Vicki Van Hout's guest appearances

Vicki Van Hout

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Two of the most treasured voices of Australian independent contemporary dance disclose with courage and humour the story behind their relationship and common belief in the artist’s responsibility to ask the hard questions. Their provocative and generous conversation makes compulsory listening for anyone interrogating the current cultural parameters, indigenous and non-indigenous, framing contemporary art making in a multicultural society. Vicki Van Hout and Raghav Handa open doors to genuine dialogue and remind us that dance is a language for all.  HOSTPOLA FANOUSGUESTSRAGHAV HANDAVICKI VAN HOUTEDITORVIR KAULAMUSIC THEMEALI SAGANCIRunning Time: 39 MinutesPola FanousPola Fanous is a young poet and performing artist from Western Sydney. An Egyptian-born immigrant, at age 21 Pola is a prominent figure in Sydney’s slam scene. In 2016, Pola competed in the Poetry Olympics and spoke at the City of Sydney’s Youth Leadership Conference. In 2017, Pola was published in 'The Resurrection' Anthology and performed at the Digital Writers’ Festival, The Plot Music Festival, and the Parliament House of Australia. His poem 'Mr War (Palestine)' incorporated into Warren Armstrong and Susannah Williams’ multi-sensory artwork ‘Listening Device VII: Felt Histories’, was awarded the 2017 Paramor Prize for Art &amp; Innovation. In 2018, Pola began writing for Honi Soit, performed at the Sydney Writer’s Festival and made waves with his now-iconic ‘Westies’. Pola was the 2018 NSW Slam Champion in the Australian Poetry Slam National Final at the Sydney Opera House. In early 2019 he released his debut collection of poetry, STRONGSOFT. He was the Speaker in FORM Dance Projects’ 2020 Sydney Festival creation ENCOUNTER directed by Emma Saunders.  Raghav Handa is an Australian choreographer and performer of Indian heritage, Raghav has worked with Sydney Dance Company, Force Majeure, Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, as well as First Nations choreographers Vicki Van Hout and Marilyn Miller. Inspired by his birthright – his works combine traditional kathak principles and contemporary movement to create multifaceted and engaging explorations of modern Australian cultural identity. He has worked in a variety of dance roles including choreographer, performer, collaborator, dance lecturer, artist representative and mentor for young performers. His works: TUKRE’ (“Pieces” in Hindi 2014-15, presented by FORM Dance Projects in 2015), MENS REA (2016) and FOLLY &amp; TIME (2018-19) have been performed across Australia and internationally to strong critical acclaim. In 2019, with support from Australia Council, Raghav completed a residency with Attakkalari dance company in Bengaluru, India and appeared in Melbourne’s Dance Massive season of YOU ANIMAL YOU by Force Majeure. In 2020, his work CULT OF THE TITANS was performed by Sydney Dance Company as part their New Breed platform and his work DAWN featured in the Sydney Opera House digital season of Unwrapped. He appeared in the Sydney Festival 2020 premiere of DOUBLE DELICIOUS, an immersive theatre work by the Contemporary Asian Australian Performance and Asia TOPA festival in Melbourne. His creations are woven through collaboration, incorporating diverse dance languages, spoken word, film and sculptural set design represent the Indian artistic and spiritual tradition and the multicultural face of Australia around the world. His latest work TWO was premiered by FORM Dance Projects, produced by Performing Lines in February 2021 at Riverside Theatres. Vicki Van Hout (on our website link to blog biography)Vicki Van Hout is is an Indigenous independent artist with Wiradjuri, Dutch, Scottish, and Afghan heritage, and over 20 years’ experience as a director, choreographer, performer, dramaturg and mentor.A graduate of NAISDA Dance College and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York, she went on to perform with major Indigenous dance companies, Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, before joining forces with Marilyn Miller as a founding member of Fresh Dancers. With Marilyn, Vicki performed Dear Carrie for One Extra Dance and Quinkin for the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Her show Briwyant was the first ever show by an independent Indigenous choreographer to tour nationally and was nominated for an Australian Dance Award for Best Achievement in Independent Dance. Vicki was awarded the 2014 NSW Dance Fellowship for established and mid-career artists – the first Indigenous winner of the Fellowship. She has also completed various residencies in Australia and overseas, including in Austria and Singapore.FORM Dance Projects has commissioned Vicki as Blogger in Residence since 2013, and during this time Vicki has been a voice for valuable critical discourse within the dance community and arts world, around traditional and contemporary dance in Australia.  FORM Dance Projects premiered Vicki’s award winning solo plenty serious Talk Talk in Dance Bites 2018. Vicki Van Hout was the recipient of The Australia Council Dance Award in 2019, which recognised Vicki’s outstanding and sustainable contribution to Australian dance and the impact on Australia’s cultural narrative through “her commitment to charting new territories through her work, challenging existing stories and prompting contemporary conversations.”

Two of the most treasured voices of Australian independent contemporary dance disclose with courage and humour the story behind their relationship and common belief in the artist’s responsibility to ask the hard questions. Their provocative and generous conversation makes compulsory listening for anyone interrogating the current cultural parameters, indigenous and non-indigenous, framing contemporary art making in a multicultural society. Vicki Van Hout and Raghav Handa open doors to genuine dialogue and remind us that dance is a language for all.  HOSTPOLA FANOUSGUESTSRAGHAV HANDAVICKI VAN HOUTEDITORVIR KAULAMUSIC THEMEALI SAGANCI Running Time: 39 Minutes Pola FanousPola Fanous is a young poet and performing artist from Western Sydney. An Egyptian-born immigrant, at age 21 Pola is a prominent figure in Sydney’s slam scene. In 2016, Pola competed in the Poetry Olympics and spoke at the City of Sydney’s Youth Leadership Conference. In 2017, Pola was published in 'The Resurrection' Anthology and performed at the Digital Writers’ Festival, The Plot Music Festival, and the Parliament House of Australia. His poem 'Mr War (Palestine)' incorporated into Warren Armstrong and Susannah Williams’ multi-sensory artwork ‘Listening Device VII: Felt Histories’, was awarded the 2017 Paramor Prize for Art &amp; Innovation. In 2018, Pola began writing for Honi Soit, performed at the Sydney Writer’s Festival and made waves with his now-iconic ‘Westies’. Pola was the 2018 NSW Slam Champion in the Australian Poetry Slam National Final at the Sydney Opera House. In early 2019 he released his debut collection of poetry, STRONGSOFT. He was the Speaker in FORM Dance Projects’ 2020 Sydney Festival creation ENCOUNTER directed by Emma Saunders. Raghav Handa is an Australian choreographer and performer of Indian heritage, Raghav has worked with Sydney Dance Company, Force Majeure, Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, as well as First Nations choreographers Vicki Van Hout and Marilyn Miller. Inspired by his birthright – his works combine traditional kathak principles and contemporary movement to create multifaceted and engaging explorations of modern Australian cultural identity. He has worked in a variety of dance roles including choreographer, performer, collaborator, dance lecturer, artist representative and mentor for young performers. His works: TUKRE’ (“Pieces” in Hindi 2014-15, presented by FORM Dance Projects in 2015), MENS REA (2016) and FOLLY &amp; TIME (2018-19) have been performed across Australia and internationally to strong critical acclaim. In 2019, with support from Australia Council, Raghav completed a residency with Attakkalari dance company in Bengaluru, India and appeared in Melbourne’s Dance Massive season of YOU ANIMAL YOU by Force Majeure. In 2020, his work CULT OF THE TITANS was performed by Sydney Dance Company as part their New Breed platform and his work DAWN featured in the Sydney Opera House digital season of Unwrapped. He appeared in the Sydney Festival 2020 premiere of DOUBLE DELICIOUS, an immersive theatre work by the Contemporary Asian Australian Performance and Asia TOPA festival in Melbourne. His creations are woven through collaboration, incorporating diverse dance languages, spoken word, film and sculptural set design represent the Indian artistic and spiritual tradition and the multicultural face of Australia around the world. His latest work TWO was premiered by FORM Dance Projects, produced by Performing Lines in February 2021 at Riverside Theatres. Vicki Van Hout (on our website link to blog biography)Vicki Van Hout is is an Indigenous independent artist with Wiradjuri, Dutch, Scottish, and Afghan heritage, and over 20 years’ experience as a director, choreographer, performer, dramaturg and mentor.A graduate of NAISDA Dance College and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York, she went on to perform with major Indigenous dance companies, Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, before joining forces with Marilyn Miller as a founding member of Fresh Dancers. With Marilyn, Vicki performed Dear Carrie for One Extra Dance and Quinkin for the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Her show Briwyant was the first ever show by an independent Indigenous choreographer to tour nationally and was nominated for an Australian Dance Award for Best Achievement in Independent Dance. Vicki was awarded the 2014 NSW Dance Fellowship for established and mid-career artists – the first Indigenous winner of the Fellowship. She has also completed various residencies in Australia and overseas, including in Austria and Singapore.FORM Dance Projects has commissioned Vicki as Blogger in Residence since 2013, and during this time Vicki has been a voice for valuable critical discourse within the dance community and arts world, around traditional and contemporary dance in Australia.  FORM Dance Projects premiered Vicki’s award winning solo plenty serious Talk Talk in Dance Bites 2018. Vicki Van Hout was the recipient of The Australia Council Dance Award in 2019, which recognised Vicki’s outstanding and sustainable contribution to Australian dance and the impact on Australia’s cultural narrative through “her commitment to charting new territories through her work, challenging existing stories and prompting contemporary conversations.”

VICKI VAN HOUT AND RAGHAV HANDA

What’s the connection between colonisation and gay dating app Grindr? And how do you deal with expectations when you make contemporary art through the lens of the world’s oldest living culture? We chat to artists Joel Bray and Vicki Van Hout about this and more, ahead of their two shows as part of Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art this October.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What’s the connection between colonisation and gay dating app Grindr? And how do you deal with expectations when you make contemporary art through the lens of the world’s oldest living culture? We chat to artists Joel Bray and Vicki Van Hout about this and more, ahead of their two shows as part of Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art this October.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Episode 36: Wiradjuri Movement (with Joel Bray and Vicki Van Hout)

Vicki Van Hout is an Indigenous independent choreographer with Wiradjuri, Dutch, Scottish, and Afghan heritage. Originally desiring a career in theatre, she was encouraged to join NAISDA Dance College (National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association Dance College). Before entering she was not interested in learning the traditional dances and was more interested in contemporary techniques, this soon changed as she realised both the significant and performative elements of the more traditional dance styles. After studying at NAISDA, Vicki left for New York on a scholarship to study at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.During these formative years Vicki’s life intersected with the punk scene, she lived as a squatter at the Woolloomooloo Gunnery, and also worked for Tish and Snooky's Manic Panic a punk and hair dye store.Upon returning to Australia Vicki danced for a range of dance companies including Bangarra Dance Theatre, and the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, before working with Marilyn Miller with Fresh Dancers. With the support of friends she developed her own choreographic voice, and her show Briwyant, became the first performance by an independent First Nations choreographer to tour nationally, while also being nominated for an Australian Dance Award for Achievement in Independent Dance.Vicki recently won The Australia Council Award for Dance, recognising her significant contribution to dance and her career that has spanned over 20 years. She was also awarded the 2014 NSW Dance Fellowship for established and mid-career artists – the first Indigenous winner of the Fellowship. Finally, Vicki is studying for her PhD but admits that she needs to spend more time writing it. She currently writes for Form Dance Projects.This interview covers so much of Vicki’s work. She speaks particularly about Long Grass, a powerful work that explores the lives of Aboriginal people living on the fringes of Darwin; on the fringes of society, yet in the middle of a city. Vicki then speaks of her work plenty serious TALK TALK, which uses humour to break down and explore barriers and issues related to the representations of First Nations people within dance and society more broadly. plenty serious TALK TALK will be presented as part of YIRRAMBOI Festival.

Vicki Van Hout is an Indigenous independent choreographer with Wiradjuri, Dutch, Scottish, and Afghan heritage. Originally desiring a career in theatre, she was encouraged to join NAISDA Dance College (National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association Dance College). Before entering she was not interested in learning the traditional dances and was more interested in contemporary techniques, this soon changed as she realised both the significant and performative elements of the more traditional dance styles. After studying at NAISDA, Vicki left for New York on a scholarship to study at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.During these formative years Vicki’s life intersected with the punk scene, she lived as a squatter at the Woolloomooloo Gunnery, and also worked for Tish and Snooky's Manic Panic a punk and hair dye store.Upon returning to Australia Vicki danced for a range of dance companies including Bangarra Dance Theatre, and the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, before working with Marilyn Miller with Fresh Dancers. With the support of friends she developed her own choreographic voice, and her show Briwyant, became the first performance by an independent First Nations choreographer to tour nationally, while also being nominated for an Australian Dance Award for Achievement in Independent Dance.Vicki recently won <a href="https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/media-centre/biographies/vicki-van-hout-australia-council-award-for-dance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Australia Council Award for Dance</a>, recognising her significant contribution to dance and her career that has spanned over 20 years. She was also awarded the 2014 NSW Dance Fellowship for established and mid-career artists – the first Indigenous winner of the Fellowship. Finally, Vicki is studying for her PhD but admits that she needs to spend more time writing it. She currently writes for <a href="https://www.form.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Form Dance Projects</a>.This interview covers so much of Vicki’s work. She speaks particularly about <a href="https://www.intimatespectacle.com.au/production/long-grass/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Long Grass</a>, a powerful work that explores the lives of Aboriginal people living on the fringes of Darwin; on the fringes of society, yet in the middle of a city. Vicki then speaks of her work <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVZ0v4IpAck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">plenty serious TALK TALK</a>, which uses humour to break down and explore barriers and issues related to the representations of First Nations people within dance and society more broadly. plenty serious TALK TALK will be presented as part of <a href="https://www.artshouse.com.au/events/plenty-serious-talk-talk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YIRRAMBOI Festival</a>.

"you can't glorify it too much or else then you're exoticising it" - Vicki van Hout