Australia Dancing - Kage Physical Theatre (1996

Kage Physical Theatre (1996 - )

Gould, Ross: (left to right) Kate Denborough, Phillip Gleeson, Tuula Roppola and Gerard van Dyck in 'No (under)Standing Anytime', Kage Physical Theatre, 2000

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Kage Physical Theatre was co-founded in 1996, by Kate Denborough and Gerard van Dyck. The philosophy behind Kage, according to its directors, is to present ‘Dance Theatre that is both rich and raw in its physicality and humour’. The company premiered its first work, Kage, as part of the Green Mill Dance Project in 1997. Kage Physical Theatre subsequently toured this show to Sydney where it was shown as part of the 1997 Bodies season at Newtown Theatre.

Other works created by Kage include Contamination, which was performed at the Karyn Lovegrove Gallery as part of the 1998 Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, and Asphyxiate which was created for the 1998 Bodies season in Sydney. No (Under)Standing Anytime, developed both through the Australia Council Emerging Choreographers Initiative and a Fellowship from the Australian Choreographic Centre, was presented at the 2000 Next Wave Festival.

Between April and July 2001 Denborough and Van Dyck took up residence at the Australia Council Studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. In 2002 Denborough received the Australian Dance Award for outstanding achievement in independent dance for her production Nowhere Man for Kage. The 2006 work Headlock won five Green Room Awards and earned Byron Perry the Australian Dance Award for best male performer. Recent Kage productions are listed on the company website which is available as a link at the top of this page.

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