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Hong Kong

• Steve Mayhew (2006)
• Alan Schacher (2005)
• Stephen Noonan (2003)
• Tony Strachan (2002)
• Hellen Sky and John McCormick (2001)
• Jaime Redfern (1999)
• Mike Canfield (1997)

Steve Mayhew (2006), Hong Kong

Steve Mayhew has worked widely across the spectrum in arts management and in the creation of new theatre works as a director, writer, designer, composer, dramaturge and creative producer.  His time with the Hong Kong Fringe Club gave him a broader understanding of producing, programming and presenting works and an insight into Hong Kong’s current cultural discussions, preoccupations, artistic strengths and perceived weaknesses.  Mayhew worked on two key events, the City Festival Press Launch and the Opening Night Launch, documenting festival events via dvd, video and sound recording.

Funded by the Australia Council and Arts SA.

Alan Schacher (2005), Hong Kong

Alan Schacher’s practice combines dance, performance and installation, usually working collaboratively to realise provocative spatial experiences that are atmospherically and architecturally driven.  Schacher's research objective for his residency was to investigate ways of working with the 'performativity' of public spaces, and to engage with artists, organisations and architects to discuss and develop a 'choreography of public spaces'. This theme provided a rich ground for dialogue and exchange during his six months of travel through Asia, beginning with his arrival in Beijing on the Trans-Siberian railway for the conference, Capturing the Moving Mind. This extended to travels to Hong Kong, Guangzhou for the Guangzhou Triennial, followed by visits to Macau and Shenzhen.

Funded by the NSW Ministry for the Arts and the Australia Council.

Stephen Noonan (2003), Hong Kong

Stephen Noonan has worked in the area of physical theatre, as a performer and artistic director for over ten years and has performed throughout Australia and overseas. The Hong Kong Art Centre Art School hosted Noonan and gave him the opportunity to extended his work as an arts educator by working with local artists and companies to create performances and dance theatre for students and young people. Noonan ran workshops with over nine organisations.  He further joined the City Contemporary Dance Company on a short tour to Gungzhou. As a result of such extensive collaborations with companies Noonan has been asked to return to Hong Kong for further work.

Funded by Arts South Australia and the Australia Council.

Tony Strachan (2002), Hong Kong

Tony Strachan is Artistic Director for The Australian Theatre of the Deaf. He has directed for the State Theatre Company of South Australia, Sidetrack and Death Defying Theatre. Strachan's residency in Hong Kong was based with the Arts with the Disabled Association, where he worked with six deaf actors. Strachan developed a theatre work Untie the Boat from the Ugly Wharf, using physical gestures and visual performance modes. The show was very successful with seven performances in Hong Kong and Macau. It also toured to Montreal in July 2003 representing Hong Kong at the World Federation of the Deaf.

Funded by the NSW Ministry of the Arts and the Australia Council.

Hellen Sky and John McCormick (2001), Hong Kong

Hellen Sky and John McCormick founded Company in Space in 1992 to explore the potential of communication technologies for new pathways between image, sound and the human body. Sky’s practice has evolved through performance: movement, text, and image making extended through new technologies. During their combined residency with the Hong Kong Arts Centre they developed the infrastructure and conceptual ideas for using the internet as a mechanism for collaborative exchange of live performance practice between China and Australia. 

Funded by the Australia Council.

Jaime Redfern (1999), Hong Kong

Jaime Redfern is a dancer and choreographer.  He has danced with the Australian Ballet and Queensland Ballet, has choreographed his own works, A State Of Grace and One Foot Lifted Caught Stepping Forward, and collaborated with Maggi Sietsma on Under Her Breath, Adam In Wonderland, Alone Together and Direct Heat for Expressions Dance.  During his residency Redfern spent two months at The City Contemporary Dance Company in Hong Kong.

Funded by the Australia Council.

Mike Canfield (1997), Hong Kong

At the time of his residency Mike Canfield was the Artistic Director, Australian Theatre of the Deaf, and while in Vietnam with his sign interpreter Pam Spicer, worked with the Vietnamese National Theatre Company in Hanoi, on a non-verbal production of The Request Of Spring by Le Quy Duong.  He also conducted workshops in the area of visual theatre for the Ho Chi Minh Theatre and Film School, culminating in a presentation which was attended by the Australian Consul General.  The second half of Canfield’s residency was spent in Hong Kong working with teachers of the Deaf, social workers and theatre artists, organised by the Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong.

Funded by the Australia Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts.