{"id":4613,"date":"2026-02-11T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newbalticdance.lt\/?post_type=mec-events&p=4613"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:57:58","slug":"chunky-move-australia-united-3","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/newbalticdance.lt\/en\/renginiai\/chunky-move-australia-united-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Chunky Move (Australia) \u2013 U>N>I>T>E>D"},"content":{"rendered":"Tickets<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n

Duration: 55 min.<\/b><\/p>\n

IMPORTANT: \u201cU>N>I>T>E>D\u201d contains strobe effects, dynamic lighting, and loud music.<\/b><\/p>\n

Recommended age range 12+<\/b><\/p>\n

With thunderous fury, \u201cU>N>I>T>E>D\u201d offers audiences an epic vision of machine mysticism. A synthesis of body, machine and spirit is embodied by six masterful dancers who give life to lurking energies latent within the industrial environment of our world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cU>N>I>T>E>D\u201d is the latest work in the canon of Chunky Move Artistic Director Antony Hamilton\u2019s \u2018speculative future\u2019 performances, following recent innovative dance experiences created by the company, \u201cToken Armies\u201d (2019) and \u201cYung Lung\u201d (2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

Drawing from its artists\u2019 individual artistic and cultural practices, \u201cU>N>I>T>E>D\u201d is an exhilarating melding of sophisticated movement, infectious music, science fiction-inspired design, and transcendent performances. The work honours technologies both ancient and contemporary, imagining a world of mythic proportions in which earthly forms commune with the gods of the machine world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The work is a major international collaboration with leaders in the Balinese experimental music scene, <\/span>Gabber Modus Operandi<\/b>, Bali-based streetwear label <\/span>\u201cFuture Loundry\u201d<\/b>, Australian global leaders in animatronic design, <\/span>\u201cCreature Technology Co.\u201d<\/b>, and award-winning lighting designer <\/span>Benjamin Cisterne.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cVisually arresting and full of possibility.\u201d \u2013 Dance Australia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

10\/10 \u201cUnparalleled! It was breathless to watch and we were in awe of the skill of \u00a0 the dancers, the incredible structure\/set\/mechanics, and the costuming. A million points out of ten!\u201d\u2014 Audience member<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Antony Hamilton<\/b> was appointed Artistic Director and co-CEO of Chunky Move in 2019. His choreographic work examines the elemental and primordial nature of the body, set against intersecting narratives that explore past, present and future. He often employs a sophisticated melding of movement, sound and visual design to collaboratively imagine complete worlds, and develops new choreographic languages to occupy them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Antony has been the recipient of major fellowships from Bangarra Dance Theatre (the Russell Page Fellowship), the Tanja Liedtke Foundation, the Australia Council for the Arts and the Sidney Myer Foundation. In 2013, he was Resident Director of Lucy Guerin Inc and in 2014 was guest dance curator at The National Gallery of Victoria. He was also the inaugural International Resident Artist at Dancemakers Toronto from 2016 to 2018. He has created numerous national and international commissions, including \u201cKeep Everything\u201d and \u201cI Like This\u201d for Chunky Move, \u201cBlack Project 3\u201d for The Lyon Opera Ballet (FR) \u201cSentinel\u201d for \u201cSkanes Dansteater\u201d (SE) and \u201cThey Want New Language\u201d for \u201cLa Com\u00e8te\u201d (FR).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Antony has received four Helpmann Award nominations, winning for \u201cBlack Project 1 & 2\u201d, and \u201cForever and Ever\u201d (Sydney Dance Company). He has won numerous Green Room Awards and has also received a New York Performing Arts Award \u2018Bessie\u2019 for Outstanding Production for \u201cMEETING\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his time as Artistic Director at <\/span>\u201cChunky Move\u201d<\/b>, Antony has premiered new works including \u201cToken Armies\u201d (2019), \u201cUniversal Estate\u201d (2019), \u201cYung Lung\u201d (2022), \u201cRewards for the Tribe\u201d (2022), \u201cAB_TA_Response\u201d (2022), \u201c4\/4\u201d (2023), \u201cYou, Beauty\u201d (2024) and \u201cU>N>I>T>E>D\u201d (2025).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChunky Move\u201d<\/b> create bold, genre-defying contemporary dance. Internationally renowned for ambitious and highly original work, the award-winning company maintains a reputation for being at the forefront of contemporary dance globally. Under the leadership of co-CEOs Antony Hamilton and Kristy Ayre, Chunky Move play a crucial role in driving dance forward in Australia and beyond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Artists and audiences are at the heart of the company, expressed in a dense program of major works, commissions, residencies and education offerings. Over the last 30 years, Chunky Move has performed in 130 cities in 150 festivals throughout the world, captivating over 610K audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n