2006 ASIALINK PERFORMING ARTS RESIDENCIES
We congratulate the 2006 residents whose proposals are outlined below:
Northern Territory
v    Actor and musician Andrish Saint-Clare heads to Indonesia where he will explore traditional forms of Balinese performance and shadow puppetry and collaborate with the Balinese dalang I Made Sidia using contemporary concepts and production techniques.
Queensland
v    Musician Erik Griswold will use his residency with the Sichuan Conservatory of Music to expand his knowledge and skills in Sichuan Opera percussion and Jinqian Ban and work with composer Zou Xiangping on a new production for the Queensland Music Festival.
South Australia
v    Travelling to East Timor, Steve Mayhew will help to establish a framework for performance troupd Bibi Bulak to develop hybrid arts skills and production ideas that involve performance, video and sound, working with the local community.
Victoria
v    Theatre practitioner Robert Draffin will undertake a residency with the Shanghai International Performing Research Arts Centre where he will research traditional folk forms, create a performance using classical poetic text and reconnect with directors He Bing Zhu, Ma Hui Tian and Lin Zhaohua in Beijing.
v    Independent choreographer Natalie Cursio divides her residency between Singapore where she will create new work for Odyssey Dance Theatre, and Korea where she will collaborate with Theatre Company Nottle.
v    During her residency in Singapore, Cat Hope will use her experience and talents as a sound artist, performer, composer, songwriter and noise artist to develop a new work with Substation.
v    Tim Dargaville and Rosalie Hastwell travel to India to further develop their skills in inter-cultural artistic practice at Adishakti in Pondicherry. Dargaville hopes to create new work for performance in India and Australia combining his interests in theatre, percussion and new music, while Hastwell will research the potentials of engaging local communities in the company's activities.
v    With an illustrious career as a pianist and keyboardist, Dr Michael Fowler hopes to further his research into the nexus between humans and computer software through his residency in Japan at Future University's Department of Media Architecture.
v    Based at the Darpana Performing Arts Academy, Ahmedabad, Dianne Reid aims to establish a context for collaboration with a range of artists across disciplines and an opportunity to engage with the traditional practices and contemporary applications of Indian culture.
Western Australia
v    Engaging a multiplicity of genres including choreography, performance, video, installation and set design for stage, gallery and site-specific locations, Paul Gazzola will continue his research into the relationships between the built form and the body at the Future Universityin Hakodate, Japan
The Asialink Residency Program is are made possible with the assistance of:
Australia Council, Arts Queensland, Arts Tasmania, Arts SA, Arts Victoria, Arts NSW, Arts WA, Arts NT, Australia-China Council, Australia-Indonesia Institute, Australia-India Council, Australia-Korea Foundation, Australia-Thailand Institute, Australian High Commission Kuala Lumpur.

Enquiries:  Swee Lim, Program Manager, Asialink Arts
s.lim@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
Tel: 03 8344 3581