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Alison Currie is an independent choreographer and dance artist based on Kaurna Yerta, South Australia. She is interested in connecting individual and universal shared humanity through live performance and often works with inanimate objects alongside dancers to highlight the human, personal and emotional within the work. Alison is currently sharing practice with Ade Suharto and working towards community engaged performance with OSCA at Parndo Yerta/Charles Cane Reserve, Prospect.
Alison's other recent works include ‘Somewhere, Everywhere, Nowhere’, co-directed with Yui Kawaguchi for OzAsia Festival 2021, ‘Of All Things’, performed by and created with ADT,‘De-Limit’, co-directed with David Cross finalist 2020 Keir Awards,‘Creatures’ at the Samstag Museum for Adelaide Dance Festival, ‘Close Company’ with Singapore's RAW Moves for OzAsia Festival 2018, and ‘Concrete Impermanence’ at Adelaide Festival Centre, The Substation and Dancehouse for Dance Massive 2019.
Feature image: Of All Things (2020) by Alison Currie
Photo Credit: by Sam Roberts
Dancers featured: Christopher Mills, Rowan Rossi, Sophie Stuut
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Performance
Progress Report
PRESENTED BY THE SUBSTATION AND FRAME: A BIENNIAL OF DANCE
Progress Report is a solo performance about consumerism and waste. The work puts everyday decisions under the microscope to reveal seemingly contradictory, at times hilarious and often unbearable truths.
A hortative manifesto that boldly proclaims wasting waste is a waste, Progress Report exemplifies the imperative need to transform the value of garbage.
With this latest work, long-time collaborators Alison Currie and Alisdair Macindoe delve into their mutual interest in objects and subjects in performance.
Progress Report features an ever-evolving stage design by Meg Wilson, subtle and impactful sonic worlds created by co-sound designers Sascha Budimski and Alisdair Macindoe and is delicately performed by Cazna Brass and Rachel Coulson.
Progress Report features several cubic metres of industrial plastics that have been intercepted midway through their recycling process. The work mirrors a dynamic state of change, reflecting this intercepted process, where objects, performer, text and choreography are in flux.
The Substation galleries, bar and bookshop will open one hour prior to the performance. Latecomers will not be admitted.
CASTING
Rachel Coulson: Wednesday 1 March and Friday 3 March
Cazna Brass: Thursday 2 March and Saturday 4 March
CONTENT WARNING
Coarse language, smoke/haze, low light levels and high noise levels.
ARTIST TALK
There will be a post-show artist talk on Friday 3 March.
ACCESS
The performance and the post-show artist talk on Friday 3 March will be Auslan interpreted by Auslan Stage Left.
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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Concept/Direction/Choreography/Writing: Alison Currie and Alisdair Macindoe
Soloist: Cazna Brass and Rachel Coulson (refer to casting above for details)
Sound Design: Sascha Budimski and Alisdair Macindoe
Set, Lighting and Costume Design: Meg Wilson
Producers: Penelope Leishman, Jason Cross and Insite Arts
Choreographic Development Artists: Lewis Rankin and Kialea-Nadine Williams
Lighting Consultant: Matthew Adey
Video and Photography: Sam Roberts
Made and premiered at Vitalstatistix on Kaurna Country 2021
Concrete Impermanence
Adelaide based choreographer and artist, Alison Currie presents her new work Concrete Impermanence, tackling global and personal instability, environmental disaster and personal trauma through the connection of sculptural objects and people on stage. Through these relationships and environments, she reveals the fragility of human existence; in its tragedy, its poetic beauty and in the inevitable reality of a fragile existence.
Presented by The Substation and Alison Currie.
Supported by Insite Arts, Arts SA, Australia Council for the Arts, Restless Dance Theatre, LWDance Hub, Access2Arts, Adelaide Festival Centre.
Directed and Choreographed by Alison Currie
Dancers: Alison Currie, Harrison Richie-Jones & Stephen Sheehan
Choreography in collaboration with Carlie Angel, Amrita Hepi, Jessie Oshodi, Lewis Rankin & Stephen Sheehan
Sound: Alisdair Macindoe
Lighting Design: Matthew Adey
Visuals: Jason Lam: Kaboom Studios
Creative Assistant: Carlie Angel
Sculptural Objects molo: designers Stephanie Forsythe & Todd MacAllen
Costume: Anny Duff: Goods Studios, shoes by All Birds
Creative Producer: Jason Cross
Set consultation: Stephen Hayter
Design consultation: Morag Cook
Sound consultation: Sascha Budimski
Audio description consultation: Lara Torr: Access 2 Arts
Secondment dancers: Rita Bush & Cazna Brass
