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Southern Oceanic Choreographic Practices
  • ISSN: 2040-5669
  • E-ISSN: 2040-5677

Abstract

‘Dancing through the vege patch’ is an artist essay in the voice of choreographer Gregory Lorenzutti that provides readers with a reflection on : an interdisciplinary project which combined dance and holistic urban farming, commissioned for the third year Bachelors of Fine Arts in dance performance at the Victoria College of the Arts (VCA), University of Melbourne, 2022. Drawn from a series of interviews conducted before, during and after the creation of ; choreographer, photographer and urban farmer, Gregory Lorenzutti provides insights into the relationship between knowledge production, place-based dance pedagogy and interdisciplinary practice with a particular focus on its role in tertiary education. In doing so, Lorenzutti reveals how creative methodologies can slip between disciplines and artistic forms to invigorate practice and deepen the relationship between body, space and place. This artist essay – emerging in and through a series of conversations – seeks to better transmit the embodied and affective dimensions of learning through interdisciplinary practices in dance.

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2023-12-22
2024-05-02
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  12. Director – Gregory Lorenzutti.
  13. Set designer – Rubi Dinardo.*
  14. Costume designer – Rebeca Silveira.*
  15. Lighting designer – Isabella ‘Iz’ Zettl.*
  16. Sound designer – Ethan Hunter.*
  17. Vision designer – Océane Federow-Yemm.*
  18. Associate set designer – Brooke Painter.
  19. Associate costume designer – Olivia Peters.
  20. Stage manager – Isabella Stephens.*
  21. Assistant stage manager – Maisy Butchart.
  22. Head of staging – Al Brill.*
  23. Workshop assistants – Tait Adams, Sara Bayley, Joshua Morris, Ingrid Muller, Saskia Permezel, Rachel Stone.
  24. Senior costumier -–Wendy Borg.*
  25. Costume manager – Mikailah Looker.
  26. Costume assistant – Hannah Jukes Frere.
  27. Technical manager/Head electrician – Natalya Shield.*
  28. Deputy head electrician – Taishah Simcox.
  29. Lighting programmer and operator – Chiara Wenban.
  30. Vision programmer and operator – Lara Gabor.
  31. *Third year Bachelor of Fine Arts (Design and Production) students.
  32. Production coordinator – James Lipari.
  33. Stagecraft project coordinator – Alan Logan.
  34. Costume supervisor – Karen Blinco.
  35. Videographer – James Wright – NON Studio.
  36. Photographer – Gregory Lorenzutti.
  37. VCA head of dance – Carol Brown.
  38. Lecturer and coordinator – Anna Smith.
  39. Guest lecturers – Deanne Butterworth, Yumi Umiumare and Neda Rahmani.
  40. Production academic mentors – Marco Cher-Gibard, Allan Hirons, Lyndie Li Wan Po.
  41. VCA production academic staff – Anna Cordingley, Martyn Coutts, Jo Evans, Amanda Hitten, Lisa Mibus, LIsa Osborn, Matt Scott.
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