SHAUN PARKER PROJECTS

DESCRIPTION

Led by Artistic Director Shaun Parker, Shaun Parker Projects creates highly physical contemporary dance theatre, music/dance theatre and dance/film performances which reflect the questioning inherent of a 21st century society. Parker's works have toured to Europe, Asia, New Zealand and throughout Australia. Shaun Parker Projects makes work that is accessible to a broad audience and the truthful, universal nature of the work makes people think, feel and quite often laugh.

FESTIVAL FIRST NIGHT WORK 

The “Nonette” scene which will be performed at Festival First Night is a teaser from a new major dance theatre music work by Shaun Parker, ENNEA, which is still in creative development. ENNEA takes its lead from the investigation of happiness. Highly physical contemporary dance and movement accentuated by a vibrant electro/acoustic score from Nick Wales and Bree van Reyk convey the narrative, based on the nine personality types found within the ENNEAgram.  

SHAUN PARKER
Company Artistic Director & Choreographer

Shaun Parker has worked as a choreographer, dancer and counter-tenor over the last fifteen years with Meryl Tankard, ADT, Kate Champion, Sydney Theatre Company, Chunky Move, The Song Company, Compagnie ALIAS (Switzerland), Meredith Monk (New York), and Sasha Waltz (Berlin).

Shaun has choreographed Divine Harmonies for Tasdance and My Little Garden for the Barossa International Music Festival.  He was awarded a Queen’s Trust Award and an Emerging Artist of the Year Award to develop his work in singing, directing and choreography.  His collaborative work Blue Love has been presented at the Sydney Opera House and Casula Powerhouse (NSW), Malthouse Theatre Melbourne (Vic), Sophiensaele Theatre in Berlin, Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore Arts Festival, and throughout New Zealand and regional Australia. His award-winning short dance films No and The Love Trilogy have screened at festivals in Athens, Buenos Aires, Monte Carlo, Krakow, Napoli, San Francisco, London and Sydney.  Other creations include Man and Silo at Omeo Dance Space together with teaching at the Australian Theatre of the Deaf and NAISDA. He was awarded the 2006 Robert Helpmann Scholarship.

Shaun’s This Show Is About People world premiered at the Melbourne International Arts Festival in 2007, and Sydney Festival 2008, and won the Australian Dance Award for Best Independent Production.  Other choreographic work includes Judas’ Kiss, for World Youth Day 2008, and Love Installment for the Sydney Dance Company.

Shaun Parker was a featured artist at 2008's Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference (APAP) in New York and at APAM 2008 in Adelaide.  

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Marguerite Pepper Productions are the Managers and Producers of Shaun Parker Projects 

Upcoming Performances

Shaun Parker is choreographing TENNEBRAE III for the Song Company at Easter. Performances are at Carriageworks on 8 & 10 April, 2009.

PERFORMERS/COLLABORATORS

Victoria Chiu
Companies: Cie Gilles Jobin (Switzerland.) 

Matt Cornell
Studied: Victorian College of the Arts. Companies: Shaun Parker Projects, Style Impressions Krew

Dean Cross
Studied: Queensland University of Technology. Companies: Legs on the Wall. Choreographers: Solon Ulbrich, Frances Rings, Ong Yong-lock.

Ghenoa Gela
Student: NAISDA Dance College. Choreographers: Jason Pitt and Graeme Watson. Ghenoa is of Torres Strait Islander decent and from Rockhampton, Queensland.

Timothy Ohl
Companies: Force Majeure and Australian Dance Theatre.

Marnie Palomares
Studied: University Western Sydney. Companies: Shaun Parker Projects, Sydney Theatre Company. Choreographers/Directors: Garry Stewart, Nigel Jamieson, Jason Pitt, Bernadette Walong.

Harriet Ritchie
Companies: Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc. 

Lee Wilson
Companies: Branch Nebula (Co-Director), acrobat, Urban Theatre Projects, Force Majeure, Legs on the Wall, Stalker Theatre Company, Marrugeku,  Sydney Theatre Company

Paul White
Companies: Australian Dance Theatre, DV8 (London)  Choreographers/Directors: Garry Stewart, Nigel Jamieson, Tanja Liedtke.

Shaun Parker is choreographing TENNEBRAE III for the Song Company at Easter. Performances are at Carriageworks on 8 & 10 April, 2009 to book tickets click here.