Kage Physical Theatre is an Australian

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. It was established in 1997 by

Kate Denborough Kate Denborough is a choreographer, artistic director, CEO and co-founder of Kage Physical Theatre. She has directed, devised and/or performed in most of KAGE's works as well as working with other companies such as Chunky Move, Australian Dance The ...

and Gerard Van Dyck, graduates of the

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. KAGE is a not-for-profit organisation which receives support from the public and private sectors. In 2001 Denborough and Van Dyck completed a three-month residency at the Australia Council Studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts in

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Festival performances and awards

They have performed at a number of festivals including the Next Wave Festival,

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: performing ''Contamination'' in (1998) and ''No (Under)Standing Anytime'' in 2000; and at the 2000 Asia Pacific Next Wave Festival in Japan performing ''This Side Up'' and the 2008

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16th World Congress and Performing Arts Festival for Young People performing ''Headlock''. ''Nowhere Man'' developed for Kage earned Denborough the Australian Dance Award for outstanding achievement in independent dance. ''Headlock'' (2006) won five

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s and the Australian Dance Award for best male performer for Byron Perry. KAGE was Company in Residence at

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in 2009, and in 2010 KAGE became a resident company at the

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. KAGE and Alzheimer's Australia Vic were awarded recognition for Good Partnering Practice in the 2011 Arts & Health Foundation Award category at the 2011 ABAF Awards for their partnership developed during the creation of ''Sundowner''.

Works

*''Kage'' (1997) *''Contamination'' (1998) *''Asphyxiate'' (1998) *''No (Under)Standing Anytime'' (2000) (funded through

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Emerging Choreographers Initiative and the

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) *''This Side Up'' (2000) commissioned by Chunky Move *''2 Without Spine'' (2000), choreographed:

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with assistance from the Australia Council *''The Collapsible Man'' (2001) *''Misfit'' (2001) *''Birthday'' (2002), directed by John Bolton *''Underground'' (2002) *''Nowhere Man'' (2003) *''The day the world turned upside down'' (2004) *''Headlock'' (2006) *''Ink'' (2006) *''Appetite'' (2008) *''Pink Lines'' (2008) *''Look Right Through Me'' (2011) *''Sundowner'' (2011) *''Flesh and Bone'' (2013) *''Forklift'' (2014) *''Team of Life'' (2014) *''Picnic'' (2015) *''Out of Earshot'' (2017)

References

External links

* Dance companies in Australia Performing arts in Melbourne Contemporary dance companies 1996 establishments in Australia Physical theatre {{australia-org-stub