Upcoming events.
Australia-Korea Art & Technology Talk Series
Patch Theatre’s Zooom, photo by Matt Byrne
Creative Connection & Disconnection in the Time of COVID-19 Forum
In conjunction with the 12 Doors screening at Mercury Cinema as part of OzAsia Festival
Correlation Public Talk
Correlation
Restless Dance Theatre with Seoul-based dance company Light Sound Friends
Correlation is a new dance work led by Restless Dance Theatre Artistic Director Michelle Ryan together with Light Sound Friends, a Seoul-based dance company with dancers with disability (The founding and hosting organisation of the Korea International Accessible Dance Festival), and K-Music Makers led by composer Professor Sngkn Kim (Seoul National University, the founder and former artistic director of Tongyeong International Music Festival). These exceptional talents were matched together as part of the Connect2Abilities project.
Restless Dance Theatre is an outstanding example of how artists with and without disability can work together and create competitive and high-quality artworks on the international stage. They contest the stereotypes of, and prejudices towards, disability with their innovative and provocative works. By doing so, their success and well-developed collaborative processes nurture the creative voices of artists with disability.
Supported by the Australia-Korea Foundation, ‘Connect2Abilities’ is a project that aims to connect and share stories of success that would help build professional artistic capacity of up-and-coming Korean artists with disability and empower them.
Correlation will enable us to see Restless Dance Theatre leave a lasting legacy beyond Australia.
The talk will be delivered by Michelle Ryan, Artistic Director of Restless, together with Dr Boram Lee and the dancers, as they introduce you to the work of the Company. The session will be facilitated by Dr Maggie Tonkin presented by the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre.
For more information: https://www.unisa.edu.au/connect/Hawke-Centre/Events-calendar/2021_HawkeCentre_RestlessDance/
Register here: https://e.mybookingmanager.com/attendee_register_input_B.asp?hdnPar=0^^0&DAEC=E21202338118514
PASSAGE by Jonathan Kim
The third door of the 12 doors
A new exhibition by Jonathan Kim in collaboration with 빛소리친구들 as part of Connect2Abilities
“A doorway may open up momentarily, much like a subway train ride, to an unknown world, to radically
different spaces. We, as an audience, have been invited to a unique staged setting where both parent and child, together, share their emotions concerning the lived experiences of living with disabilities.”
“Jonathan’s task was to visually represent all these complex ideas within a virtual project connected by Australian verisimilitudes, such as found pieces of Australian hardwood to mirror the ancient Korean ‘ironing boards’. It is the leading edge of thought to welcome rhizomic, transdisciplinary collaborations, with inclusiveness of people previously uninvited, working across the oceans, to help solve the wicked problems of daily life.”
Sue Michael
Connect2Abilities: Project Launch
Connect2Abilities: Creating Australia-Korea People-to-People Connections in Disability Arts - You’re invited!
For the first time ever, UniSA and Australia-Korea Foundation have come together to launch ‘Connect2Abilities’, a joint initiative supported by the Korea Disability Arts and Culture Centre. We invite you to celebrate our first successful conversation between South Korea and Australia towards connecting different abilities in the world of performing arts.
Hosted by UniSA research team, Professor Ruth Rentschler and Dr Boram Lee, come join us as Restless Dance Theatre and No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability share their exciting stories of international collaborations and their experiences of presenting their works on global stages. Kelly Vincent from the Adelaide Fringe and Martin Sawtell from Access2Arts will also be sharing ways we can make our festivals and society further accessible and inclusive.
Invite Speakers
Kelly Vincent, Access and Inclusion Coordinator of Adelaide Fringe
Martin Sawtell, Business Director of Access2Arts
Roz Hervey, Artistic Manager of Restless Dance Theatre
Michelle Ryan, Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre
Alexis Luke, Artist of Restless Dance Theatre
Jianna Georgiou, Artist of Restless Dance Theatre
Kari Seeley, General Manager of No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability
Kathryn Hall, Artist of No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability
Michaela Cantwell, Artist of No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability
Hosted by
Team of Arts and Cultural Management in Business School at University of South Australia
Professor Ruth Rentschler
Dr Boram Lee
Ms Jung Yoon
Fringe Club
3pm – 4:30pm, Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Chateau Apollo + Roxie’s, corner Frome and Grenfell Streets, Adelaide
(188 Grenfell street, Adelaide SA 5000)
If you are interested in joining the party, please RSVP by Sunday 1 March 2020.
For more information please contact: boram.lee@unisa.edu.au