U>N>I>T>E>D

In Season

U>N>I>T>E>D

U>N>I>T>E>D is the latest work in the canon of Chunky Move Artistic Director Antony Hamilton’s ‘speculative future’ performances, following recent innovative dance experiences created by the company such as Token Armies (2019) and Yung Lung (2022).

Exploring ‘machine mysticism’ and the persistence of spirituality in a post-industrial digital age, the work is a major international collaboration with leaders in the Javanese experimental scene, Gabber Modus Operandi Bali-based streetwear label Future Loundry, Australian global leaders in animatronic design, Creature Technology Co., and a stellar line up of six dancers.

Drawing from its artists’ individual artistic and cultural practices, U>N>I>T>E>D will be an exhilarating melding of sophisticated movement, infectious music and science fiction-inspired design, that honours technologies both ancient and contemporary; inner and collective.

Premiere Season

Dates

World Premiere Season
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Kings Domain Gardens, Linlithgow Ave, Melbourne VIC 3000
27 February – 2 March 2025
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U>N>I>T>E>D contains strobe effects, dynamic lighting, loud music, smoke effects, incense and partial nudity.

Creative Team

Artistic Direction & Choreography: Antony Hamilton
Sound Design & Composition: Gabber Modus Operandi
Costume Design: Future Loundry
Exoskeleton Design & Fabrication: Creature Technology Co.
Lighting Design: Benjamin Cisterne
Performers & Choreography: Ashley McLellan, Melissa Pham, David Prakash, Samakshi Sidhu, Robert Alejandro Tinning, Jayden Wall
Understudy: Madeleine Bowman
Stage/Set Design/Fabrication and Art Finishing: Ashley Buchanan and Antony Hamilton
Set and Costume LED Fabrication: Shiv Geaney
Outside Eye: Melanie Lane
Concept Art: Peter Gregory
Production Manager: Ashley Buchanan
Production Coordinator: Olivia Walker
Stage Manager: Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly
Rehearsal Director: Rachel Coulson
Sound Consultant: Byron Scullin
Sound Engineer: Ethan Hunter
Lighting Programmer & Operator: Chris Payne
System Engineer and Head Electrician: Shiv Geaney
Creative contributions early-stage developments: Jahra Wasasala and Ooshcon
Executive Director/co-CEO: Kristy Ayre
Senior Producer: Kristina Arnott

Supporters

U>N>I>T>E>D is commissioned by Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and Perth Festival.

U>N>I>T>E>D is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the City of Melbourne, and the Playking Foundation via a Playking Foundation Travel Grant.

Find out more

For enquiries about production and presentation, please contact Kristina Arnott, kristina@chunkymove.com.au

For enquiries about production and presentation in North America, please contact Cathy Pruzan, cpruzan@aol.com