed in our dense program of major works, commissions, residencies, workshops and public classes. Our collaborations, partnerships and projects aim to extend art-form influence in the public realm and increase the visibility of contemporary dance as an everyday art-form. Ngioka Bunda-Heath is Wakka Wakka, Ngugi from Queensland; and Birrpai from New South Wales. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, as the first Aboriginal woman in dance. Ngioka received both the Hutchinson Indigenous Fellowship and Residency and the Chloe Munro AO/Lucy Guerin Inc Independent Artist fellowship. She worked for Bangarra Dance Theatre in “Rekindling” their youth education program; and is the First Peoples Partnership Coordinator at Chunky Move. Ngioka has performed works by Mariaa Randall, Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen, Amrita Hepi and will dance for LGI in 2023. Internationally, she’s participated in dance conferences, festivals, and residencies in New Caledonia, France, Canada, and America. Ngioka’s choreographic work includes Blood Quantum (2019), Birrpai (2021) awarded Dance Best Duo/Ensemble at the Greenroom Awards, Bridge (2022) and Footprints (2022).