I just heard from Daniel Jaber that the Australia Council for the Arts have cut Leigh Warren and Dancers triennial funding. Having …
January 22, 2009 – 4:19 am
a retrospective
Sitting in my lounge with Daniel talking about dance and my old works, many of which I am still very …
November 10, 2008 – 12:17 am
finishing
This week I made a decision I’ve been thinking about on and off for years, and always delayed because somehow …
September 17, 2008 – 1:46 am
surfacing…
The last week was spent mostly writing applications for residencies. Four of them due yesterday and feeling a little worn …
December 7, 2007 – 2:15 pm
pestilence
This morning, sleeping not yoga-ing, a little message from Alison in Adelaide, “Dear frances … i am pleased to hav …
October 31, 2007 – 11:35 am
whuhappnd?
ummm… Big silence, no? Well we have performed all over the acreage of metropolitan Adelaide (and I kept thinking if …
April 3, 2007 – 5:06 pm
blog holiday
I’m taking a short holiday from blogging. I’ve been writing almost constantly for the last couple of weeks, and most …
March 27, 2007 – 3:27 pm
poor excuse for absence of blog
Most of this week will involve occasionally staring at the housing commission flats a couple of streets north of here. …
March 18, 2007 – 10:13 pm
the end of dance writing
Around the time I was thinking about i want your dance, I stumbled across this excellent article on ImPulsTanz by …
March 5, 2007 – 4:23 pm
everything that has been said before about dance
Lining the walls of Chunky Move’s foyer are vast placards of performances, and above the sofas, those shows are the …
February 4, 2007 – 8:41 pm
waah! pain! eye sting lah!
I’m in what I fondly refer to as grant-writing hell. Somehow out of desperation I’m in the middle of six …
January 2, 2007 – 9:41 pm
it’s all about the money #2
He could have ditched the first paragraph, stopped right at the end of the second sentence, and just copy-pasted that …
December 19, 2006 – 11:33 am
it’s all about the money
Slagging match of the week goes to Melbourne Festival vs. The Media, wherein Robin Usher tries to sound a rhetorical …
December 1, 2006 – 3:24 pm
more on the Small Arts Sector Research Project
A couple of days ago I wrote about the new Small Arts Sector Research Project the Arts Industry Australia (Victoria) …
November 28, 2006 – 7:00 pm
Small Arts Sector Research Project
For all the independent artists around in Melbourne this Friday, the Arts Industry Council (Victoria) has announced this meeting. Please …
November 27, 2006 – 3:27 pm
fuck.dog
Two dancer/choreographers, slightly past emerging and maturing into fine mid-career torpor met for coffee this morning in East St Kilda, …
November 6, 2006 – 8:49 pm
sisyphus was here
Far too many of these excuses for not blogging in the last couple of months, and here’s another one, as …
November 4, 2006 – 8:02 am
la mama – does anyone take ozco seriously anymore?
A few days ago, I was talking with someone about a certain hack from the Herald Sun, whose name evades …
August 15, 2006 – 6:01 pm
good riddance
Normally I wouldn’t quote from The Age as it’s really little more than mediocre tabloid sensationalism, and if I want …
July 14, 2006 – 7:09 pm
war and sport take centre stage
While having coffee with one choreographer who knows firsthand the House of Un-American Activities Commission blacklist trials that is Australian …
July 6, 2006 – 1:35 pm
a knife in the guts for danceworks
While I was wandering in my lederhosen across the alps of western Yunnan, Arts Victoria announced they would not be …
October 13, 2005 – 3:20 am
russell page fellowship
The annual Russell Page Fellowship for professional dancers in Australia is open for applications. The Russell Page Fellowship was established …
September 13, 2005 – 3:25 am
shock! surprise! ozco doesn’t fund me for the eleventh time!
Who’d a fucking thought? I mean the odds were seriously in my favour: 11 applications and 0, zero, zero success, …
January 14, 2005 – 12:23 pm
free public lynching
The issue with Australia Council for the Arts eviscerating the New Media Arts Board has had a slight hiatus over …
December 21, 2004 – 5:48 pm
ANAT on the murder of the new media art board
Keeping on with the news that the government has decided to destroy the new media arts board of the Australia …
December 9, 2004 – 6:34 pm
new media arts wasted
Part two of the news that Australia Council is trashing the New Media Arts Board. I’m posting this email in …
December 9, 2004 – 12:43 pm
australia council dumps new media arts board
This morning, the Fibreculture mailing-list was dealing with what will rank as one of the worst decisions made in Australian …