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News from one of our fabulous emerging artists taking part in the mentorship scheme came in today...here's what Kate Skully had to report on her mentorship so far with choreographer Amanda Phillips:
Kate: " I have been engaged since march this year in the Helpmann Mentorship program with mentor Amanda Phillips who is a well recognised director and choreographer. I've been undertaking training with Amanda who has supported and developed my choreography and has also allowed me to work alongside her current practice as a leader in the field of new platforms for performance and 3D stereoscopics -- allowing the audience to view three dimensionally. Working here in Adelaide I have had the chance to be practically involved in the studio with Amanda and other professional practitioners such as dancer Gala Moody and Alexander Waite Mitchell (composer and new media artist), This mentorship has been pitvotal to the professional direction and outcomes that I have achieved this year. I have gained new skills and approaches to choreography and direction through practical time at the Odeon Theatre, had the opportunity to work both in front of and behind the camera and developed my ideas and vision as an emerging Adelaide dance artist and Pilates practitioner.
one of the professional highlights this year was attending the World Dance Alliance (WDA) Global Summit in Brisbane that was themed Dance Dialogues: conversations across cultures, art forms & practice. here Amanda presented both an academic paper on the ontology of characters and her groundbreaking work in 3D Stereoscopics in a performative setting with her artistic associates. For this presentation I had the opportunity to understudy Gala Moody's solo, which gave e insight into the making of this work from the perspectives of movement, direction and visual aspects. In the studio Amanda gave us direction and improvisational tasks before building the solo. Within this I got to do some sensory exploration in which I learnt how my body responds differently once I close my eyes and involve myself in the feel of the movement rather than the physical appearance of the movement. The solo has an hypnotic appeal through the organic development and embodiment of the action.
Through attending the WDA I was also able to meet other delegates which was a fantastic networking opportunity. Amanda and I also met regularly during the week to debrief and discuss the lectures we had attended which I found was necessary as the amount of informatoin was overwhelming that I was taking in ! My trave to the event was assisted by a SAYAB (South Australian Youth Arts Board) grant and I was one of the youngst delegates to attend WDA.
Recently I have been involved in some insightful new developments through my mentorship. I assisted on set at the South Australian Film Corporation as Amanda created new 3D stero content for th elive cine edit of '3xperimenta: Songlines & Storylines' that was presented as part of SALA (South Australian Living Artists) Festival at the SA Museum.
The upcoming part of my mentorship is exciting a I prepare for my next Adelaide Fringe production with the collective that I co-founded called 'Playground'. My mentorship is flanked by the 2008 and 2009 Adelaide Fringe, as Amanda will give us studio time and feedback, guidance and consideration for our new show too, after beginning the mentorship in 2008 during the production 'Wearing Away Our Lips' which launched Playgrounds work a a company that performs in and around audiences. See you at the Fringe then!
Thank you again for this inspiring and pivotal opportunity."
and thank YOU Kate for letting us know about your work -- we cant wait to see what you do next!
one of the professional highlights this year was attending the World Dance Alliance (WDA) Global Summit in Brisbane that was themed Dance Dialogues: conversations across cultures, art forms & practice. here Amanda presented both an academic paper on the ontology of characters and her groundbreaking work in 3D Stereoscopics in a performative setting with her artistic associates. For this presentation I had the opportunity to understudy Gala Moody's solo, which gave e insight into the making of this work from the perspectives of movement, direction and visual aspects. In the studio Amanda gave us direction and improvisational tasks before building the solo. Within this I got to do some sensory exploration in which I learnt how my body responds differently once I close my eyes and involve myself in the feel of the movement rather than the physical appearance of the movement. The solo has an hypnotic appeal through the organic development and embodiment of the action.
Through attending the WDA I was also able to meet other delegates which was a fantastic networking opportunity. Amanda and I also met regularly during the week to debrief and discuss the lectures we had attended which I found was necessary as the amount of informatoin was overwhelming that I was taking in ! My trave to the event was assisted by a SAYAB (South Australian Youth Arts Board) grant and I was one of the youngst delegates to attend WDA.
Recently I have been involved in some insightful new developments through my mentorship. I assisted on set at the South Australian Film Corporation as Amanda created new 3D stero content for th elive cine edit of '3xperimenta: Songlines & Storylines' that was presented as part of SALA (South Australian Living Artists) Festival at the SA Museum.
The upcoming part of my mentorship is exciting a I prepare for my next Adelaide Fringe production with the collective that I co-founded called 'Playground'. My mentorship is flanked by the 2008 and 2009 Adelaide Fringe, as Amanda will give us studio time and feedback, guidance and consideration for our new show too, after beginning the mentorship in 2008 during the production 'Wearing Away Our Lips' which launched Playgrounds work a a company that performs in and around audiences. See you at the Fringe then!
Thank you again for this inspiring and pivotal opportunity."
and thank YOU Kate for letting us know about your work -- we cant wait to see what you do next!
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