Concept: Becky Hilton

Director: Adam Wheeler

Rehearsal Director: Emma Porteus

Cast: 16 Stompin dancers

Mentor: Becky Hilton

Development: September 2009

Performances: Launceston Festivale – 12 February 2010

Equal parts archaeological dig, contemporary dance and flash mob, Adam and the dancers have mined the Stompin dance archive to create a 5-7 minute dance. This mash up of our favourite Stompin moves from our 18-year history is flexible in design and morphs in response to various performance contexts. This Dance Is Who We Are features choreography from past Stompin works from Jerril Rechter, Luke George, Bec Reid, Stephanie Lake, Antony Hamilton and Adam Wheeler. This is a ready-made, rapid response Stompin signature event for us to perform at local events, launches, festivals, street fairs, school celebrations, award ceremonies and block parties etc. This Dance Is Who We Are is very us, very now and very much about the collaborative process.

WeTubeLive

Concept and Direction: Ben Speth

Design Realisation and Production: Frog Peck and Eduard Ingles from Bluebottle

Cast: Young Tasmanians

Project Facilitators: Becky Hilton, Adam Wheeler and Emma Porteus

Development: January – August 2010

Performances: 26 and 27 August 2010

A living exhibition of 100 solos ripped from the internet performed live & all-at-once by young Tasmanians.

Stompin presents WeTubeLIVE, a diverse group of young Tasmanians in a large-scale performed response to the social networking site YouTube.

Each performer has selected and learned their favorite YouTube clip and we’ll present them all together and all at the same time, filling Launceston’s beautiful Albert Hall with dancing, talking and singing young people.

This is not your regular sit-down performance, Stompin invites you to wander through our giant living exhibition; come and go as many times as you like and see what we’re up to, what we’re into and who we are.

Stompin has collaborated with over 80 Australian artists, arts workers and volunteers and over 300 young performers over the past 19 years for which we are extremely grateful, for their vision, commitment and creativity. If you are interested in being involved in any of Stompin’s activity call or email us.

Uncover This in a house and cul-de-sac in Launceston – an edgy two-part dance experience that turns private lives into public property. Choreographer Adam Wheeler

Home in Roberts Woolstore, Launceston – Home is about the place we live and the living we create. Choreographer Luke George

Bone Dry and Green in Roxby Downs, South Australia. Choreographers Adam Wheeler and Emma Porteus

Special Mention at Sydney Opera House – Special Mention explores the relentless pressure to succeed and the growing cultural divide created by our judgment of failure.Choreographers Luke George and Bec Reid

Citizen in Qantas Maintenance Hangar, Launceston Airport in 10 Days on the Island – Citizen looks at the choices young people make in relation to who they are right now, who they aspire to be and who they are choosing to become. Choreographers Bec Reid and Stephanie Lake.

Drill at Sydney Opera House. Choreographers Luke George and Bec Reid

Age of Consent in Pilgrim Hall, Launceston – Age of Consent examines the choices young people make in relation to the written and unwritten rules that shape their lives. Choreographer Luke George. Creative Workshop at Old Womens Jail in Melbourne in Next Wave Festival. Choreographer Bec Reid

SYNC toured to 8 Tasmanian regional swimming pools in 10 Days on the Island – S.Y.N.C. explores how pools provide environments for young people to socialise and be themselves – loitering, congregating and meeting. Choreographers Luke George and Bec Reid

Joyride at Windmill Hill Swimming Pool, Launceston. All above Luke George and Bec Reid. Underground at Rollerworld, Launceston – Underground explores sub-cultures, life in layers and the things that are literally in the earth below us.

Primed at Inveresk, Launceston. Choreographer Jerril Rechter. Primed at Inveresk, Launceston. Choreographer Jerril Rechter

Destination – a film at Kings Wharf, Launceston. Choreographer Jerril Rechter

Distance, a collaboration with Danceworks at Kings Wharf, Launceston and at Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne in the Next Wave Festival – Stompin represented Tasmania, performing at the World Festival of Island Cultures in Cheju,Korea. Choreographer Jerril Rechter

Grind 2 at Launceston Showground, Motor Pavilion, Launceston – a total re work of Grind. Grind 2 in Darwin Supreme Court at Australian Youth Festival (no pic). All above Jerril Rechter

Arboreal at Hollybank, Launceston – a unique project focussing on Tasmania’s strong link with its natural environment. All above Jerril Rechter

Grind at Launceston Webster Building. Grind in Melbourne in Next Wave Festival – sensual high energy dance with mind blowing visual imagery and physicality.

Code at Coats Patons, Launceston – a multi media assault on the senses. Choreographer Jerril Rechter

Action with Attitude, St.John and Paterson Street, Launceston – a combination of skills of dance and blading to present a statement of current youth culture. Choreographer Jerril Rechter

Stompin 93 at Coats Patons, Launceston. Choreographer Jerril Rechter

Increase the Peace at Prince’s Square, Launceston – comments on the historic, social and environmental aspects of Prince’s Square. Choreographer Jerril Rechter