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Dances for a Small Stage Australia

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8362 7902

Address: 9 Stepney Street 5069 Adelaide, SA, Australia

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25.01.2022 The countdown to opening night has begun! 4 days to go!!!! Get your tickets now for Friday night https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au//dances-for-a-small-stag Enjoy the sneak peeks from our dress rehearsal. Photos by Chris Herzfeld Camlight Productions

25.01.2022 ORANGE by Lisa Lonero Allen & Jesse Budel LISA LONERO Lisa career began with the South African Cape Dance Company, Jazzart and the Free Flight Dance Company. She has adjudicated in the U.S, was cast in South Africa’s ‘Blood Wedding’ directed by Geoffrey Hyland and later cast in Janice Honeyman’s production Die Fledermaus, and the musical Showboat, which toured to Germany and Norway.... Lisa has since worked with Australian Choreographers such as Lina Limosani, Larissa McGowan, Alison Currie, Daniel Jaber and Katrina Lazaroff, and continues to create her own works such as her award nominated work, Modern Zebra Safari. Lisa was commissioned to perform at Flinders Medical Centre, Living Arts Exhibition, Adelaide Fringe Festival, and most recently joined forces with Rachel Kennedy, as Co-Artistic Director for Dances for a Small Stage Australia. JESSE BUDEL Jesse is a South Australian composer-performer, sound artists and curator. He is currently a PhD candidate in Music Composition at Elder Conservatorium of Music (with an Australian Postgraduate Award), focusing on adapting the innovative field of soundscape ecology to compositional process, in order to produce creative works responding to engagement with specific places, and related ecosystems and soundscapes. In 2017, Jesse is one of five inaugural Carclew Fellowship recipients, which supports a professional development tour of the US and Canada in his research area of environmental music and sound art. Additionally, he will be collaborating with the Zephyr String Quartet to develop an urban sound installation in the Adelaide CBD, as part of a New Music Network LAB Mentorship. Photos by Chris Herzfeld

24.01.2022 HA'ADAM by Ruby Dolman & Leah Blankendaal RUBY DOLMAN Ruby Dolman began her full time dance training at the Adelaide College of the Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Dance Performance in 2014 and receiving the Arts Excellence Award for outstanding all round achievement in dance.... In 2016 Ruby and Emma Watkins choreographed and performed "It is what it is?" for the Adelaide Fringe Festival and "Stuck on Reply" with the vocal group Voice of Transition. Ruby was awarded a Personal Development Grant by youth arts organisation, Carclew, in 2016. She spent time in Israel participating in dance workshops with Batsheva Dance Company, Vertigo Dance Company, Catamon Dance Collective and in Europe Hofesh Shechter Dance Company, and various independent artists. Ruby has worked with noted choreographers: Peter Sheedy, Kialea-Nadine Williams, Chris Scherer, Larissa McGowan, Tanya Voges, Tobiah Booth-Remmers, Xiao Xiong Zhang and Philip Channells. In her graduate performance Ruby was named most outstanding cast member in Peter Sheedy's "Wood, Steel and Hollow Water" by Alan Brissenden, Dance Australia (2014). LEAH BLANKENHAAL Leah Blankendaal is a versatile and diverse musician, whose composition comes from a love of light and space. She holds a Bachelor of Music (Hons) from the University of Western Australia, during which time she was awarded the Dorothea Agnus Memorial Scholarship for excellence in Honours studies. In 2014 she completed a Masters of Communication Studies (Sound Design), where she submitted her dissertation, A Thousand Facets, as a large-scale sound and photography installation exploring the mathematical relationship between light and sound. Leah has worked with some of Australia’s leading new music ensembles including Tura New Music, the Australian Art Orchestra, the Melbourne Metropolitan Sinfonietta, Halfsound Saxophone Duo and Creative Original Music Adelaide. In 2016 she was a finalist in the Soundstream Emerging Composers’ Forum, where she received one of three major commissions for her work Overlap. 2017 takes Leah to Rotterdam to the Classical:Next conference, where she will represent the Australian delegation in the inaugural Australian Music Centre & APRA AMCOS Fellows Program. Photos by Chris Herzfeld

24.01.2022 Getting ready for show #7 @ 7:30pm tonight. Last show tomorrow @ 2:30pm Don't miss out!!

22.01.2022 Read our 4.5 Star review from Glam Adelaide! Tickets available for this weekend only. Congratulations to Dances for a Small Stage Artists 2017! http://www.glamadelaide.com.au//fringe-review-dances-for-/

20.01.2022 DIFFERENT Conceived & Directed by Rachel Kennedy Choreography by @Rachel Kennedy and the performer Music composed and performed by Tracy Chen... Performer: Courteney Cox Sometimes you feel like you’re different to everyone else, sometimes you follow your dreams and sometimes you get stuck. Life is a struggle sometimes and sometimes you just sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.

20.01.2022 DIFFERENT by Rachel Kennedy & Tracy Chen RACHEL KENNEDY Rachel Kennedy is the owner and founding director of Stomping Ground Studios, a dance & movement centre in Stepney which is the main sponsor of Dances for a Small Stage.... Rachel began her dance training in Adelaide at the age of 8, she studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and from there went on to dance in the UK, USA and Canada. Her choreography is rooted in the dance theatre genre and aims to connect with the audience at an emotional level. TRACY CHEN Tracy Chen is a composer and performer based in Adelaide, South Australia. Combining simple pop-influenced progressions, soft vocals and found sounds at her desk, Tracy’s focus is on emotion, making space, and the warmth of low-quality recording. Rather than looking at ways to add, Tracy attempts to highlight existing details and pace her music gradually and in line with current feeling. Tracy has gradually gained attention from press (Sound Doctrine, i-D, Noisey) and local/international artists alike with only a few tracks online. Most recently, she was one of 10 artists selected to collaborate with Imogen Heap as part of a Brighter Sound residency in Manchester, UK."

19.01.2022 ¿Por qué? Choreographed & performed by Emily Mayes Music composed & performed by Anthony Zatorski... Emily and Anthony have collaborated to create a dramatic piece that explores themes of confusion, delusion, obsessive love and eventual healing. The themes are a response to a personal journey right in the heart of Latin America, Argentina, where hearts are opened and closed in the same breath. Drawing together contrasting styles of vocalization and flamenco dance, ¿Por qué? is emotionally honest and vulnerably human. The question is. ¿Por qué? no me amas más?

17.01.2022 Final weekend of shows coming up! Friday Feb 24th @ 7:30pm Saturday Feb 25th @ 2:30pm Saturday Feb 25th @ 7:30pm... Sunday Feb 26th @ 2:30pm Get your tickets at: https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au//dances-for-a-small-stag

14.01.2022 KHASM by Bridgett Cains & Daisy-Chain-Massacre BRIDGETT CAINS Bridgett took her first ballet lesson thirty years ago, and has been obsessed with dance ever since.... She trained full-time in contemporary dance at AC Arts in Adelaide, and commercial dance at Dance Factory in Melbourne, before having her heart stolen by circus arts and world dance in her early twenties. Her choreography fuses an eclectic mix of disciplines, including belly dance, contemporary dance, and contortion, and she continues to study, teach, and perform across Australia, Europe, and the US. DAISY-CHAIN-MASSACRE When the Musical universe implodes and a much needed musical black hole is created, defying all known styles and genre's to create the "Antigenre"... Introducing, from very diverse musical backgrounds, a collaboration between Johann Dreyer (We Play Machines, AfrikanAmerikan, LoCoJo), Chris Lambert (Clowns of Decadence, Capital F, Medicine Troupe, Rhythm Caravan), and James Chang (Enemymine). Daisy-Chain-Massacre is a culmination of various music styles and influences. Industrial, metal, dub, ambient, rock, fusion, hip-hop...setting a next level sonic experience.

13.01.2022 Last weekend of shows!!! Friday Feb 24th @ 7:30pm - that's tonight! Saturday Feb 25th @ 2:30pm Saturday Feb 25th @ 7:30pm... Sunday Feb 26th @ 2:30pm Get your tix now or at the door, can't wait to see you in the audience! https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au//dances-for-a-small-stag

13.01.2022 Fringe is Here!

12.01.2022 Introducing RACHEL KENNEDY & TRACY CHEN RACHEL KENNEDY Rachel Kennedy is the owner and founding director of Stomping Ground Studios, a dance & movement centre in Stepney which is the main sponsor of Dances for a Small Stage. ... Rachel began her dance training in Adelaide at the age of 8, she studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and from there went on to dance in the UK, USA and Canada. Her choreography is rooted in the dance theatre genre and aims to connect with the audience at an emotional level. TRACY CHEN Tracy Chen is a composer and performer based in Adelaide, South Australia. Combining simple pop-influenced progressions, soft vocals and found sounds at her desk, Tracy’s focus is on emotion, making space, and the warmth of low-quality recording. Rather than looking at ways to add, Tracy attempts to highlight existing details and pace her music gradually and in line with current feeling. Tracy has gradually gained attention from press (Sound Doctrine, i-D, Noisey) and local/international artists alike with only a few tracks online. Most recently, she was one of 10 artists selected to collaborate with Imogen Heap as part of a Brighter Sound residency in Manchester, UK."

11.01.2022 HA'ADAM Choreographed & performed by Ruby Dolman Music composed & performed by Leah Blankendaal... Let’s not lose our connection to the world, let’s not lose our humanity. Through common tasks and actions, through every day ritual and shared experience, we are more than the sum of our differences. Sound sources from the physical world hold space in the other: connecting the tangible with the immaterial. Base needs for clean water and air are drivers through which we can recognize a deeper connection with each other.

11.01.2022 KHASM Choreographed by Bridgett Cains Music composed & performed by the Daisy-Chain-Massacre Performers: Bridgett Cains, Bridgette Anderson, Kelly Nicholas, Maryann Boettcher... Exploring the dynamics between the fluid art of belly dance and the explosive, industrial energy of the Daisy-Chain-Massacre, this work dances along an off beat path, channeling the perfect balance of these juxtaposed energies. Dance and music merge into a beautiful and almost antagonistic experience that pushes your expectations into the unknown. Get your tickets at https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au//dances-for-a-small-stag

07.01.2022 Thank you to the wonderful audience who came out to our Opening Night last night! Next up: Our Saturday matinee today at 2:30pm then, Our Saturday evening show at 7:30pm tonight... We can't wait to see you in the audience! Get your tix at https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au//dances-for-a-small-stag

05.01.2022 Opening night is tonight!! It's Take a Friend for Free night so hop on over to https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au//dances-for-a-small-stag and grab yourself a ticket! We have an amazing line up of local artists!... See you Stomping Ground Studios!

03.01.2022 What a fantastic show last night! Getting ready for our matinee today at 2:30pm. Tickets available through Fringe Tix or at the door.... https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au//dances-for-a-small-stag See you there! Photos by Chris Herzfeld

02.01.2022 ¿Por Qué? by Emily Mayes & Anthony Zatorski - Baritone ANTHONY ZATORSKI is an Australian baritone and composer who has recently completed his studies with First Class Honours at the Elder Conservatorium of Music with Cheryl Pickering. As a freelance performer, Anthony has performed and had his works performed in a number of high-profile situations in Europe, China, and America.... Anthony is a specialist performer of New Music and collaborates with composers and artists from other disciplines to create new works. EMILY MAYES is a dancer with over 20 years experience on the stage, originally training as a ballet dancer. Her love of flamenco music and dance began while spending time in Spain in 2008. Her debut choreographic work, Conversations (Dances for a Small Stage 2016), sparked her imagination and she looks forward to deepening her choreographic style in DFSS 2017. Emily studied Dance at WAAPA and has studied flamenco in workshops with Manuel Betanzos, 'La Chica' & Andrej Vujicic, Andres Pena and Paloma Gomez. She has appeared in shows, Vidorra (Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2016), Dances for a Small Stage (Adelaide Fringe 2016) and performed at various Fiestas with Studio Flamenco.

02.01.2022 ORANGE by Lisa Lonero Allen & Jesse Budel Conceived by Lisa Lonero Choreographed by Lisa Lonero & the dancers Music composed & performed by Jesse Budel... Performers: Ruby Dolman & Courtney Cox Like the choreography, the music for Orange successively explores each perceptive sense through sound. Relishing in the effervescent citrus flavours and scents, taste and smell give way to the experience of hearing conjured through building rhythms out of the natural rebound of oranges. A quirky take on the vibrant sight and rich colour of the fruit follows, moving through to the porous and strewn textures of touch, before a final climax, which integrates the full sensory experience together.

01.01.2022 Well that's it for the 2017 Adelaide Fringe Season of Dances for a Small Stage Australia! BIG THANKYOU'S are in order.... Thank you to all our incredible artists Lisa Lonero Allen, Jesse Budel, Ruby Dolman, Courteney Cox, Daisy-Chain-Massacre, Bridgett Cains, Bridgette Anderson, Kelly Nicholas, Maryann Boettcher, Leah Blankendaal, Emily Mayes, Anthony Zatorski - Vocalist/Composer, Tracy Chen, Rachel Kennedy.... Thank you to our wonderful sponsors: Stomping Ground Studios Chris Herzfeld Barristers Block Premium Wines Minerva Wealth Management Thank you also to City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters And thank you to our fantastic audiences!!!!!! We are already planning and looking forward to next year....check in here on Facebook for updates or PM us to join our mailing list. See you next Adelaide Fringe!