Research

IMAGE-SYMPOSIUM & PERFORMANCES 2022

IMAGE-SYMPOSIUM & PERFORMANCES 2022

Join us in teasing out what an ‘image’ is and how image-making unfolds…

TANK 2017 - image • dance • think research lab

TANK 2017 – image • dance • think research lab

Explore how images arise in and around us, and how the body can be danced by these images and by the imagination!

TANK-3

TANK-3

Image•Dance•Think•Tank 2 – 8 NOVEMBER 2015 (not including Tuesday 3 Nov) Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne led by Tess de Quincey & Frank van de Ven – Bodyweather Amsterdam Following a series of masterclasses, symposia and performances in Sydney 2012-2014, Frank and Tess will again open up their practice to share, explore and […]


free TANK-3 SYMPOSIUM & PERFORMANCES

free TANK-3 SYMPOSIUM & PERFORMANCES

As part of this international exchange with BODYWEATHER AMSTERDAM, dancers, artists, artist-academics and academics invite you to participate in an afternoon that explores the outcomes of a 5-day laboratory and masterclass about the body danced by images. Besides physical demonstrations, discussions and talks there will be a selection of short performances, all providing insight into processes underlying image making. So… join us, join us, join us as we unfold experiences together.

TANK 2 LABORATORY

TANK 2 LABORATORY

IMAGE • DANCE • THINK

A laboratory-symposium led by
FRANK VAN DE VEN & TESS DE QUINCEY

24 – 29 NOVEMBER 2014
Rex Cramphorn Studio – 
The University of Sydney

Lab: Monday 24 to Saturday 29 Nov 10am – 5pm
Public Symposium: Sunday 30 Nov 3pm – 6pm

TANK 2 PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM

TANK 2 PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM

IMAGE • DANCE • THINK

Public Symposium led by
FRANK VAN DE VEN & TESS DE QUINCEY

SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2014
3 – 6pm
Rex Cramphorn Studio – 
The University of Sydney


TANK SYMPOSIUM

TANK SYMPOSIUM

We invite you to participate in an afternoon that explores the outcomes of a 5-day workshop and masterclass about the body danced by images.
REX CRAMPHORN STUDIO
…9 November 2013…

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2016

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2016

  De Quincey Co and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Space warmly invite you to share our research IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2016 10th Anniversary – One-Hour Performance Improvisation led by FRANK VAN DE VEN, BodyWeather Amsterdam SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER performance 2-3pm refreshments 3-4pm at GLEBE TOWN HALL 160 St John’s Road, Glebe FREE ENTRY – no […]

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2015 - No. 2

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2015 – No. 2

De Quincey Co and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Space warmly invite you to share our research   SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER performance 2-3pm refreshments 3-4pm   PERFORMERS: Tess de Quincey, Angela French, Ryuichi Fujimura, Maya Gavish, Leah Grycewicz, Nikki Heywood, Weizen Ho, Joanne Hobern, Yoka Jones, Lisa Maris McDonell, Jacqui Otago, Alan Schacher, Frank […]


IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2015-2

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2015-2

led by FRANK VAN DE VEN, Body Weather Amsterdam Friday-Sunday 23-25 OCTOBER 2015 GLEBE TOWN HALL 160 St Johns Rd, Glebe EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST are invited from professional dancers and intedisciplianary artists who would like to attend and contribute to this exchange. In curating and leading these labs as a process over the year, we […]

IMPRO EXCHANGE 2015-1

IMPRO EXCHANGE 2015-1

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2015-1
SYDNEY 6-8 FEBRUARY

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST open for professional dancers to participate in an

Improvisation Research Laboratory
led by Tess de Quincey & Peter Fraser

FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY 6-8 FEBRUARY
10am – 4pm
Rex Cramphorn Studio
The University of Sydney

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2015-1

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2015-1

One-hour Performance Improvisation

You are warmly invited you to share our research

PERFORMERS: Henrietta Baird, Tess de Quincey, Peter Fraser, Weizen Ho, Yoka Jones, Anice Jeffries, Krisztina Joos, Anna Kuroda, Lexi Land, Linda Luke, Kirsten Packham, Michelle Soo.

SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY
2-3pm

at the REX CRAMPHORN STUDIO
Department of Performance Studies
A20 Woolley Building
Manning Road
The University of Sydney


IMPRO-EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE

IMPRO-EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE

CRITICAL PATH and THE WEATHER EXCHANGE invite you to a De Quincey Co initiative

A One Hour Performance Improvisation

SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2014
2-3pm

CRITICAL PATH
1c New Beach Road
Rushcutters Bay

Since inception in 2006, as an ongoing research process, Impro-Exchange labs have been held each year and this performance marks the outcome of the second lab in 2014, led by Martin del Amo.

The performance is free of charge.

IMPRO-EXCHANGE

IMPRO-EXCHANGE

Live improvised meetings between dancers from different backgrounds and traditions led by TESS DE QUINCEY & MARTIN FOX.
…21-23 November 2014…
Critical Path, The Drill

SWARM BODIES

SWARM BODIES

will explore three linked bodies – ‘dot body’, ‘swarm entity’ and ‘wild being’ through a group of bodies working connectively, grounded in dots as a way of envisaging a body structure.
….3-16 Sept….
The Drill, Supported by Critical Path


MELBOURNE WEEKEND INTENSIVE: 29 - 31ST JULY

MELBOURNE WEEKEND INTENSIVE: 29 – 31ST JULY

Tess returns to Melbourne to lead this workshop after her 2015 presentation of solo MOONDANCE alongside TANK-3 image-research work with Frank van de Ven and Monash University.

BODY MEETS IMAGINATION:  a manual of images from BodyWeather

BODY MEETS IMAGINATION: a manual of images from BodyWeather

8-day image workshop led by TESS DE QUINCEY and FRANK VAN DE VEN
… 3 – 9 March, 2012…
SYDNEY

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2017

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2017

One Hour Improvisation
SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2-3pm
Free entry and refreshments


CONFLUENCE 1

CONFLUENCE 1

a workshop series for disabled artists
initiated by Outlandish Arts and De Quincey Co

IMPRO EXCHANGE 2018

IMPRO EXCHANGE 2018

improvisation research lab
led by Peter Fraser & Tess de Quincey

30 NOVEMBER – 2 DECEMBER
at GLEBE TOWN HALL

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2018

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2018

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2018
One-Hour Improvisation

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER
at GLEBE TOWN HALL
160 St John’s Road, Glebe


IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2019

IMPRO-EXCHANGE 2019

One-Hour Improvisation
SUNDAY 10 MARCH 2-3pm
at GLEBE TOWN HALL
160 St John’s Road, Glebe

IMPRO-EXCHANGE LAB 2021

IMPRO-EXCHANGE LAB 2021

improvisation research lab
led by Tess de Quincey
Fri 12 – Sun 14 MARCH 2021
REX CRAMPHORN STUDIO
The University of Sydney