For the second year running, Kate Harman joins the creative team for The Corner Dance Lab, which is a consolidated 8-day program of workshops, masterclasses and performance making projects for emerging and established dancers and choreographers.

This annual dance event held at The Federal School of Arts’ Japser Corner from Friday 16 – Saturday 24 January 2015, is led by Philip Channells (Dance Integrated Australia) and Gavin Webber (The Farm).

The Corner Dance Lab creates opportunities for local resident artists from Federal to collaborate with like-minded creative people living in regional NSW and other Australian states and territories while attracting participation from artists living and working abroad.

Situated in the historic Federal village, 15 minutes off the Pacific Highway along the Coolamon Scenic Drive (not far from Byron Bay), Jasper Corner is the hub of The Corner Dance Lab which is an accessible venue. Spread across two venues and outdoor spaces, the program is based around a basic philosophy of utilising communication as a creative tool. 

I’m very excited to again be part of The Corner this coming year. Last year we created an environment of connecting and sharing, a coming together of people with many different experiences of dance and their bodies. For me it is a place that creates new possibilities and unexpected discoveries. Kate Harman

The Corner Dance Lab will have Auslan interpreters throughout the event.

For any enquiries or to request and Expression of Interest form, email Sean Campbell <seanwcampbell@hotmail.co.uk> or text/telephone Philip Channells +61 432 073 304.

Expressions of Interest close Monday 22 December 2014. Places are limited and filling fast!

For more information about The Corner Dance Lab 2015, visit the Facebook event page.

BIOGRAPHY

Kate Harman is a dancer, performer, choreographer and collaborator living who has created and performed in works within the realms of dance, theatre, circus, performative installation and in projects created with amateurs and young people.

Kate was awarded her Royal Academy of Dancing Solo Seal in 2001 whilst studying at the Queensland Dance School of Excellence/Kelvin Grove State Collage. After completing her dance training at the Queensland University of Technology Kate spent four years at Dancenorth under the Artistic Director of Gavin Webber. In 2007 the company presented her first work, This you made of me, created with Alice Hinde.

Relocating to Germany in 2009, Kate joined PVCtanz (Physical Virus Collective). At PVC she worked in theatre and dance productions with Directors Christoph Frick and Tom Schneider, and Choreographers Gavin Webber, Grayson Milwood and Graham Smith. Her works, You’re a Winner! and Horror Bootleg have been presented by Theater Freiburg, Theater Heidelberg and PVCtanz Germany.

Freelance since 2011 Kate divides her time between Australia and Germany continuing to work with Grayson Millwood and Gavin Webber as a member of THE FARM, Gold Coast’s new flagship dance company. She also works as a guest artist with Theater Freiburg and Klara Theater, Switzerland whilst continuing her own work and collaborations within Australia and abroad.

Kate has been working out of the Gold Coast since 2013 and is currently involved in the creation of Cock Fight by The Farm, produced by NORPA and Performing Lines, and Parlour with Alice Hinde.

Photo: Gavin Webber

The Corner Dance Lab 2015 was made possible by the Australian Government’s regional arts program, the Regional Arts Fund, which gives all Australians, wherever they live, better access to opportunities to practice and experience the arts.