WHAT REMAINS: Celebrating the Keir Choreographic Award 2014-2024 [MELBOURNE]

🗓️: SATURDAY 24 AUGUST

⏱️: 5PM - 10PM

📍: ABBOTSFORD CONVENT
      1 ST HELIERS ST, ABBOTSFORDS, VIC, 3067

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WHAT REMAINS is a celebratory program that revisits and amplifies some of the major contributions the Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) has made to the Australian dance ecology.

Launched in 2014 and held biennially over five editions, KCA was a unique and innovative public-private initiative dedicated to the commissioning, presentation, and promotion of new Australian choreography. Initiated by The Keir Foundation in partnership with Dancehouse, Carriageworks and Creative Australia, the Keir Choreographic Award (KCA) was an incredibly significant commissioning and presentation context for independent Australian choreography. With a total of 40 new choreographic works over ten years, the KCA legacy has truly influenced the scale and vibrancy of Australian dance.

For this program, a suite of artists involved in the awards have been invited to respond to WHAT REMAINS as a provocation. Previously commissioned artists will perform embodied memories of their KCA works. Photographer Gregory Lorenzutti and videographer Cobie Orger - who have both documented every edition of the award - will revisit their archives as original installations. A Keir Foundation publication that critically maps the history, impact and implications of KCA and a dedicated website will be launched. And finally, live SCRIBES will capture the evening as we wrap up with a party.

Please join us for celebrations in Melbourne.

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Image: Atlanta Eke Body of Work 2014 Inaugural winner of the Keir Choreographic Award. Photo Gregory Lorenzutti

Supported by The Keir Foundation and Creative Australia

Critical Path respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the traditional owners of the land where this event will take place.

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