I liked it, BUT...

I LIKED IT...BUT I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE F#!K IT WAS ABOUT goes where few “experimental contemporary immersive performance” works dare to tread…out of the theatre and into the bar to see what passes the “pub test”.

Grab a drink and enjoy some tunes with Joel and local musicians for a Pub Trivia Night about the craziest, weirdest, most confusing stuff Joel’s ever had to see on and off of a stage. Joel breaks the ‘fourth wall’ and invites audiences into the world of contemporary dance through games, dance routines and a couple of rounds of trivia. No contemporary dance knowledge required! You could win even win a vegan ‘meat’ tray!

Expect very silly stories about very serious people, served with tongue firmly in cheek. Together, we’ll try and work out how dance shows are created, and why we should care.

Presentations include:

2022 - New Annual Festival, Newcastle

2022 - Bondi Festival

2022 - Regional Western Australia

2022 - FUSE Festival, Darebin

2021 - P.O.M.E

2021 - Brisbane Festival

I liked it, BUT… has been supported through

FUSE Fund - City of Darebin

City of Yarra - Arts Development Grant

Winter Events FUND ACT with support from Canberra Theatre Centre

BlakDance

Chunky Move

Machines of More

Created with Oded Ronen, Machines of More is a no-holds barred, warts-and-all look at the modern gay man searching for a mate (for life or for the night) on Grindr. The work deploys the abbreviated jargon of online hook-ups, and shines a harsh light on the genteel but ferocious one-upmanship of competition between gay men as they strive to assert their place in a brutal world of the ideal man, the ideal holiday, the ideal dinner-party and, above all, the ideal body.

Created and presented at Tmuna Theatre in the IntimaDance Festival Tel Aviv.

Augury

Augury (2015)

augury
ˈɔːɡjʊri/

Noun

• a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen.

"they heard the sound as an augury of death"

• the interpretation of omens.

Created as Artist-in-Residence at the NAISDA Dance College, the work is a highly athletic exploration of the ongoing power of birds as bearers of news amongst contemporary Indigenous Australian peoples.

Citrus Vanilla Panna Cotta On An Oat Granola Base With Dried Fruit And Apple Compote

Citrus Vanilla Panna Cotta On An Oat Granola Base With Dried Fruit And Apple Compote (2013)

Preparation: Google “most complicated recipe”

Method: Try and choreograph it

...and serve.

En Route

Three collaborators - Joel with Bernadette Lewis and Oded Ronen - undertake an experiment in stripping the body of habit. Three city kids go on a three day hike over various country- rocks, sandy beaches, steep inclines and through lush forest, observing their bodies and in constant conversation about their experiences. They go straight into the studio and started moving in response. The result is En Route an ongoing exploration of finding complex improvisational scores and intricate physical textures.

The research and performance was funded by Strut WA through a SEED residency.