The Little Con - Seadon 2008

In 2008, the Little Con is moving to the Last Friday of the month @ 7pm. Still at Cecil Street Studio except for the February special event at Dancehouse.

The Monster Con
Friday 29th Feb, 7-9pm.

This month, The Little Con will be a special two-hour long curated and scored improvisational dance event bringing together dancers working across different contemporary forms. Audience members will be able to come and go at their leisure, roaming freely about the upstairs space and are invited to become part of the performance by using cardboard boxes to divide and redivide the space into three sections, creating separate and intimate viewing environments.

Venue: Dancehouse, 150 Princes Street, North Carlton VIC

Featuring:
Emma Strapps, Michaela Pegum, Jo Lloyd, Phoebe Robinson, Sarah Fitzgerald, Janette Hoe, Olivia Millard, Deanne Butterworth, Martin Hughes, Sophie Jeffries, Kate Middleweek, Gretel Taylor, David Corbet, Jacob Lehrer, Bec Reid, Tim Harvey, Peter Fraser, Shelley Marshall, Siobhan Murphy, Jonathan Sinatra, David Tyndall, Ashley MacQueen
plus Joey Lehrer, Paul Romano and Shaun McLeod (on video).

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reminder notice:

Q: What happens when you bring together some of Australia's finest contemporary dancers with some of Australia's leading improvisers, contact and butoh practitioners?

A: 5 spaces, 30 dancers - a lot of boxes and 2 hours to find out. Full of talent, full of surprise - and just plain full. Featuring an all star Cecil st cast, along with talent from Chunky Move, and much much more....

So, don't miss this Monster of a Con!

The Little Con Returns
Friday 28th March, 7pm.

The Little Con is now on the Last Friday of the month @ 7pm.
And we're back @ Cecil Street Studio.

This month, it's the first of our Autumnal Season...
but these dancers are so hot you'll likely think it's still summer.

Featuring (in any order):
Shaun McLeod
Paul Romano
Dianne Reid
Joey Lehrer & Ann-maree Ellis
Dinelle Lee

The Little Con
Friday 25th April, 7pm

Projecting a real good time!

This month the Little Con goes high-tech featuring:
Hellen Sky, Kim Vincs and Dianne Reid working with real-time camera and video projection
also: Ann-maree Ellis, Shaun McLeod, & Paul Romano

The Little Con
Friday 30th May, 7pm

Fare ye well lovely autumn....

.....come watch us lose our leaves and bare our branches
as we improvise our way through 5 little dances

Featuring the perennially poetic:
Dianne Reid
Shaun McLeod
Paul Romano
Ann-maree Ellis & Joey Lehrer
Catherine Magill (Sydney)

The Little Con Winter Whopper
Friday 27th June, 7pm

Where else would you find so many fabulous dancers from across the globe in the same place at the same time? You can leave the hats and gloves at home, this promises to be a sizzling night at Cecil Street.

Featuring, in no particular order:
Dianne Reid
Shaun McLeod
Carlee Mellow and Paul Romano
Andrew Morrish
Emma Strapps and Emily Amissano
Rosalind Crisp

Improvising All the Way
Friday 25th July, 7pm

Special guest Martin Hughes leaps into the mix with the regular Little Con artists (Dianne, Shaun, Paul, Joey, Ann-maree) to play a little one hour improv game. Who knows what, where, when and who will attempt to make dance out of chaos and chaos out of dance, as the impulse to jump in and jump out is obeyed and ignored, imposed and composed, vetted and fated? Yes it could all go horribly wrong. Now you wouldn't want to miss that would you??

See you there. We'll risk it if you will!

Improvised Dancing, Improvised Writing
Friday 29 August, 7.00 pm

The intersections and unknown collisions between dance and the written word.

A special event that combines the physical improvisations of the Little Con regulars, plus guests Olivia Millard and Alice Cummins, being matched by the improvised writing of author Gaylene Perry (author of Midnight Water: A Memoir, shortlisted for the National Biography Award).

Special guests:
Olivia Millard
Alice Cummins
Gaylene Perry

The Little Con regulars:
Ann-Maree Ellis & Joey Lehrer
Paul Romano
Dianne Reid
Shaun McLeod

The Little Con
Friday 26 September, 7pm

What do you get when you combine six women, six solos, and six approaches to improvisation (besides a certain devilish combination)?

Solo Sensibility
Jade Blair
Carlee Mellow
Emma Strapps
Noelle Rees-Hatton
Dianne Reid
Ann-maree Ellis

Come and witness our little experiment to see how the boundaries between solo and sextet slip and blur, merge and emerge, and are maintained or obliterated in our simultaneous solos experiment.

Each of us will perform a 15 minute solo, simultaneously, responding to the imperatives of the way we each work individually. We each then work and re-work from this into a 5-10 minute solo, alone.

We are curious about what might happen, and curious about what you might see. Join us in the exploration and share with us your responses.

Wheel of Fortune comes to The Little Con
Friday 31 October, 7pm

What would happen if you allowed a wheel to determine the performance elements?
How long to go for? How many performers? What soundscape?
Could it all come together?

Come and watch as some of Melbourne's finest improvisers are joined by The Talent from Tasmania to craft an exciting evening of performance, where truly no-one knows what may come. With a pinch of luck, a handful of inventiveness and the skill of these artists, there will no doubt be some gems to behold.

The pin-wheels of improvisation:
Andrea Breen
Helen Swain
Paul Romano
Shaun MacLeod
Dianne Reid
Ann-maree Ellis
Josef Lehrer
and maybe a mystery guest...

See you there. We'll risk it, if you will!

The Larger Little Con is on again!!
Friday 28th November, 7pm

The final Little Con of 2008 brings together a wealth of Melbourne's improvisational talent to see out the year. Come and partake of this sumptuous smorgasbord. There will even be an interval with snacks!

Featuring:
Kate Middleweek & Tawanda Gadzikwa
Andrew Gray
Nicole Jenvey & Steph Hutchinson
Paul Romano
Apple - Dani Cresp & Ian David
Melissa Jones
Shaun MacLeod & Dianne Reid
Sally Smith
Ann-maree Ellis & Josef Lehrer