Chunky Move is an Australia

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n contemporary dance

Contemporary dance

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 company from Southbank, Victoria

Southbank, Victoria

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It was founded in 1995 and debuted at the Melbourne International Arts Festival

Melbourne International Arts Festival

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 with artistic director

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 Gideon Obarzanek

Gideon Obarzanek

Gideon Obarzanek is an Australian choreographer and the Artistic Director of Melbourne, Australia based contemporary dance company Chunky Move which he formed in 1995, in collaboration with Garry Stewart....

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The company’s work is diverse and has included stage, new-media and installation

Installation art

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 works. Chunky Move has toured extensively including the United States of America, Singapore

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, Hong Kong

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, France

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, Germany

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, Hungary

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, United Kingdom

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, Colombia

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, Japan

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, Belgium

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, Canada

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 and Russia

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. Reviews of their performances are regularly published in the Village Voice.

Works include:

• Glow (2007) using a "sophisticated video tracking system" and "interactive video technologies" with Frieder Weiss's interactive system design
• I Want to Dance Better at Parties (2006)
• Tense Dave (2005) awarded the 2005 Bessie Award for Choreography
  Bessie Awards
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• Wanted: ballet for a contemporary democracy
• Closer
• Arcade
• Crumpled
• Corrupted 2
• Connected

External links

• Chunky Move
• Archive footage of Chunky Move performing Tense Dave at Jacob's Pillow in 2005