Stompin

Home and hosed - the show is over and it was a ripping success. lots of happy audiences and dancers, full tummies on yummy home recipe group titbits, tired by satisfied bodies, tonnes of great feedback, tears and fond fairwells.

here’s some bits from our review in The Age:

“Stompin takes their audiences on a tour through time and space in an immersive presentation that celebrates the bonds of community built around family, food and dance. In this close-up performance, the dancers are in the audience’s face. They stomp across the dining table at which we are seated, surge across the bedroom, forcing us backwards, colliding, to grapple and collapse, or conducting intimate non-verbal conversations with looks that could kill. Home is a thoroughly engaging encounter. Stompin is bursting with ideas and a terrific Tassie export.” - Hilary Crampton, The Age, 14 Sept 07.

and some stuff from Australian Stage Online:

“Audience members are subject to a rollercoaster of emotions as they move from room to room; from start to finish, the sense of anticipation and curiosity the work provokes is intense… Home is a rich hothouse of personal experience and intimate memories made physical… The conviction and depth of these young performers was impressive, the set an ingenious concept taking the movement to a new level. Here’s to many more return seasons of this stirring, engaging work!” - Jessica Thomson, Australian Stage Online 19 September 2007
Read the entire reviews… (more…)

this is James

James is our new guest dancer taking SHOP classes from August 21 to September 18.

James began dancing in Canberra with the equlivant to Stompin “Quantum Leap” youth dance company. Here he worked with some wicked Australian dancers and choreographers. He went on to graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2006. During his time at the VCA he worked with Becky Hilton, Neil Adams, Anna Smith, Stephanie Lake and Garry Stewart. He came to work with Tasdance and Raewyn Hill in July 2006 and was then offered a contract to work with the company for their 2007 season of Mercy: A dance for the forgotten. In January 2007 he travelled to New Zealand to work with Raewyn Hill. More recently performing the Divine Harmonies regional tour in June/July this year. He looks forward to teaching Shop for you rockers.

21 August -> 18 September

Tuesday nights 6pm -> 7pm

Stompin’s studio Quadrant Mall Launceston

5 classes for only $45! Bargain!

Book now 03) 6334 34802 or sarah@stompin.net

FINALLY some pics from We Don’t Need Another Mural performed on April 14. thanks to Bert Spinx for taking some nice photos of the show > CHECK EM OUT

and we welcome our newest addition to SHOP teachers and welcome back a former Stomper, Emma Porteus

here’s a bit on the lady…

Emma Porteus is an independent dancer, choreographer and teacher currently based in Melbourne. Emma began her contemporary dance career in 2001 with Stompin, performing in Placement as part of the inaugural 10 Days on the Island Festival. After completing her degree in Contemporary Dance at Deakin, graduating with distinction, she undertook and completed her Honours research into the collaborative process. (more…)

here’s some grabs from a review by Anne Heath (Porthole) said about We Don’t Need Another Mural:

Stompin’s new exciting work “We don’t need another mural” proves yet again what a diverse and contemporary company they are.

Thanks Stompin for another wicked night out!

Check out Anne’s myspace Porthole for the whole review.  Porthole is a site connecting arts and events in Launceston and an all round dependable gig guide.  thanks anne!

Thank you all so much for having me at Stompin for WDNAM as an Intern! You ROCK! I had a sick-fun, wikid, lush, AWESOME time and I wish it wasn’t over! Thank you! XXXX

for having a good time….

we’re too pooped to write anything much but here’s our impressions of a mad night at We Don’t Need Another Mural last night ___”itwozwicked” (antony, choreographer) ___”smooth as icecream with a little bit of strawberry… punch… no” (marko, production manager) ___”pretty damn specky” (bodhi, dancer) ___”yeah i agree” (bridget, intern and best assistant ever) ___”i feel looooooooooooooooooooooove” (luke, choreographer) ___”dirty, grungy, funky” (sarah, general manager)

Check out our TVad for We Don’t Need Another Mural staring the Stompin dancers and special guest Tina Turner (Emma Dilemma) made with the help of friends at Southern Cross TV >> Stompin ad.wmv

guest choreographer. this is Antony and he’s making some work with us on We Don’t Need Another Mural

Here’s a bit of background on the man:

Antony trained in dance in Sydney, Perth and New York. Since 1999 he has worked with the Australian Dance Theatre (Garry Stewart), Kage Physical Theatre (Kate Denborough), Chunky Move (Gideon Obarzanek) and Lucy Guerin Inc.(Lucy Guerin) extensively throughout Australia and overseas. As choreographer he has been commissioned to make works for The Victorian College of the Arts, Dancenorth and Lucy Guerin Inc as well as making three short works for ADT’s Ignition seasons. He has also choreographed and performed for music videos. Antony was the inaugural recipient of the Russell Page Fellowship in 2004, and winner of the Greenroom Award for Best Male Dancer in 2005. Antony also works as a visual artist and has exhibited in both Adelaide and Melbourne.

check out his work on our new show > We Don’t Need Another Mural on 14 April!

We Don’t Need Another Mural