Presenter Interview プレゼンターインタビュー
オーストラリア唯一の専門施設
ダンスハウスの試み
Australia
The new realms being explored by Dancehouse
Australia’s only dance-specific arts center
Angela Conquet (Dancehouse, Australia)
Performances by such artists as Lucy Guerin and the Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2018 brought the attention of the Japanese audience to Australian contemporary dance. The 1992 founding of Dancehouse in Melbourne (Australia’s second largest city), as the country’s only dance-specific arts facility and its presence has made the city a “capital of contemporary dance” in Australia. In additions to serving as a venue for dance performances year-round and supporting the creative work of choreographers, Dancehouse also organizes the biennial dance festival Dance Massive and its choreography competition, the Keir Choreographic Award, as well as publishing the organization’s newsletter Dancehouse Diary as part of its comprehensive programs to create an environment that supports all aspects of dance. Since 2011, the director of Dancehouse is Angela Conquet. She moved to Melbourne after serving as dance department director at an arts center in Paris and has sine initiated dynamic programs at Dancehouse. In this interview she talk to us about the otherwise lesser-known contemporary dance scene in Australia.
Interviewer: Sae Okami