Nightcafe October 26, 2009

Dancenorth presents
Nightcafe
Winner of Australia’s Best Dance Ensemble at 2008 Green Room Awards
Choreographed by Gavin Webber & Dancers
From Monday 26 October
Three Performances Only!
Duck flying furniture, swig from the bottle of red and shuttle between conversations, Dancenorth’s Nightcafe is open and ready for business at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta from Monday 26 October until Wednesday 28 October for three performances only. Unleashed by the raw passion and exhilaration of Gypsy music, the dancers uncover a film noir tinted evening of alcohol fuelled chaos during Nightcafe.

Nightcafe provides a night of dance, live music and conviviality under the direction of choreographer, Gavin Webber and tour director, Michelle Ryan. The production is also accompanied by five piece band Waiting for Guiness.

Nightcafe proves both a poignant and humorous performance danced to rhythms and tempo which moves from melancholy to frenetic. Australia’s fastest growing dance company, Dancenorth won Australia’s Best Dance Ensemble at the 2008 Green Room Awards and was nominated for five Helpmann Awards.

Dancenorth is one of Australia’s leading contemporary dance-theatre companies. Highly regarded, the company is under the Artistic Directorship of Raewyn Hill and experiments with all art forms to create immersive and dynamic dance experiences for audiences regionally, nationally and internationally. Dancenorth is located in Townsville and balances a strong regional presence with a commitment to making art that tours the globe.

Nightcafe’s Director/ Choreographer, Gavin Webber has been working professionally in Dance Theatre for over ten years. After completing his degree at the Centre for the Performing Arts in Adelaide, Australia, he worked with Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre from 1993 to 1998. With this company he toured Australia, North America, Scandinavia, Europe and Israel. From 2005 to 2009 Gavin Webber was the Artistic Director of Dancenorth and created Nightcafe as well as Gravity Feed, Underground, and Remember Me. In November 2009 he will be producing and creating a new work, Rock Show, with the band Regurgitator.

Michelle Ryan worked with Meryl Tankard from 1992 until 2001 as a dancer and Tankard's assistant in Australia and overseas. In 2005, on returning to Australia Ryan joined Dancenorth as the company’s Rehearsal Director throughout which time she has been instrumental in the creation and rehearsal management of all company productions and tours. This year she has recently branched out into choreographing her own works for Dancenorth, collaborating with renowned didgeridoo player William Barton, fashion designer Katelyn Aslett, and also created the company’s first short dance film.

“This is a show that the world should see”.
Townsville Bulletin

“Serving up their idiosyncratic blend of tortured jazz, gypsy blues, gallows humour and Balkans boogie, Waiting for Guinness are not simply excellent theatrical musicians, singers and songwriters, they are pure entertainers!”
The Program

Original Choreography: Gavin Webber and dancers
Tour and Rehearsal Director: Michelle Ryan
Dancers: D’Arcy Andrews, Luke Hanna, Danah-Jane Matthews, Sally Blatchford, Jessica Jefferies and Adam Gardiner
Musicians: Waiting for Guinness (five piece gypsy band)
Production Manager: Van Locker
Stage Manager: Mel Dyer

www.dancenorth.com.au
Dancenorth presents
Nightcafe
Choreographed by Gavin Webber & Dancers
At Riverside Theatres
Mon 26, Tues 27 & Wed 28 October at 8pm
TICKET PRICES:
Adults $45, Conc $40, 30 & Under $32, 16 & Under $28
BOOKINGS: Riverside Box Office 02 8839 3399 or www.riversideparramatta.com.au