Phillipines
Gavin Robins (2001/2), Phillipines
Gavin Robins has created and performed theatre in Australia, and internationally. His residency in the Philippines was split over two visits and focussed on conducting an extensive program of physical training workshops with dancers and performers in remote communities and the implementation of a series of creative development projects. He will return for the third time in June 2003 to work with the company and a core team of physical artists who are now training to be accredited physical theatre and yoga teachers. This residency has set in motion an ongoing training and theatre making culture in the Barangay of Manila and the wider Philippines.
Funded by the NSW Ministry of the Arts and the Australia Council.
Paschal Berry (2005), Phillipines
Paschal Daantos Berry is a writer and dramaturg for theatre and dance. He is interested in creating hybrid theatre through collaboration with artists from different art forms. At the time of his residency he was based in Canberra where he worked with choreographers and dancers through The Australian Choreographic Centre and its Quantum Leap Youth Choreographic Ensemble. He developed his new work The Folding Wife whilst in the Philippines working with Anino Shadowplay Collective in Manila. Through the time he spent with the collective and their wide network of theatre and visual arts practitioners, Berry was able to understand the immense impact that the arts have on disadvantaged sectors and communities.
Funded by Arts ACT and the Australia Council.
Graham Pitts (1996/7), Phillipines
Funded by the Australia Council.
Simon Barley (1999), Phillipines
Bambuco, led by Artistic Director Simon Barley, creates singular, visually dramatic structures made from bamboo, appearing over some days yet gone the next week, leaving a lasting memory of place and moment. During his residency in the Philippines Barley presented an installation of Bambuco's ARCH in Manila for the DFAT festival All The Best From Australia as well as an installation at the Baguio Arts Festival. Bambuco's works now feature in international festival from Moscow to Manila, with crew members from Australia, Europe and the Philippines.
Funded by the Australia Council and Arts Victoria.