PABLtemperancehallMR-1.docxOne of Australia’s leading dance companies, Phillip Adams BalletLab (PABL) is delighted to announce its first headquarters, Temperance Hall, 199 Napier Street, South Melbourne; Melbourne’s newest contemporary art and performance venue for creation, residency, exhibition and performance.
Temperance Hall is the first artist-led interdisciplinary complex in Australia comprising a main hall, studios and residential apartment. Temperance Hall will be a vital artist hub in Melbourne, unlocking artistic potential and supporting risk-taking contemporary culture. It will be an experimental home for PABL to make and present work alongside others’ through a curatorial framework shaped by Adams’ artistic interests beyond dance.
‘The Temperance Hall for me is a performance centre that activates the entire facility with movement, thinking and art rather than isolating it as a theatre,’ says Phillip Adams. ‘I aim,’ he continues ‘to exhibit movement and art that make beautiful the body with challenging aspects and confronting imagery – a nod to the original Warhol “Factory” mentality as such, radically exploiting tradition with popular and unorthodox aesthetics; keeping audiences nourished, guessing and inspired and returning for more stimulation. Temperance Hall meets the performance space, gallery and museum smack bang in the middle of the black and white box paradigm. Temperance Hall stands as an exemplary 21st Century performance site where you get to see the artists of today make and present their expressions of tomorrow.’
2017 will see an enviable program of premiere work, national and international collaborations, artist commissions, residencies, education initiatives and exhibition. The launch of a new Contemporary Art Award, the BalletLab McMahon Contemporary Art Award will bring a deeper engagement with the visual arts sector.
The first International Artist-in-Residence program brings New York based writer, director and choreographer Jack Ferver for a two-week residency (27 April – 9 May). This is his first visit to Australia and he will perform his acclaimed work, Mon Ma Mes (Revisite’), 4-7 May 2017
Jack Ferver is a highly sought after figure in the New York performance and theatre scene. His work Chambre, recently received a New York Bessie nomination for best performance.
Ferver frequently collaborates with visual artist Marc Swanson, costume designer Reid Bartelme, composer Roarke Menzies, and dramaturg Joshua Lubin-Levy. His works have been presented in leading New York City performance venues and museums, across USA and in France. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous film, television and theatre projects. www.jackferver.org
PABL program highlights include: EVER (4 dancers, 8 musicians) a new collaboration with Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and fashion designer Akira Isogawa; Education program Shaker Maker, in partnership with Ausdance VIC; Séance a new opera dance work with an esteemed cast of mature dance artists, extraordinary visual artist Julia de Ville and composer Daniel Jenatsch; a number of international guest artists: Jack Ferver (USA) and Korinsky (GER) in 2017 and Antonio Ramos (USA) in 2018; People of Cities (AUS/BRA) 2016-2017 international exchange project; plus a number of other initiatives.
PABL at Temperance Hall is supported by Creative Victoria, the Australian Council for the Arts, Working Heritage, Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, COALAR, City of Port Phillip, KEN, Dr Marcus McMahon, 3DEEP, Igor Sapina, La Luna and Split Rock TIRO.
Background information on Temperance Hall and Phillip Adams BalletLab follow in the attached release.
PABL presents Jack Ferver Mon Ma Mes (Revisite’) at Temperance Hall, 199 Napier Street, South Melbourne, 4-7 May 2017. Bookings – https://www.trybooking.com/271688
