WHAT REMAINS

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD

17 AUG CRITICAL PATH, SYDNEY

WHAT REMAINS is a celebratory program that revisits and amplifies some of the major contributions the Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) has made to the Australian dance ecology.

Launched in 2014 and held biennially over five editions, KCA was a unique and innovative public-private initiative dedicated to the commissioning, presentation, and promotion of new Australian choreography. Initiated by The Keir Foundation in partnership with Dancehouse, Carriageworks and Creative Australia, the Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) was an incredibly significant commissioning and presentation context for independent Australian choreography. With a total of 40 new choreographic works over ten years, the KCA legacy has truly influenced the scale and vibrancy of Australian dance.

For this program, a suite of artists involved in the awards have been invited to respond to WHAT REMAINS as a provocation. Previously commissioned artists will perform embodied memories of their KCA works; photographer Gregory Lorenzutti and videographer Cobie Orger, who have both documented every edition of the award will revisit their archives as original installations; a publication that critically maps the history, impact and implications of KCA as well as a dedicated website will be also launched while live SCRIBES will capture the evening which will culminate in a party.

PROGRAM:

PERFORMANCES

PERFORMING WHAT REMAINS

WITH: ANGELA GOH, JANE MCKERNAN, MATTHEW DAY (Sydney)

As a performative articulation of one of the main invitations extended to the authors contributing to the KCA publication, a selection of KCA commissioned artists have been invited to respond to WHAT REMAINS as a provocation. This is a reflection on what the muscular memory retains, on how the body re-inhabits and on how the archive re- en-live-ens. No rehearsals, 10 min. max, one evening only.

BOOK LAUNCH

COMPETING CHOREOGRAPHIES

Edited by Angela Conquet & Philipa Rothfield

This publication critically maps the history, impact and implications of the Keir Choreographic Award, Australia’s only cash contemporary dance prize, whilst offering broader reflections on competition, criticality, community and place in dialogue with international thinkers and practitioners. Through interviews, analytical and poetic re-readings of the award’s embodied and digital archives, it mobilises multiple perspectives and disciplinary contexts in order to engage with what remains.

The book will be available for free at the event or ordered online. (LINK TO BOOK)

INSTALLATIONS

Original video artwork and installation: Cobie Orger

Photographic installation: Gregory Lorenzutti

Scribe archives and live scribing : Leisa Shelton

With What Remains, we have invited the memories of those who have been not active participants in the award but whose participation was absolutely necessary in order for the award to exist: photographers, videographers, scribes; all active witnesses of what unfolded. This award equally belongs to them, for they have journeyed with it for its entire history. We have invited some of these unusual ‘keepers’ — the Melbourne KCA’s videographer (Cobie Orger) and a photographer (Gregory Lorenzutti) as well as a team of scribed\s led by Leisa Shelton to also respond to the theme of ‘what remains” by re-enacting their archives as original installations and live scribing.

BOOK HERE

WHAT REMAINS

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD

24 AUG ABBOTSFORD CONVENT, MELBOURNE

WHAT REMAINS is a celebratory program that revisits and amplifies some of the major contributions the Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) has made to the Australian dance ecology.

Launched in 2014 and held biennially over five editions, KCA was a unique and innovative public-private initiative dedicated to the commissioning, presentation, and promotion of new Australian choreography. Initiated by The Keir Foundation in partnership with Dancehouse, Carriageworks and Creative Australia, the Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) was an incredibly significant commissioning and presentation context for independent Australian choreography. With a total of 40 new choreographic works over ten years, the KCA legacy has truly influenced the scale and vibrancy of Australian dance.

For this program, a suite of artists involved in the awards have been invited to respond to WHAT REMAINS as a provocation. Previously commissioned artists will perform embodied memories of their KCA works; photographer Gregory Lorenzutti and videographer Cobie Orger, who have both documented every edition of the award will revisit their archives as original installations; a publication that critically maps the history, impact and implications of KCA as well as a dedicated website will be also launched while live SCRIBES will capture the evening which will culminate in a party.

PROGRAM:

PERFORMANCES

PERFORMING WHAT REMAINS

REBECCA JENSEN & AVIVA ENDEAN, TRA MI DINH, JO LLOYD.

As a performative articulation of one of the main invitations extended to the authors contributing to the KCA publication, a selection of KCA commissioned artists have been invited to respond to WHAT REMAINS as a provocation. This is a reflection on what the muscular memory retains, on how the body re-inhabits and on how the archive re- en-live-ens. No rehearsals, 10 min. max, one evening only.

BOOK LAUNCH

COMPETING CHOREOGRAPHIES

Edited by Angela Conquet & Philipa Rothfield

This publication critically maps the history, impact and implications of the Keir Choreographic Award, Australia’s only cash contemporary dance prize, whilst offering broader reflections on competition, criticality, community and place in dialogue with international thinkers and practitioners. Through interviews, analytical and poetic re-readings of the award’s embodied and digital archives, it mobilises multiple perspectives and disciplinary contexts in order to engage with what remains.

The book will be available for free at the event or ordered online. (LINK TO BOOK)

INSTALLATIONS

Original video artwork and installation: Cobie Orger

Photographic installation: Gregory Lorenzutti

Scribe archives and live scribing : Leisa Shelton

With What Remains, we have invited the memories of those who have been not active participants in the award but whose participation was absolutely necessary in order for the award to exist: photographers, videographers, scribes; all active witnesses of what unfolded. This award equally belongs to them, for they have journeyed with it for its entire history. We have invited some of these unusual ‘keepers’ — the Melbourne KCA’s videographer (Cobie Orger) and a photographer (Gregory Lorenzutti) as well as a team of scribed\s led by Leisa Shelton to also respond to the theme of ‘what remains” by re-enacting their archives as original installations and live scribing.

BOOK HERE