Image Labs
photography Vsevolod Vlaskine & Russell Emerson
In 2012, Frank van de Ven & Tess de Quincey started a process of investigation around the nature of the danced image as a international exchange between De Quincey Co and Body Weather Amsterdam. Images were a key choreographic method in Mai-Juku, Min Tanaka’s performance group in Japan, a legacy which Frank and Tess shared from their work there as dancers 1984-1991. Besides introducing new generations to this rigorous and exacting method of practice and providing insights into a rich variety of images, it is also important to encourage participants to ask afresh, what is an image? And to encourage participants to find their own ways to elicit and shape images for use in contemporary performance.
Some of these labs have involved very rich collaborations with academics from The University of Sydney and with Monash University. The masterclasses and research-labs involve artists from different generations, backgrounds, disciplines and traditions and in most instances have culminated in a public symposium so as to share the lab process and the images with audiences, opening an exchange of feedback and discussion between artists and audiences about the nature and experience of a danced image.
PREVIOUS
IMAGE-LAB 2022
a part of MARCH DANCE festival
Research Lab and Masterclass
4 – 6 MARCH 2022
Image Symposium & Performances
6 MARCH 2022
led by Tess de Quincey
Rex Cramphorn Studio, The University of Sydney
Participant artists: Elly Brickhill, Imogen Cranna, Joshua Freedman, Brian Fuata, Nicolah Heywood, Weizen Ho, Kristina Mah, Lynne Santos, Alan Schacher, Eliza Scott, Frank van de Ven, Anna White.
The Rex Cramphorn Studio is a teaching and research facility of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney. This project was supported through a residency at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, the University of Sydney
TANK 2017 – image • dance • think research lab
27 NOVEMBER – 2 DECEMBER
TANK Symposium & Performances
2 DECEMBER
led by Tess de Quincey & Frank van de Ven
Rex Cramphorn Studio, The University of Sydney
Participant artists: Carolyn Craig, Tully Doole, Bronwen Kamasz, Linda Luke, Bianca Mendonca, Raynen O’Keefe, Lee Pemberton, Lynne Santos, Genna Soso, Kristina Tito, Thomas Woodman.
The Rex Cramphorn Studio is a teaching and research facility of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney. This project was supported through a residency at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, the University of Sydney
TANK 3 – image • dance • think • tank
2 – 8 NOVEMBER 2015
Symposium 2015
8 NOVEMBER 2015
Collaboration with MONASH University
led by Tess de Quincey & Frank van de Ven
Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
Participant artists: Stefanie Fischer, Alana Hoggart, Yoka Jones, Bronwen Kamasz, Kieran Law, Gabrielle New, Sumie Nagura, Ellen Rijs, Lynne Santos, Shamita Sivabalan, Ade Suharto, Adva Weinstein, Christie Woodhouse
Participant academics: Stuart Grant, Stacy Holman Jones
TANK 2 – image • dance • think • tank
24 – 29 NOVEMBER 2014
Symposium & Performances 2014
29 NOVEMBER 2014
Collaboration with The University of Sydney
led by Tess de Quincey & Frank van de Ven
at the Rex Cramphorn Studio, The University of Sydney
Participant artists: Virginina Baxter, Bailey Cutts, Jacob Dale, Pip Day, Ira Ferris, Peter Fraser, Nicolah Heywood, Alana Hoggart, Victoria Hunt, Yoka Jones, Krisztina Joos, Bronwen Kamasz, Lian Loke, Catherine McNamara, Kirsten Packham, Helen Smith, Alma Studholme, Christie Woodhouse, Marissa Yeo
Participant academics: Amanda Card, Stuart Grant, Ian Maxwell
The Rex Cramphorn Studio is a teaching and research facility of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney. This project was supported through a residency at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, the University of Sydney
IMAGE-DANCE-THINK-TANK & SEMINAR 2013
4 – 9 NOVEMBER 2013
Collaboration with The University of Sydney
led by Tess de Quincey & Frank van de Ven
at the Rex Cramphorn Studio, The University of Sydney
Participant artists: Peter Fraser, Ryuichi Fujimura, Leah Grycewicz, Sahar Hosseinabadi, Alicia Jones, Yoka Jones, Krisztina Joos, Bronwen Kamasz, Tracey Kay, Kirsty Kiloh, Lian Loke, Linda Luke, Monique Lyle, Catherine MacNamara, Anita Maritz, Kirsten Packham, Gideon Payten-Griffiths, Boyd Spadbury
Participant academics: Amanda Card, Stuart Grant, Andrew Macklin, Ian Maxwell, Catherine McKinnon, Justine Shih Pearson
The Rex Cramphorn Studio is a teaching and research facility of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney. This project was supported through a residency at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, the University of Sydney
BODY MEETS THE IMAGINATION 2012
3 – 10 MARCH 2012
led by Tess de Quincey & Frank van de Ven
at The University of NSW
Participant artists: Ben Ardley, Alix Armstrong, Victoria Hunt, Yoka Jones, Linda Luke, Jeremy Neideck, Kirsten Packham, Gideon Payten-Griffiths, Ellen Rijs, Helen Smith, Marina Trakas, Vanessa White
This project was supported by the Creative Practice & Research Unit in the School of the Arts & Media, UNSW.
