Collaborative projects
I use my skills as a lighting designer and dramaturg to collaborate with dancers and contemporary performance makers in creating original performance works.
The Right Unravelling (2015)
Art Block 876, VCA, Melbourne
Role: Creative and Technical collaborator, Lighting Designer
For Choreographer: Zac Jones
Zero Zero (2014)
Dancehouse, Melbourne Festival
fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne (2013)
Teatro Mayor, Bogota, Colombia (2013)
Choreographers / Performers: Tony Yapp & Yumi Umiumare
Composer / Performer: Matt Gingold
Role: Lighting Designer
Nominated - Dance: Concept and Realisation - Green Room Awards (2013)
Moths Are Calling (2014)
Fort Delta Gallery, Melbourne
Art Space 876, VCA
Concept, Choreography and Performance: Janette Hoe
Composition, Music Performance: Ria Soemardjo
Lighting design and live light performance: Paula van Beek
Cimarrón (March 2014)
Created and Performed by Sally Lewry
Metro Arts, Brisbane
Creator/Director/Performer: Sally Lewry
Co-Developer : Xanthe Beesley
Performer: Tamara Natt
Designer/Collaborator: Priya Namana
Sound Designer/Collaborator: Rob Jordan
Lighting Designer/Collaborator: Paula van Beek
Created and Performed by Sally Lewry
Metro Arts, Brisbane
Creator/Director/Performer: Sally Lewry
Co-Developer : Xanthe Beesley
Performer: Tamara Natt
Designer/Collaborator: Priya Namana
Sound Designer/Collaborator: Rob Jordan
Lighting Designer/Collaborator: Paula van Beek
Ten Worlds (2013)
Dancehouse, Melbourne
devised by The Space Between Performance Collective
directed by Helen Smith
Role: Lighting Designer
photo credit: Jeff Busby
The Blue Hour (2011)
Masters of Choreography Season
Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
Dance Animateruing Masters project exploring liminal spaces and multiplicity of self.
Role: Creative and Technical collaborator
For Animateur Michelle Ferris
“Call yourself, give yourself names” – Luce Irigaray
Masters of Choreography Season
Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
Dance Animateruing Masters project exploring liminal spaces and multiplicity of self.
Role: Creative and Technical collaborator
For Animateur Michelle Ferris
“Call yourself, give yourself names” – Luce Irigaray
Project X (2011)
Exploration Season
La Mama Theatre, Carlton, Melbourne
Solo performance exploring the many personas of X.
Role: Collaborator, Dramaturg and Outside Eye
For Animateur Xanthe Beesley
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Exploration Season
La Mama Theatre, Carlton, Melbourne
Solo performance exploring the many personas of X.
Role: Collaborator, Dramaturg and Outside Eye
For Animateur Xanthe Beesley
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CREATURE ( 2011)
Theatreworks
St Kilda, Melbourne VIC
Choreographer: Gabrielle New
with The Space Between Performance Collective
Role: Lighting Designer
Theatreworks
St Kilda, Melbourne VIC
Choreographer: Gabrielle New
with The Space Between Performance Collective
Role: Lighting Designer
The Void ( 2009)
The Nicholson Building, Melbourne
With Choreographer / Performer: Gabrielle New
Role: Lighting Designer
A boutique butoh performance performed for 15 people in the corridor on the seventh floor of the Nicholson Building, Melbourne.
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The Nicholson Building, Melbourne
With Choreographer / Performer: Gabrielle New
Role: Lighting Designer
A boutique butoh performance performed for 15 people in the corridor on the seventh floor of the Nicholson Building, Melbourne.
see more
6/7 Empty (2011)
Peacock Theatre
Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
Lismore City Hall, Lismore, NSW
Supported by Kultour
Choreographer / Performer: Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal
Role: Lighting Designer, Tour Production Manager
Original Masters of Choreography Season ( 2008)
Studio 45, VCA, Melbourne
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Peacock Theatre
Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
Lismore City Hall, Lismore, NSW
Supported by Kultour
Choreographer / Performer: Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal
Role: Lighting Designer, Tour Production Manager
Original Masters of Choreography Season ( 2008)
Studio 45, VCA, Melbourne
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Reality Bytes (2010)
A Mixed Reality event
Live at the Watermill Center (Long Island, NY); ‘inworld’ in Second Life (virtual Watermill Center) and streaming to the IDEA Lab, University of Melbourne
Concept, Creation and Performance: Georgie Roxby Smith
Performance: Fernando Gallardo
Dramaturgy and Light: Paula van Beek
A Mixed Reality event
Live at the Watermill Center (Long Island, NY); ‘inworld’ in Second Life (virtual Watermill Center) and streaming to the IDEA Lab, University of Melbourne
Concept, Creation and Performance: Georgie Roxby Smith
Performance: Fernando Gallardo
Dramaturgy and Light: Paula van Beek
Human Flame Forest (2009)
Durational performance installation
Carpark of Lucy Guerin Studios as part of 'With the Lot'
With Choreographer / Performer: Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal
Role: Co-creator, Lighting Designer , live light operation
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Durational performance installation
Carpark of Lucy Guerin Studios as part of 'With the Lot'
With Choreographer / Performer: Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal
Role: Co-creator, Lighting Designer , live light operation
see more
Dark Tourists ( 2008)
A full length dance theatre work
Te Whaea Theatre, Wellington, NZ
Role: Lighting Desinger
Choreographer: Malia Johnston
Director: Emma Willis
A full length dance theatre work
Te Whaea Theatre, Wellington, NZ
Role: Lighting Desinger
Choreographer: Malia Johnston
Director: Emma Willis