Practice Lab

Practice Lab is Chunky Move’s annual program offering participants a rare opportunity to engage in the practice and choreographic methodologies of Chunky Move Artistic Director, Antony Hamilton.

Hamilton’s broad experience as a dancer and choreographer has roots in classical ballet, post-modern contemporary dance, and street dance. He was appointed Chunky Move Artistic Director in 2019 and has since premiered critically lauded new works including 2019’s epic Token Armies and his two recent international hits 4/4 (2023) and U>N>I>T>E>D (2025).

Practice Lab is a week-long workshop intensive offering rare insight into Hamilton’s wide-ranging methodologies, including his notated counting systems, improvisational tools, voice exploration, dramaturgy, and choreography with objects.

Practice Lab 2025

Applications are now closed.

Participants will: 

  • Take part in daily contemporary dance technique masterclasses 
  • Work collaboratively to devise complex choreographic sequences 
  • Workshop bespoke choreographic techniques influenced by Antony’s unique counting systems. 
  • Explore improvisation as ‘live composition’ 
  • Work with objects to expand choreographic and spatial thinking 
  • Explore voice and acoustic sound as a material linked to embodied practice

 

 

Workshop Details
Dates: Monday 30 June – Friday 4 July
Location: Chunky Move, 111 Sturt St Southbank, Melbourne
Hours: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $500
Capacity: 23 positions available

Who can apply?
Applicants must be aged 18+

To be eligible, participants must either be a professional dancer/choreographer, a recent or upcoming graduate of a tertiary or equivalent accredited dance course, or have studied dance for five years.

Partnership Positions
We have dedicated sponsored positions in this year’s program for First Peoples and members of L2R as part of our ongoing partnership with the company.

If you are applying for one of these positions, please select the relevant tick box in the application form, just below the contact detail fields.

Applications for Partnership Positions will be reviewed and accepted separately to general applicants. Please submit your application by Sunday 25 May to be considered.

 

Application Process
The application will ask you to:

  • Provide your contact details
  • Describe your eligibility
  • Describe what interests you in Chunky Move
  • Describe what interests you in the Practice Lab program

Read more about Antony here.

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