Luigi Vescio + Haydn Allen
the NEW project
(in development)
the NEW project is a choreographic strategy/system/framework that works towards collective instant composition. This transparent space for real-time experimentation uses bodies and objects in a constantly renewing interconnected exchange.
Luigi and Haydn are developing a performance practice that sits between contemporary dance and visual arts. This photographic series is an outcome of shared studio time in 2018.
Haydn is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose studio practices find resolution in performances and installations. Through use of the body and found-objects he explores intersections of sexuality, suburbia and psychedelia.
Luigi and Haydn are developing a performance practice that sits between contemporary dance and visual arts. This photographic series is an outcome of shared studio time in 2018.
Haydn is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose studio practices find resolution in performances and installations. Through use of the body and found-objects he explores intersections of sexuality, suburbia and psychedelia.
fabulina
jimmy nuttall
Fabulina is a moving image assemblage on addiction, communication (or a lack thereof), pastoralism and doubt, incorporating a cast of artists, actors, dancers and choreographers.
An early edit of Fabulina was presented at SEVENTH Gallery in February 2019. The complete film premiered in Melbourne and Sydney this year.
An early edit of Fabulina was presented at SEVENTH Gallery in February 2019. The complete film premiered in Melbourne and Sydney this year.
Director and editor: Jimmy Nuttall
Performers: Brian Fuata, Luigi Vescio, Kate Meakin, Mick Klepner Roe & Jimmy Nuttall
Sound designers: Jono Nash & Bonnie Cummings
Photographer: Jacqui Shelton
Performers: Brian Fuata, Luigi Vescio, Kate Meakin, Mick Klepner Roe & Jimmy Nuttall
Sound designers: Jono Nash & Bonnie Cummings
Photographer: Jacqui Shelton
sauerkraut water slide
jimmy nuttall
Clog footwear, sauerkraut, backpacks, speeches, geometrical dance, discombobulated structures and yes, even a water slide!
Sauerkraut Water Slide is Jimmy Nuttal's latest live performance. The work was presented at KINGS Artist Run, Melbourne, February 2019.
Sauerkraut Water Slide is Jimmy Nuttal's latest live performance. The work was presented at KINGS Artist Run, Melbourne, February 2019.
Director: Jimmy Nuttall
Collaborators and performers: Bonnie Cummings, Leah Landau, Luigi Vescio and Nicholas Smith
Photographer: Jacqui Shelton
Collaborators and performers: Bonnie Cummings, Leah Landau, Luigi Vescio and Nicholas Smith
Photographer: Jacqui Shelton
The venusian slip
harrison hall
Lo-fi sci-fi experimental performance, The Venusian Slip combines diverse modes including laborious constructions of human bodies, energetic purges, acro forms and moments of intimacy between an all male cast.
Luigi was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Performer in a Dance Production 2018 for his performance in this work. The work involved various improvised scores that harnessed Luigi's interests in navigating architectural and imaginative planes.
The Venusian Slip was presented at Mycelium Studios as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival 2018.
Luigi was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Performer in a Dance Production 2018 for his performance in this work. The work involved various improvised scores that harnessed Luigi's interests in navigating architectural and imaginative planes.
The Venusian Slip was presented at Mycelium Studios as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival 2018.
Director: Harrison Hall
Creative Collaborators: Luigi Vescio, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, & Andrew Treloar
Performers: Luigi Vescio, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, Andrew Treloar & Harrison Hall
Costume design: Andrew Treloar
Sound design: Caly Jandro
Creative Collaborators: Luigi Vescio, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, & Andrew Treloar
Performers: Luigi Vescio, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, Andrew Treloar & Harrison Hall
Costume design: Andrew Treloar
Sound design: Caly Jandro
phillip adams / balletlab
seance
Inspired by 1960's and 70's evangelist groups, radical cults and alternative communities, this work toys between authenticity and performance to question group behaviour, rapture and the desire for transcendental experience.
Phillip Adams / Balletlab resurrected scenes from their seminal work Miracle (2009) for an evening séance at Temperance Hall in 2018.
Phillip Adams / Balletlab resurrected scenes from their seminal work Miracle (2009) for an evening séance at Temperance Hall in 2018.
Choreography and direction: Phillip Adams
Performance: Nana Biluš Abaffy, Geoffrey Watson, Rachael Wisby and Luigi Vescio
Music and sound composition: David Chisholm and Myles Mumford
Costumes: Toni Maticevski
Performance: Nana Biluš Abaffy, Geoffrey Watson, Rachael Wisby and Luigi Vescio
Music and sound composition: David Chisholm and Myles Mumford
Costumes: Toni Maticevski
Luigi vescio + andy o'connor
LOMAS
The movement of sound.
The sound of movement.
The movement of light.
The light of movement and sound.
LOMAS is a 4 hour performance installation that seeks the interconnectedness of light, movement and sound. This multidisciplinary encounter took place out front of the Geelong Town Hall. Live sound-scape construction, contemporary movement and light manipulation met in real-time to offer a raw and revealing exchange of Luigi and Andy’s diverse practices. Projections and shadows were cast onto the Town Hall and viewers were welcomed to interact with the project.
Luigi and Andy challenged themselves to explore the possibility of each element dictating the others, thereby determining the overall composition. This approach animated each element, opening up consideration for how they might like to exist and interact with eachother, the space and passers by.
LOMAS was commissioned to be a part of Geelong After Dark, a one night festival in the City of Greater Geelong on the 5th of May 2017. This project was supported by Diversitat, The City of Greater Geelong and Dancehouse, Melbourne.
The sound of movement.
The movement of light.
The light of movement and sound.
LOMAS is a 4 hour performance installation that seeks the interconnectedness of light, movement and sound. This multidisciplinary encounter took place out front of the Geelong Town Hall. Live sound-scape construction, contemporary movement and light manipulation met in real-time to offer a raw and revealing exchange of Luigi and Andy’s diverse practices. Projections and shadows were cast onto the Town Hall and viewers were welcomed to interact with the project.
Luigi and Andy challenged themselves to explore the possibility of each element dictating the others, thereby determining the overall composition. This approach animated each element, opening up consideration for how they might like to exist and interact with eachother, the space and passers by.
LOMAS was commissioned to be a part of Geelong After Dark, a one night festival in the City of Greater Geelong on the 5th of May 2017. This project was supported by Diversitat, The City of Greater Geelong and Dancehouse, Melbourne.
Concept, creation and performance: Luigi Vescio and Andy O’Connor
Production assistant and photographer: Jordan Palomara
Production assistant and photographer: Jordan Palomara
CHUNKY MOVE
ANTI--GRAVITY
"Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk joins forces with internationally renowned multimedia artist Ho Tzu Nyen to explore the role of clouds as ethereal influences that disturb or heighten human existence." Chunky Move.
Luigi collaborated and performed in this work, co-produced by Malthouse Theatre for Asia TOPA Festival and Dance Massive 2017. This project brought together an exceptional team of creatives including Jethro Woodward (sound), Harriet Oxley (costume), Paul Jackson (lighting), and the performers: Tara Jade Samaya, Niharika Senapati, James Batchelor, Marlo Benjamin, Sarah Ronnie Bruce and Luigi Vescio.
Luigi collaborated and performed in this work, co-produced by Malthouse Theatre for Asia TOPA Festival and Dance Massive 2017. This project brought together an exceptional team of creatives including Jethro Woodward (sound), Harriet Oxley (costume), Paul Jackson (lighting), and the performers: Tara Jade Samaya, Niharika Senapati, James Batchelor, Marlo Benjamin, Sarah Ronnie Bruce and Luigi Vescio.
RAFAEL ALVAREZ
MIXED FEELINGS
"Mixed Feelings seeks to question the enemy's body as if there was no war, think about distance as if there was no proximity, question a body where sadness is endless, but happiness isn't. Worlds apart, conflicts of interest and rebels with a cause, Indians and cowboys (good and bad) embodying a dance of unclear impressions, looking at a world created by us, thinking about diversity and plurality, exploring alternatives to the walls driving us into and against one another." (EIRA, 2016)
Luigi co-created and performed in Portuguese director Rafael Alvarez' latest work with Mariana Tengner Barros (PT), Ana Rocha (PT) and Youngjun Shin (Korea). Over a four month period in Lisbon, these creatives exchanged and invested to create a profound experience for their premier at Culturgest on the 11th and 12th November.
Luigi co-created and performed in Portuguese director Rafael Alvarez' latest work with Mariana Tengner Barros (PT), Ana Rocha (PT) and Youngjun Shin (Korea). Over a four month period in Lisbon, these creatives exchanged and invested to create a profound experience for their premier at Culturgest on the 11th and 12th November.
Directed by Rafael Alvarez
Co-created & performed by Mariana Tengner Barros, Ana Rocha, Luigi Vescio and Youngjun Shin
Lighting design by Nuno Patinho
Sound design by Rafael Alvarez
Filmed and edited by Vítor Rosário
Produced by EIRA and co-produced by Culturgest, Lisboa
JAMES BATCHELOR
AND COLLABORATORS
faces
In Faces, documents from the First World War’s Western Front are brought into a physical yet translucent world of overlapping images. Time is expanded and warped in this unpredictable space, as anonymous bodies and faces appear in and out of focus. We are reminded of the uncertainty of war and its traces as we are left to contemplate a distant yet ever present memory and its place in the modern world.
Presented in May 2016 at the Canberra Theatre Centre.
Read more about James' work here: http://james-batchelor.com.au/projects
Presented in May 2016 at the Canberra Theatre Centre.
Read more about James' work here: http://james-batchelor.com.au/projects
THE DELTA PROJECT
UNDER MY SKIN
The Delta Project's latest work challenges what it is to listen and be heard. Comprised of deaf and hearing artists, this groundbreaking company uses Auslan and English with dance as a universal communicator. This was a collaborative project between Lina Limosani and Jo Dunbar (co-directors) , Anna Seymour, Elvin Lam, Amanda Lever, Luigi Vescio, new media artist Rhian Hinkley, lighting designer Richard Vabre and sound designer Russell Goldsmith.
Presented in May at Next Wave Festival 2016 in association with Arts House and Arts Access Victoria.
Presented in May at Next Wave Festival 2016 in association with Arts House and Arts Access Victoria.
Anna, Elvin, Amanda and Luigi in Under My Skin. Captured by Pippa Samaya
James batchelor
and collaborators
Enterprise park installation
This three hour installation features a negotiation of weight between body and object. In Enterprise Park, the process of searching for, ordering, manipulating and combining objects becomes the setting for an auto-mythology, a seduction of the self.
Presented in March 2016 as part of Art Not Apart Festival, Canberra.
Read more here: http://artnotapart.com/James-Batchelor-and-collaborators
Presented in March 2016 as part of Art Not Apart Festival, Canberra.
Read more here: http://artnotapart.com/James-Batchelor-and-collaborators
James Batchelor, Chloe Chignell and Luigi in Enterprise Park. Captured by Alena Magnólia
chunky move
Rule of thirds
"The dancers test and alter a strong force field they have set up amongst each other, gradually deconstructing and dismantling the movement score. Rule of Thirds promises, and delivers, guts, virtuosity and focused abandon." Chunky Move.
The third part of Anouk van Dijk's acclaimed Embodiment Series; Rule of Thirds had its Melbourne premier in February 2016 and toured regional Victoria in April 2017.
The third part of Anouk van Dijk's acclaimed Embodiment Series; Rule of Thirds had its Melbourne premier in February 2016 and toured regional Victoria in April 2017.
Luigi performing Rule of Thirds. Captured by Pippa Samaya
james batchelor
and collaborators
enterprise park
Three performers engage in a mesmerising physical conversation about how and why we collect. This new short work was commissioned for Lucy Guerin Inc’s Pieces for Small Spaces in December, 2015.
Luigi performing Enterprise Park. Captured by Gregory Lorenzutti
Tasdance
AFFINITY
Luigi joined Tasdance for their Affinity season, celebrating 18 years of directorship by the exceptional Annie Greig. This double-bill presented new works by Stephanie Lake, The Howl, and Graeme Murphy AO, The Time Together. Performed with live accompaniment by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, it was an honour to be a part of such an exemplary program. This production was presented to acclaim in Hobart and Launceston last October.
Luigi, Bec Jones and Brianna Kell in Stephanie Lake's The Howl. Captured by Jen Brown
CHUNKY MOVE
depth of field
As the sun sets over a dusty city thoroughfare, the nuances of simultaneous realities and overlooked encounters are brought to light. Luigi worked with Chunky Move on Depth of Field for Dance Massive 2015, co-produced by Malthouse Theatre. He worked closely with artistic director, Anouk van Dijk, as both her assistant and a performer in the show. Making his debut with the company in this project, Luigi looks forward to continuing his relationship with this first class organisation.
John Romao
TEOREMA
One Actor. One Accordionist. 12 Skaters. Teorema departs from the book and film of the same name by iconic Italian writer/director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and arrives somewhere in contemporary dystopia. Luigi worked as a choreographic collaborator to Portuguese theatre director, John Romão, to create this unsettling sensory encounter. Luigi was thrilled to work in Portugal with John, a creative visionary who creates such challenging and gripping theatre.
The production premiered in Porto to a sell-out crowd at O Rivoli Já Dança Festival 2014. It was also presented in Lisbon and Guimarães later that year.
The production premiered in Porto to a sell-out crowd at O Rivoli Já Dança Festival 2014. It was also presented in Lisbon and Guimarães later that year.
FOOTNOTE NZ DANCE
Straight laced
Straight Laced explores the pressures of sensuality and sexuality in a predominantly heterosexual society. 'Don't make me choose and don't lace my sexuality with your views.' Choreographed by Craig Bary for Footnote New Zealand Dance, the work received a sold out season in Wellington, March 2014.
"The work ends with a powerful and heart rendering scene performed with absolute commitment by Vescio", NZ choreographer Lyne Pringle writes for NZ Theatreview.
Luigi collaborated daily with Craig to develop tasks that shape this improvised solo.
"The work ends with a powerful and heart rendering scene performed with absolute commitment by Vescio", NZ choreographer Lyne Pringle writes for NZ Theatreview.
Luigi collaborated daily with Craig to develop tasks that shape this improvised solo.
Footnote nZ dance
NOW
Luigi co-created and performed in three original works for Footnote New Zealand Dance's NOW season (New Original Work). The program toured nationally in 2014.
Program:
Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad (Body Cartography Project) - Low
Lyne Pringle - Thin Air
Craig Bary - Depends on You
Program:
Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad (Body Cartography Project) - Low
Lyne Pringle - Thin Air
Craig Bary - Depends on You
Performed by Footnote New Zealand Dance:
Luigi Vescio, Emily Adams, Emma Dellabarca, Olivia McGregor, Manu Reynaud
Sound Design by various artists including Gareth Farr and Nigel Collins
Luigi Vescio, Emily Adams, Emma Dellabarca, Olivia McGregor, Manu Reynaud
Sound Design by various artists including Gareth Farr and Nigel Collins
©Luigi Vescio