Chunky Move is located on the unceded lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. We respectfully acknowledge the significant contributions of Australia’s First Peoples, and are committed to supporting the continuity of culture and relationship to this land.
You, Beauty
Antony Hamilton
Antony Hamilton was appointed Artistic Director and co-CEO of Chunky Move in early 2019, and his connection to the company goes back more than 17 years. His acclaimed works involve a sophisticated melding of movement, sound and visual design, and are contextually underpinned by an examination of a body that is at once primitive, contemporary and future bound.Antony has been the recipient of prestigious 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. Antony has received four Helpmann Award nominations, winning for Black Project 1 & 2 and Forever and Ever (Sydney Dance Co.). He has won numerous Green Room Awards and also received a New York Performing Arts Award ‘Bessie’ for Outstanding Production for MEETING. In 2019 he created Token Armies, his first major work for Chunky Move as Artistic Director. Antony’s independent works include Blazeblue Oneline (2008), Drift (2010), Black Project 1 (2012), Black Project 2 (2013), MEETING (2015), NYX (2015) and Number of the Machine (2017). Major commissions include Forever & Ever(Sydney Dance Company, 2018), Natural Orders (Dancemakers Toronto, 2017), Crazy Times (Sydney Dance Company, 2017), Sentinel (Skånes Dansteater, 2016), Keep Everything (Chunky Move 2012), RGB (ADT 2010), Black Project 3 (Lyon Opera Ballet, 2010) and I Like This (co-directed by Byron Perry for Chunky Move 2008).
Enzo Nazario
Originally from North America and now based in Naarm, is an independent dancer and filmmaker whose creative endeavors are fueled by the symbiotic potential of cinema and dance on film. Fascinated by the nuanced intersections of physical theater and dance, Enzo seeks to explore the elusive boundaries within the genre. Graduating from VCA with a BFA in Acting in 2017, Enzo’s artistic journey has been marked by diverse experiences, from performing classical written by Chekov, Brecht, Pinter, Bovell and collaborating with contemporary dance companies Pitchett Klunchun for Asia TOPA in 2017.After completing dance training at Transit Dance in 2022, Enzo has worked with a range of choreographers such as Ashley Mclellan, Kayla Douglas, Mason Kelly and Rebecca Jensen. Enzo was a part of Alicia Frankovich’s work for Melbourne Now Rich In World/Poor In World at NGV, and is set to premiere Chunky Move’s new major work “You Beauty” for the Rising Festival in June.
Andrew Treloar
Andrew Treloar is an artist working between contemporary art, dance and fashion design through multiple practices and collaborations. These include recent projects with Henry Jock Walker, Jack Riley, Daniel Riley, Dancenorth, Jo Lloyd, Marrugeku, Lucy Guerin Inc., and Chunky Move. His design work has shown across many venues and festivals throughout Australia including the 2018 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, and international performances in the USA and Paris.He completed a Masters in Fine Art by Research in 2014 at University of Melbourne, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music (VCA) studying interrelationships between training and conditioning practices in dance and sport to generate processes for making art works. In collaboration with Harrison Hall, Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Luigi Vescio, he made and produced The Venusian Slip, which had successful seasons in 2018 and 2020.
Samakshi Sidu
Born in Delhi, India, Samakshi Sidhu is an artist working with dance and choreography. Based in Naarm (Melbourne), their practice is centred around the intelligence of the body in relation to ecological systems. Their current practice investigates the body as an archive and the social role dance can have, with a focus on community healing. Samakshi is interested in creating a hybrid interdisciplinary practice that is socio-politically informed and accessible. A few choreographers they have worked with are Yuko Harada from India, Lotem Regev from Israel and Brianna Kell, Daniel Riley and Gregory Lorenzutti from Naarm. Samakshi has recently worked with Chunky Move as an understudy for 4/4 (2023) and as a performer in creative developments of upcoming new works You, Beauty and U>N>I>T>E>D. In November 2023 they undertook a residency with GUTS Dance, Mparntwe (Alice Springs).