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DISTANCE 665 Friday 18 & Saturday 19 July 2008 Performers: various
TWO nights only innovative aerial dance produced by Janine Ayres with local and interstate performers featuring Daniel Power Melbourne Clint Dowdell Sydney Tyler Ayres Canberra
In Response 3 Monday 19 May 2008 Performers: various
A series of moments capturing & exposing the artists an improvised performance combining dance, text, music and multimedia dancers/performers Janine Ayres Joe Woodward Grahame Thompson Min Mae plus a photo exhibition by ‘pling and a forum with the artists.
A lot like Xmas Friday 14 & Saturday 15 December 2007 Performers: DNA Students
A Dance and Aerial performance by the amazingly talented Students of dna studios.
Mixing it up 10 - 13 October 2007 Performers: various
a collection of short dance & aerial works. to combine (substances, elements, things, etc) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents. dancers/performers: janine ayres josh legge isaac reilly tyler ayres jacinta ribeny laura torricke-barton tanya williams clint dowdell tom lambert rob mccredie eleah waters lighting: nickamc
twister night  Friday 25 May 2007
Twistmaster Hadley, emcee and master of all things deranged as he commands his minion of Twisters, spinning them into a limb-tangling frenzy. DJ to the stars, the moustache touting spinner of love-bang’n choon after choon - DJ Fab-Fabio joins Booner Bitch from the Bronx, Spotty Le Beau and Red Right-Hanz in a downstairs mixup of prize winning action.
in response 2 Saturday 19 May 2007 Performer: Janine Ayres Soundscape: double bass player Leigh Miller
one night only Improvisation is an art-form in itself, as well as a tool for creating choreography Janine Ayres, choreographer, dancer and aerial artist, performs an emotive improvised contemporary dance performance working with trained pathways of the body. This is the second instalment; the first was performed exactly one year ago. Janine will be working with double bass player Leigh Miller, providing an improvised soundscape to mirror the movement of dance. In Response Consummate professionals of dance and music – with an element of the unknown through improvisation.
sacred being : a feminine space  13 & 14 april 2007
An interactive dance presentation by Padma Menon in classical and new Indian dance. dna studios / Ralph Wilson Theatre Ainslie Avenue, Gorman House Arts Centre
it's in your body 15 & 16 december 2006 The Street Theatre
dna students show their talents on the big stage. The Street Theatre Corner Childers Street & University Avenue Canberra City
naked goddess 4 - 7 & 10 - 14 october 2006 8 october 5.30pm By Joe Woodward
I have said all and nothing... That is the fear I have... But what if there is nothing left to say... Naked Goddess is presented by Shadow House PITS.
epiphany 20 + 21 + 22 july 2006 Choreographer: Janine Ayres Writer: Paschal Daantos Berry Sound Design: Ben Watts
epiphany - a world built from three disciplines - dance, aerial and theatre, grew from the seedling of an idea when Janine Ayres, Paschal Daantos Berry, Ben Watts and five dancers collaborated in 2005. Refining epiphany, fleshing out the characters and finding a way to represent them in Ayre’s world of aerial dance theatre creates this exciting and challenging work. This particular world is of men. Some are archetypes and others are the slippery creatures that occupy the grey areas. Paschal Daantos Berry, epiphany 2005
twister night 15 july 2006
We got bent and twisted in a fun Twister night hosted by the amazing Hadley! After the succes of the first and second twister nights - more nights coming soon.
the died with a felafel in his hand 23 june - 2 july 2006 Adapted from John Birmingham’s novel by Simon Bedak, Steve Le Marquand & Michael Neaylon Director: Sophie Benassi
A sexually charged Latvian, an Albino moon tanner, the Rock singer Lizard Man, a Junkie, Dopey Decoy the pot head surfer, a sultry Swedish sex kitten, Dirk who announces he is gay, a Stripper, a Bondage mistress, Hard rock groupies, whips, chainsaws and transsexuals, JB  finds himself the unwitting victim of some of the worst excesses of Group share housing. He Died with a Felafel in his Hand has become an emblematic Australian narrative for the X Generation.
in response 19 may 2006 Performer: Janine Ayres Soundscape: Kimmo Vennonen
one night only dont miss out Trained pathways that lay within the dancer’s body from over twenty years of training and choreographic exploration inform the physical vocabulary even in an improvisational context. Improvisation is an art-form in itself as well as a tool for creating choreography. In Response Consummate professionals of dance and music – with an element of the unknown through improvisation.
red cabbage at play 28 + 29 april 2006 Creators: Red Cabbage Movement Direction: Janine Ayres
Red Cabbage perform moments of beauty beyond traditional theatrical contexts and were lauded for their innovative use of space and stunning visual imagery in their work with CIA for Demons, and their 2002 production Half Full of Happiness at the Street Theatre. Taking a step inward from their massive project Hedge-Mony (The Maze)  - a  human hedge maze with over 200 performers at the Commonwealth Games - this unique development work offers the opportunity for audiences to witness the early stages of an artistic process which explores a world without systems and logic and the creation of intimate, visual moments in an interior space.	Hedge-Mony. Performed at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006
Please enjoy a photomontage of previous shows.
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS Drama Workshop Clint Dowdell (from Sydney) Saturday 12 July 2008 1pm – 5pm Ages 12yrs This fun workshop will give an introduction to physical theatre and the art of using alternative spaces for devising theatre work. Bring a piece of writing (found or your own), an idea and an open mind and lets explore how text can come alive in the body, space and your audiences minds. Clint Dowdell has been working with the contemporary theatre company Red Cabbage since he graduated form Deakin Rusden in 2001. Since then he has made a number of large scale installation based performances, the first of which premiered at the Street Theatre in Canberra in 2002. Most recently his collaboration with B-Floor, a physical theatre group, in Bangkok has received rave reviews across both cultures. Aerial Master Class Daniel Power (from Melbourne) Sunday 13 July 2008 1pm – 5pm Ages 12yrs This Master class was designed for people that have had some training in either Hoop or Tissu, it is not for beginners. Evoking emotion and defying gravity, Daniel will bend and express his body around anything aerial. Spending three years with Cirque Du Soleil in Las Vegas on the show KA, Daniel is a passionate and expressive performer and strives for perfection in skill and showmanship, Having recently returned to Australia from working overseas with Cirque Du Soleil, Dan has taken a position at NICA (National Institute of Circus Arts) as an aerial coach.