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Rhiannon Newton

Rhiannon Newton - Long Sentences "The negativity that comes from working with words, they miss a lot of the stuff, that is the stuff, that is why people like us like dancing."Rhiannon Newton Rhiannon is an Australian dancer and choreographer. Her creative work draws attention to the interconnection of the body and the more-than-human world. Rhiannon makes contributions to community and culture through choreography, performance, education, research and curation. This discussion is focused on her work Long Sentences soon to premiere at DanceHouse. the generosity of taking something seriouslythe words from the showco-existing with the worka quote from the book "Sun and Steel - Mishima Yukio"dancing and then writing from noticing3 sentences make up the show (the first sentence is 17 minutes long)working with many mediums and being varied about how sure you are with eachthere is a meaning and a logicadjusting choreography so that it doesn't just wash over peoplebreaking yourself apart into the materials (choreographic, performative etc)"I don't want anyone to be interested in me, I want them to see the work".we compare Xavier Le Roy to Beyoncèthe first day of rehearsals being dangerous due to having freedom from the show and it's own agenda.commenting on your own improvisation while you're doing itthe self-underminedoing choreography that is thrilling "If i'm going to put this in front of someone I (decided that I) need to help them also take it seriously. And put something at stake."Rhiannon Newton links: homepage - http://rhiannonnewton.comhttps://www.instagram.com/rhiannonlnewt/previous episodes including Rhiannon NewtonTOTAL by Angela Goh - https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/event/performance-total-by-angela-goh-qag-2025-04-06/Baltic Circle development period - https://www.balticcircle.fi/en/ohjelmisto/long-sentences-2/

Chloe Chignell

"publication as a form of performance and performance as a form of publication"Chloe Chignell Chloe Chignell (AU) is an artist working across text, choreography and publishing. Chloe takes the body as the central problem, question and location of her research. She invests in writing as a body building practice, examining the ways in which language makes us up. Since 2019 Chloe co-runs rile* a bookshop and project space for publication and performance with Sven Dehens. the durability of the object performer-ship and audience-shipa performance demands shared time and shared space shadow text at DanceHouseAmina SzecsödyJOKES - the bookthe lead artist being the hosttranslation"dance is not a language, but it is a form""it felt uninteresting to try to translate text to dance, i felt like it would just enslave the dance into a form of meaning production. dance has other skills"working with dance vs working with choreography"they are real books but they are also scenography"the difference in permanencewaterworld movie paper scenethe iconography of ballroom dancethe name - street danceanachronistic - meaningthe use of the term experimentalchoreographic frameworksto dance with or without an internalised choreographers eyelive decisions on stage"the choreography is producing syntax" links: Chloe Chignell homepageinstagramworkspace BrusselsfacebookRile bookshop and project space

Ning WANG – 王甯

"I love to use Excel to visualise choreography. (When you're talking to collaborators in words, there will always be misunderstandings.)"Ning WANG｜王甯 Ning WANG｜王甯 regards her body as a complex carrier with both material and emotional compatibility, and the individual is rich in unique historical traces. In recent years, she has actively participated in cross-domain cooperation, including circus, sound, new media, experimental video, and behavioural art. We talk about her work Cracking that reflects on the extreme phenomenon of overproduction and over-manufacturing under the high-speed operation of global consumer culture, and this strange, uncoordinated, and even depleted physical state. we discuss: the show "Cracking"role modelschoreography as more than patterninghow to be watched and balance the power by seeing backcontact improvisation changing how you know the bodyphysical understanding is at least the same importance as understanding through readingtechnology and the body being materials towards choreographybeing a "low-tech" artistthe book One Shot - https://www.rile.space/books/one-shotthe freedom of ignoring the past and embracing my past - cultural past as well as physicalcollaboration as a way to share the responsibility links: https://www.instagram.com/ning.wang.nw/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGEWUFJQ3N4premiere - https://www.opentix.life/event/1761954697480052736interview - https://npac-ntch.org/discover/voice/10442another interview - https://npac-ntch.org/discover/voice/10485marie claire - https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/lifestyle/issue/79726another interview - https://npac-ntch.org/discover/voice/10682video documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxY9Nlc0xXkanother interview - https://npac-ntch.org/discover/voice/10702-%E7%94%A8%E5%89%B5%E4%BD%9C%E8%A3%82%E8%A7%A3%E6%AC%8A%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E5%88%BB%E7%97%95%EF%BC%9A%E7%8E%8B%E7%94%AF%EF%BC%B8%E9%AD%8F%E9%9B%8B%E5%B1%95

Yen Tzu Chang – 張晏慈

"I use old technology because it's so fast to realise my idea, and realise the artwork." (New technology is also exciting and requires me to project manage multiple teams of people).Yen Tzu Chang 張晏慈 Yen Tzu Chang 張晏慈 is a new media artist/new media art director/sound artist based in Taiwan, she has delivered sound art performances/exhibitions and exhibited her works in many international conferences and festivals, including Ars Electronica Festival, roBOt 08 Festival, Linux Audio Conference, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Digital Design Weekend in London, Most Wanted: Music in Berlin, etc. we discuss: recent tour to Australia (Perth)why do dancingthe human body accomodating to the technologydecision making in various collaborative rolesinteractive technology in live performanceroboticsalternatives to projectionworking with techniciansmaking a show across multiple labsmedia artmodern dancecostumes for dancers in multimedia performanceprojects with naturecharacter in performance links: homepage - https://changyentzu.com/https://www.instagram.com/chang_yentzu/Link tree - https://linktr.ee/yenschanghttps://objkt.com/users/tz1TeYqN7ssCEZTmxnEVTHwXGrZB9zsnyvvE

Jeff Hsieh – 謝杰樺

"you have to know yourself really well (because everything else is changing faster than it ever has)"Jeff Hsieh (謝杰樺) Jeff Hsieh (謝杰樺) is the current artistic director of Anarchy Dance Theatre. His works feature a strong element of interactive dance performance and leverage technology to expand the field of choreography. We cover; how technology has changed our lives the bodymachine interventions new physical experiencethe eternal straight linesurgery at a distancedigital worldsAI in artnew media arts / old media artsskills used to have a long tail of valueknowing what you're doingmid-journey links: https://anarchydancetheatre.com/youtubefacebookinstagramderida dance