https://ashleighmusk.art Ashleigh Musk Wed, 03 Jan 2024 03:27:27 +0000 https://ashleighmusk.art en https://ashleighmusk.art/Ashleigh-Musk Wed, 03 Nov 2021 03:18:57 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/Ashleigh-Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/Choreographic-Works Wed, 03 Nov 2021 03:28:52 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/Choreographic-Works CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25d84552789679b2dc23e7dbe063d7213df69ef6ba88015384586ba171dc7f5d/3-UNSURE.JPG" data-mid="190269934" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25d84552789679b2dc23e7dbe063d7213df69ef6ba88015384586ba171dc7f5d/3-UNSURE.JPG" />SUB ︎︎︎ <img width="5164" height="3443" width_o="5164" height_o="3443" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca3c2db91aa48c845a1492d27ca75b7abc2709d7bb8707271a652a1608cb15d9/Fertile-Ground-2.JPG" data-mid="123449212" border="0" data-scale="99" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/751b8c799c059dedb3f8aee51768a90ab63f2e0900e09081896532348fcc69b5/_DSC2481.jpg" data-mid="158564513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/751b8c799c059dedb3f8aee51768a90ab63f2e0900e09081896532348fcc69b5/_DSC2481.jpg" />FROM INFANCY ︎︎︎ <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fd0167d09a872ab974a9f1a79d4e9d8ecd150cbc0a321ab49302b06422aa911/HERO_CIC_Metro-Development-Photos-by-Jade-Ellis-65.jpg" data-mid="198302088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fd0167d09a872ab974a9f1a79d4e9d8ecd150cbc0a321ab49302b06422aa911/HERO_CIC_Metro-Development-Photos-by-Jade-Ellis-65.jpg" /> CHAOS IN CONCERT ︎︎︎ https://ashleighmusk.art/Performance-Collaboration Wed, 11 May 2022 07:17:24 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/Performance-Collaboration PERFORMANCE Collaborating artist White Lies by Katina Olsen Creative Development, Desert Hothouse (Mparntwe) with GUTS Dance, 2023 <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e0dce7dc3c216ff57592144489c638f6597d3961076278af4ced41b14b4e8c1/BBC_Photos-by-Gabriel-Comerford_39.jpg" data-mid="180514207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e0dce7dc3c216ff57592144489c638f6597d3961076278af4ced41b14b4e8c1/BBC_Photos-by-Gabriel-Comerford_39.jpg" />Collaborating performer Body, Body Commodity by Jenni Large Mona Foma (lutruwita, 2023)Creative Development, Tasdance (lutruwita, 2022)JWAC Residency (Meanjin, 2021) https://jennilarge.com/Body-Body-Commodity <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/663459793d63b4aa26b8a1d3b28df7ed351ae32b743e0de26525a2d60dd1d8e4/Jurrungu-Ngan_Marrugeku_2022_ImageCredit_PrudenceUpton_198-1024x683.jpg" data-mid="142275369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/663459793d63b4aa26b8a1d3b28df7ed351ae32b743e0de26525a2d60dd1d8e4/Jurrungu-Ngan_Marrugeku_2022_ImageCredit_PrudenceUpton_198-1024x683.jpg" /> Touring performer Jurrungu Ngan-ga / Straight Talk with Marrugeku WA tour: Kununurra, Fitzroy Crossing &amp; Derby, April 2022 <img width="1680" height="1120" width_o="1680" height_o="1120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05341f5cb093785e1abc59676b2934dddfe8ffc0cf97a0a7753a7d0bc0748ed6/273636522_10158499941501957_3411199431325552777_n.jpg" data-mid="142677167" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05341f5cb093785e1abc59676b2934dddfe8ffc0cf97a0a7753a7d0bc0748ed6/273636522_10158499941501957_3411199431325552777_n.jpg" /> Mentor and performer Rival Planes | durational versionwith Stompin Mona Foma 2022 (lutruwita, Launceston &amp; nipaluna) <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfa19fa5b85b95ecdb0afd5abb84b083a8e6eb20f4210d7157d16c11a76bf14a/175682206_10158537031059209_363962873065729380_n.jpg" data-mid="143057404" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cfa19fa5b85b95ecdb0afd5abb84b083a8e6eb20f4210d7157d16c11a76bf14a/175682206_10158537031059209_363962873065729380_n.jpg" /> Collaborating Performer AWESOME: A state of Wonder and Fear by Liesel ZinkWorld Science Festival, QLD 2021La Boite Theatre + Mad Dance House residency, QLD, 2019 https://lieselzink.com/work/independent-projects/awesome <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b9720cfa7cf73c43f34732a15884e62cb7701536c9993274c2c54f0f95b01f7/P7310714.JPG" data-mid="142677407" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b9720cfa7cf73c43f34732a15884e62cb7701536c9993274c2c54f0f95b01f7/P7310714.JPG" /> Collaborating Performer Dance: A Short Homage (DASH)with GUTS Dance Darwin Festival, NT, 2020SPRING.LOADED.DANCE Festival, NT, 2021 https://www.gutsdance.org.au/projects/dance-a-short-homage <img width="3000" height="2004" width_o="3000" height_o="2004" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9491d96e481b9e75c184f87ac33c1c03375965a53a9fae2aa9510f84d623f9e6/The-Perception-Experiment-Performance-Image_Photo-by-Pippa-Samaya.jpg" data-mid="142677541" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9491d96e481b9e75c184f87ac33c1c03375965a53a9fae2aa9510f84d623f9e6/The-Perception-Experiment-Performance-Image_Photo-by-Pippa-Samaya.jpg" /> Touring PerformerThe Perception Experimentwith GUTS DanceDance Massive, VIC, 2019Darwin Festival, NT, 2019Australian Regional Tour 2020 https://www.gutsdance.org.au/projects/the-perception-experiment <img width="1440" height="992" width_o="1440" height_o="992" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c3c0681b892cbd70a652cbf68651ca0b5e78bc6cc7c23a480c5478ed174912e/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-6.51.17-pm.png" data-mid="145850467" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c3c0681b892cbd70a652cbf68651ca0b5e78bc6cc7c23a480c5478ed174912e/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-6.51.17-pm.png" /> Collaborating Artist GIF of Danceby Matt Cornell Darwin Festival, NT, 2020 <img width="1200" height="650" width_o="1200" height_o="650" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/079fd178ffda86a4eacb3e2203989f340111972f4eaf17e24aa32836222158d3/20210717fullframe090v1-jpg.jpg" data-mid="145850504" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/079fd178ffda86a4eacb3e2203989f340111972f4eaf17e24aa32836222158d3/20210717fullframe090v1-jpg.jpg" /> Movement Direction Private Lives: HOTA Underground with Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance 2021 <img width="1400" height="934" width_o="1400" height_o="934" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cc0c53e5109c66073eaa0791e64fdf411232c79eec6f0d978d86845148208ec/20191205_ccallistemon_Water_SponsorPreview_011-1.jpg" data-mid="145850629" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cc0c53e5109c66073eaa0791e64fdf411232c79eec6f0d978d86845148208ec/20191205_ccallistemon_Water_SponsorPreview_011-1.jpg" /> Movement DirectionFact of Matter: William Forsythe at QAGOMA with Phluxus2 Dance, 2019 <img width="1400" height="788" width_o="1400" height_o="788" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92f54931dbcfe1ae48678f1b4a9ff9958e82409b7046601e1cac6605d2bc14d2/03_zrfy3l.jpeg" data-mid="145850660" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92f54931dbcfe1ae48678f1b4a9ff9958e82409b7046601e1cac6605d2bc14d2/03_zrfy3l.jpeg" /> Collaborating Artist All we need isby Grace Euna Kim Blueproject Foundation Barcelona, Spain 2017 <img width="6016" height="4000" width_o="6016" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f986ca42deb0b4496f417a0e8860ff35b31a4052a73a8db3084531bd85e46cd7/18.jpg" data-mid="145850900" border="0" data-scale="92" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f986ca42deb0b4496f417a0e8860ff35b31a4052a73a8db3084531bd85e46cd7/18.jpg" /> Collaborating Performer DUSTwith Companyia AGITARTUK and Spanish Tour 2016 <img width="2250" height="1500" width_o="2250" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4cf5bb26f6ac585b4a6aef65a8d8f9444e7a5eb7620aa053df5f95933932dc83/-methode-sundaytimes-prod-web-bin-ef8012f2-7a5f-11e6-b78d-373c911af867.jpg" data-mid="145850668" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4cf5bb26f6ac585b4a6aef65a8d8f9444e7a5eb7620aa053df5f95933932dc83/-methode-sundaytimes-prod-web-bin-ef8012f2-7a5f-11e6-b78d-373c911af867.jpg" /> Collaborating Performer 16 Barswith Jamaal Burkmaar Dance Matthew Bourne New Adventures Choreographer Award Showcase, London UK 2016 <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b086f0caac064589077d2c87ded45cb26308c7ede934e46db29e441b70bcb831/_DSC7894.jpg" data-mid="145850761" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b086f0caac064589077d2c87ded45cb26308c7ede934e46db29e441b70bcb831/_DSC7894.jpg" /> Collaborating Performer Young Man! with Denada Dance Theatre Festival AGITART, Figueres (Spain) 2015 <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/447890518bf43d8247598935da9385e4cac3e14f6034ea37696da36877bea2b2/42534505021_bc4c84f68e_b.jpg" data-mid="145850882" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/447890518bf43d8247598935da9385e4cac3e14f6034ea37696da36877bea2b2/42534505021_bc4c84f68e_b.jpg" /> Collaborating Performer PeepDance: The body is the last space for freedomwith Tami Dance Company Brisbane Festival 201113th Intl. Biennale for Architecture, Venice 2012 https://ashleighmusk.art/Text Fri, 04 Feb 2022 03:47:41 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/Text TEXT High Density: Love letters to a concrete body Delving into Dance, December 2020 SUB |&nbsp;The August Forecast for Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance, August 2021 Creating Options:&nbsp;Agency for the witness, the participant and the in-between,&nbsp; issue #4 of In/Form by Ausdance QLD, pg 10-13. Reimaging change in Fertile Ground, reflections on a residency undertaken on Yugambeh and Kombumerri country in collaboration with Michael Smith and Daniele Constance, published by HOTA, Home of the Arts. Conflict, Body, Concrete reflections on a residency undertaken on Bindal and Wulgurukaba Land in collaboration with Michael Smith, published by Dancenorth. Amongst the precarity we gathered Archival reflections on a residency undertaken on Jagera and Turrbal Country at the Judith Wright Arts Centre, in collaboration with Jenni Large, Erin O’Rourke, Liesel Zink, Bella Hood and Cora Hughes. Supported by Arts Queensland. https://ashleighmusk.art/About Wed, 03 Jan 2024 03:27:27 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/About (she/her) artist choreographerdramaturg&nbsp; facilitator&nbsp;the body | care | speculating on futures︎︎︎Email︎︎︎ Instagram <img width="1910" height="1447" width_o="1910" height_o="1447" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b2870895dd4d3b03ac2d7b68f2e6238acbefd1b99283565f148bc564f3472cf/Headshot-.jpg" data-mid="200937229" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b2870895dd4d3b03ac2d7b68f2e6238acbefd1b99283565f148bc564f3472cf/Headshot-.jpg" /> I inherit&nbsp;immigrant Italian heritage through my mother, British settler heritage through my father. I speak English, Spanish, Catalan, the latter two languages gathered&nbsp;thanks to a serendipitous culmination of&nbsp;place,&nbsp;relationships and circumstances. the work&nbsp;is deeply involved in traversing the future of the Anthropocene, with a sensitivity to place and landscape to unearth physical, contextual and ecological reciprocity.&nbsp;There is no escaping the wild, arid desert landscape surrounding Mparntwe (Alice Springs) - which I have inhabited since 2020 - and my work reflects this place in its temporal, physical and social specificities. I challenge audiences not to sit in grief and apathy but to acknowledge and realise our co-existence (participation within) the more-than-human world brings immense responsibility to the ecological crises of our own making. I am fascinated with the human obsession for solidity and order, despite we are living, breathing and walking across a planet which has always been in constant shift beneath our feet. The work activates industrial materials in experimental ways, revealing complex relationships through the delicate handling of these junk-like objects with radical care and tenderness. By bringing our bodies into relationship with object, we bestow a sense of preciousness - precious plastic, precious metal, precious rubbish - and see our fragility, our unbalance and our clumsiness reflected back at us.<img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9ee812813149988bc0a95a6b9f383457b1b547f29db478365e4a61649139b24/Jesse-Hunniford--The-Unconformity-2023-0621.jpg" data-mid="203145909" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9ee812813149988bc0a95a6b9f383457b1b547f29db478365e4a61649139b24/Jesse-Hunniford--The-Unconformity-2023-0621.jpg" /> Offering futures of&nbsp;hope, residing within dystopic shells. As a performer and an emerging dramaturg, I experience the deep care, respect and critical discussion artists undertake on a daily basis, inspiring my own curiosity and dedication. As a facilitator, I am privileged to work with young people across so-called Australia, in schools, town camps, detention facilities and remote communities, and am constantly buoyed by the joy, intelligence and power our young people hold. people and organisations who support the work Alongside countless generous collaborators, I attempt to make my practice more kindred to ecosystems, timescales, seasons and species. Some human supporters include: GUTS Dance Frankie SnowdonMaddy Krenek Tasdance / Assembly 197 Jenni Large Anna Whitaker Michael Smith Pierce Eldridge Metro Arts Katina Olsen Daniele Constance Samakshi Sidhu PERFORMANCES 2021 - &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Performer,&nbsp;Body Body Commodity, choreographed by Jenni Large2023 - &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Performer, White Lies, choreographed by Katina Olsen. 2023 - &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Performer, Authentic Amateurs, choreographed by Madeleine Krenek. 2022 - 2024 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Performer, &nbsp;Jurrungu Ngan-na (Straight Talk) w/ Marrugeku 2019 - 2021 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Performer, Awesome: A state of wonder and fear, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; choreographed by Liesel Zink. 2020 - 2021 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Performer, Dance: A short homage w/ GUTS Dance 2019 - 2020 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Performer, The Perception Experiment w/ GUTS Dance 2017 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Performer, All We Need Is, created by Grace Euna Kim (Spain) 2016 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Performer, DUST w/ Companyia AGITART (Spain) 2016 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Performer, 16 Bars, choreographed by Jamaal Burkmaar Dance (UK). 2015 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Performer, Young Man! w/ Denada Dance Theatre (Spain) COLLABORATIONS + ADJACENT ACTIVITIES 2021 - ongoing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Choreographer. Looks Like A Tourist w/ Daniele Constance &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://www.danieleconstance.com.au/looks-like-a-tourist 2018 - ongoing &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Choreographer. Alice Can Dance w/ GUTS Dance &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;https://www.gutsdance.org.au/public-programs/alice-can-dance2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mentor, Rival Planes w/ Stompin &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2013 - 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Founding member. AGITART &amp; Festival Figueres es mou &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://www.figueresesmou.cat/ 2018 - 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Program Manager. Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tour Manager, Value For Money, GUTS Dance AUS National Tour.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://www.gutsdance.org.au/projects/value-for-money 2019 - 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Artists-On-Tour w/ Artback NT. 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Movement Direction, Fact of Matter: William Forsythe @ GOMA. RESIDENCIES &amp; FELLOWSHIPS 2024&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Studio1 Creative Residency. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meanjin, Brisbane.2024&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Metro Arts Creative Residency Program. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meanjin, Brisbane.2024&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Artist-in-Residence, ARTS NT Creative Residencies. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.2024&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Project Seed, Red Hot Arts Central Australia. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mparntwe, NT.2023&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Unconformity Artist-in-residence program. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Queenstown, lutruwita. 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AIRIE Fellowship, Everglades National Park. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Miami, Florida (USA)2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Moving Forward Residency, Lucy Guerin Inc. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Naarm, VIC.2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Project Seed, Red Hot Arts Central Australia. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mparntwe, NT. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Judith Wright First Night Project&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meanjin, QLD.2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Metro Arts Creative Residency Program.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meanjin, QLD. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Spill (Your GUTS) Residency &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mparntwe, NT.2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Artist in Residence in the Tropics (A.R.T) Dancenorth. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Gurrumbilbarra, QLD.2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Metro Arts Creative Residency Program. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meanjin, Brisbane.2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Four Walls Residency, Australasian Dance Collective. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meanjin, Brisbane.2019 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Place2Play, Sunshine Coast Council. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Caloundra, QLD. EDUCATION2016&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Postgraduate in Production and Cultural Event Management. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Postgraduate Diploma, VERVE. University of Kent.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Leeds, UK.2012&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dance Performance. QUT.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meanjin, QLD https://ashleighmusk.art/amongst-the-precarity-we-gathered Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:21:10 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/amongst-the-precarity-we-gathered amongst the precarity we gathered by Jenni Large Ashleigh Musk Bella Hood Liesel Zink Erin O’Rourke Cora Hughes reflections on a residencyat the Judith Wright Arts CentreJuly 2021Supported by Arts Queensland through the First Night Showcase Program <img width="1512" height="1002" width_o="1512" height_o="1002" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3afe5fcac7ca86ad3dc4de3c2f74ea38536a5edfee481974598ee11d8334bce/IMG_1124.JPG" data-mid="126287266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3afe5fcac7ca86ad3dc4de3c2f74ea38536a5edfee481974598ee11d8334bce/IMG_1124.JPG" /> words by Liesel ZinkThrough the precarity of July/August 2021 a group of dancers gathered in a studio for four weeks. Four weeks in a studio is a luxury at the best of times, let alone during a year so deeply impacted by lock downs and restrictions. In amongst the precarity we gathered in a studio, not knowing if we would be able to reconnect the next day. Palpable in the air was the acute awareness that this delicate opportunity to gather could so quickly disappear, leaving us no other option than to be present in the moment. We couldn’t look forward, we didn’t really want to look back, so all we had was this moment and a shared desire to absorb all the love and creative joy it was offering. In amongst the precarity we gathered – a mismatch of dancers from different backgrounds finding themselves in the studio for a whole range of different reasons; new found time due to a loss of employment, disrupted study plans, disrupted travel plans, a dodging of borders or a craving to return to a daily dance practice. A cathartic reuniting of our community with a shared desire to move our bodies. In amongst the precarity we gathered – at first tired, depleted and a little heart broken. Gradually, through gentle movement, warm hearts, open spirits and a newfound love for the album ‘Actual Life’ we found a new momentum, laying a fertile ground where research could be shared and new ideas could grow. We were so fortunate to gather in a time when so many of our friends around the country and overseas could not. Four weeks in a studio is a luxury at the best of times…yet somehow seems like a necessity at this moment in time. For when we, as independent artists, are so tired and depleted, where do we find the energy to create something new? I think the answer could exist in spaces like the one Jenni, Ashleigh and Bella created with the necessary support of a venue and a funding body. A space where the arts community can reconnect with each other, our friends and arts family. A space where we are safe to collapse in a heap of tears, letting go of the disappointments of the last two years. A space to be held by each other and know we are not alone. A space to simply move together, dance, sweat, laugh, dance, have a cup of tea, dance, embrace, dance, dance.&nbsp; A space to gather to rebuild our community, replenish our energy, and rediscover our shared spark for bringing new creative ideas to life. <img width="1565" height="1038" width_o="1565" height_o="1038" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0585816ddd12c820bcc069dc165203f38c48c57f9ce350c7019470b62700280/image0.jpeg" data-mid="126286462" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0585816ddd12c820bcc069dc165203f38c48c57f9ce350c7019470b62700280/image0.jpeg" /> <img width="3130" height="2075" width_o="3130" height_o="2075" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0f7d4036f4a757fddd28f3ecfe59c4cea7840ffaf9de2134c3be6e44920be1d/IMG_1269.JPG" data-mid="126286821" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0f7d4036f4a757fddd28f3ecfe59c4cea7840ffaf9de2134c3be6e44920be1d/IMG_1269.JPG" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; images by the artists&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; words by Erin O’Rourke July oh July oh my, July. a month full of sharing, caring and daring. watching, listening and being. a container FULL of authenticity, vulnerability and monumental intimacy. a fruitful container holding our melancholic moods the transience of the experience the precarity of our ‘selves’, our perceived strength and futures. fueling our dancerness our magic pelvises sensitivity, touch and deep noticing. deepening a holistic community our intricate connections, friendships and awareness my identity, fluidity and attention. breaking down boundaries hierarchies perceptions. sometimes compromised often moving always open allowing creating being. oh my, July oh July July you were marvellous. words by Cora Hughes In July of the year 2021, between the lockdowns and distancing of the Covid-19 pandemic, I was so fortunate to join in on the final week of this residency at the Judith Wright Centre. This residency was such a special place in time - a catalyst for creative exploration and bursting with authenticity and care. The strength of feminine energy that drove and held the exploration was unlike anything I’ve come across. There was so much power in the care and openness that was consistent throughout. In Ashleigh Musk’s explorations we came to saying “the holding, the holding, the holding.” This, for me, captures the sense of circular and infinite nurturing and energising that was not only important to the dance work but the greater community and environment. The space created by Ashleigh, Jenni and Isabella is the space I hope my dance career takes me and the spaces I wish to facilitate - a place of play, conversation, intimacy, curiosity and support. It is human at its core. This residency propelled a new appreciation and value for intimacy between people and nature that I hold to this day. This experience was inspiring, cathartic, exhilarating and restorative. <img width="6361" height="4243" width_o="6361" height_o="4243" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2db33d210de15e95ca937834a0873e9076646b52aaa0e58029bab972f0ec0d15/14From-Infancy_Jade-Ellis.jpg" data-mid="126288295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2db33d210de15e95ca937834a0873e9076646b52aaa0e58029bab972f0ec0d15/14From-Infancy_Jade-Ellis.jpg" /> <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cf35f02ad44f3bd0d1ebe7e9958e647fb552379fa0d44f281cf62e343dbc9ca/AshMuskbyJadeEllis-lowres-80.jpg" data-mid="126288292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8cf35f02ad44f3bd0d1ebe7e9958e647fb552379fa0d44f281cf62e343dbc9ca/AshMuskbyJadeEllis-lowres-80.jpg" /> <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb9dee002d642e596f395a4d12d14c39ddce2344bf135c837065ace8268e0e47/AshMuskbyJadeEllis-lowres-18.jpg" data-mid="126288293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb9dee002d642e596f395a4d12d14c39ddce2344bf135c837065ace8268e0e47/AshMuskbyJadeEllis-lowres-18.jpg" /> <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21d2fe4a3ca10dfde8693aba6ea2ed546b233ec539a7ab4a18185639c8488845/AshMuskbyJadeEllis-lowres-81.jpg" data-mid="126288294" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21d2fe4a3ca10dfde8693aba6ea2ed546b233ec539a7ab4a18185639c8488845/AshMuskbyJadeEllis-lowres-81.jpg" /> moments of From Infancy by Ashleigh Musk. Images by Jade Ellis <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ad374119218f53f1571cd6e98115660c27231d142578b1454e483670a9a8a77/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-75.jpg" data-mid="126360395" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ad374119218f53f1571cd6e98115660c27231d142578b1454e483670a9a8a77/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-75.jpg" /> <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2518d7c15aa316b3bfa37eba2be81b739594888ccc98971ba82183cd71a67fa/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-21.jpg" data-mid="126360392" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2518d7c15aa316b3bfa37eba2be81b739594888ccc98971ba82183cd71a67fa/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-21.jpg" /> <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9406327d0e48e693536eede2365e182acefebbe34f780da9b6b71883a05d701f/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-59.jpg" data-mid="126360393" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9406327d0e48e693536eede2365e182acefebbe34f780da9b6b71883a05d701f/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-59.jpg" /> <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c522d00238e993752ba614e18a91113e307490a49f6b12d0b89eb0e5886c501/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-2.jpg" data-mid="126360391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c522d00238e993752ba614e18a91113e307490a49f6b12d0b89eb0e5886c501/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-2.jpg" /> <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77ea6d78a40f83f3f5000d43bd827355f25b3dfb159585c87d4bbfaf43be10d7/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-86.jpg" data-mid="126360396" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77ea6d78a40f83f3f5000d43bd827355f25b3dfb159585c87d4bbfaf43be10d7/BodyCommodityLowResbyJadeEllis-86.jpg" /> moments of Body Body Commodity by Jenni Large. Images by Jade Ellis words by Jenni LargeI came to this residency with a previously seeded idea, hoping to distil and hone my established lines of inquiry with new artists and in a fresh environment. Also, with a desire to hold space for and build community among Brisbane dancers. Delightfully, and thanks to such a supportive team, my core interests for this new work titled Body Body Commodity, were revealed and cemented. My fascination for the subject/object and viewer/performer dynamic, specifically in relation to the female body was ignited. And a deep concern for and questioning of the frightful connection between the female body, consumerism and capitalism, fuelled. Arriving at this question/suggestion; If how we relate to ourselves directly reflects how we relate to the world, we can/can we transform all of our relationships, to objects, to nature and to others by healing our relationship with our own bodies?Some quotes that resonate with Body Body Commodity…From The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor; “contrary to common opinion, freeing ourselves from the need to understand everything can bring about a tremendous peace…” “Capitalism and consumerism is the root cause of body shame.” From Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay; “In popular culture the world often feels like a stage on which women perform” Gay also summarises Kate Zambreno’s book Green Girl as;“An indictment of what ails our culture, rampant consumerism, shallow human connection, and, most of all the cult of beauty and the unbearable and impossible constraints of gender - a culture where women wear their faces as masks, their bodies as shields.” And Joseph Goldstien; “Togetherness always ends in separation.All accumulation inevitably ends in dispersion.All life leads to death.And at the moment of death, what is really of value?”Even more than the validation and fulfilment that comes from crystallising a new concept through the doing, was the doing, being, feeling, trying, crying, sharing, caring, female led, authentic AF space that we cultivated. Practicing and witnessing this testing, protesting, surrendering, holding, loving action that is no doubt born from the covid-damaged, life-living, healing-learning, hard-working women; Ashleigh, Bella, Erin, Liesel and Cora who led with concrete intention and a mutual knowing that the power in our art making and in our lives, resides in our daily care for one another. Huge shout out to the fantastic community of dancers who joined daily classes and workshops, your participation and generosity validates and inspires processes and spaces like this one.For me, this residency highlighted that, like the environment, the body is a site of impact. Our relationship to self and body underpins our relationship to other. ‘Other’ is just a concept - dissolving this differentiation nourishes us, our communities and our environment. <img width="3130" height="2075" width_o="3130" height_o="2075" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa91529f2881073a6ea53db114bad1ca880497a8246dd1c9f2a0cc04ede9d5db/IMG_1259.JPG" data-mid="126286817" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa91529f2881073a6ea53db114bad1ca880497a8246dd1c9f2a0cc04ede9d5db/IMG_1259.JPG" /> words by Ashleigh Musk the attempt was an experiment in collaboration in creating in subverting the rules in making new rules in gently shaping in going against timelines in being strangers together in trust in spaciousness in the restless shifting of positions in staying with the trouble co-existing these works are a result of the collaboration the people, the space through empathy and our empathetic system we can find ourselves in motion | movement (as the leader, can you influence this state without words?) the empathy as the driver We gathered we shared we created conflict we reframed conflict we went back we went forwards we tossed we stroked we struggled we thought we knew&nbsp;we found we lost we held (we are still holding) we peaked we plummeted we went beyond the studio we had stuff we had nothing we needed we coincided we responded we fell we feared we doubted (we have doubt) we spread we contained we left (we are still leaving) we wept we wanted we gave. We danced. the potential was marvellous https://www.instagram.com/ashmusk/saved/from-infancy/18053054758290742/ https://mesura.eu/luxury-is-personal/ http://www.juliaurora.com/intimate-immensity https://blog.pshares.org/a-carrier-bag-theory-of-revolution/ https://la-turbina.com/work#/trbn-1916/ https://la-turbina.com/work#/trbn-1916-orbital/ https://la-turbina.com/work#/trbn1811/ https://dark-mountain.net/a-novel-is-a-medicine-bundle/ https://informality.co/exhibitions/24/ <img width="6361" height="4243" width_o="6361" height_o="4243" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a971a47acb2910f31b9b75e6eefe0a0221dc674f0e6f6117601a918236765757/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-47.JPEG" data-mid="126575789" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a971a47acb2910f31b9b75e6eefe0a0221dc674f0e6f6117601a918236765757/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-47.JPEG" /> <img width="6361" height="4243" width_o="6361" height_o="4243" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1593f9a20fe8228d0f6535dd49733b236de4f359d3820baf0187990d43510cd3/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-50.JPEG" data-mid="126575788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1593f9a20fe8228d0f6535dd49733b236de4f359d3820baf0187990d43510cd3/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-50.JPEG" /> <img width="6361" height="4243" width_o="6361" height_o="4243" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bc5c72e8379b22f11fe3753ae980df5597d6cb659980f6e4b38f43c6a490670/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-18.JPEG" data-mid="126575834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3bc5c72e8379b22f11fe3753ae980df5597d6cb659980f6e4b38f43c6a490670/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-18.JPEG" /> <img width="6361" height="4243" width_o="6361" height_o="4243" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/387906d4e5b4a0d3bf917e6f616df731d1f652b56534445d366de5be6a1af3ee/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-7.JPEG" data-mid="126575833" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/387906d4e5b4a0d3bf917e6f616df731d1f652b56534445d366de5be6a1af3ee/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-7.JPEG" /> <img width="6361" height="4243" width_o="6361" height_o="4243" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da6370da8d7459b0c6dec986eee67aed3b3344f36815c38af107da08b9d71b91/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-65.JPEG" data-mid="126575835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da6370da8d7459b0c6dec986eee67aed3b3344f36815c38af107da08b9d71b91/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-65.JPEG" /> <img width="6361" height="4243" width_o="6361" height_o="4243" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fc183001b17c7f52c0af48c4bd567a679221da46eacda063748a1b1e6ce7f5f/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-68.JPEG" data-mid="126575836" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fc183001b17c7f52c0af48c4bd567a679221da46eacda063748a1b1e6ce7f5f/BellaHoodhighresbyJadeEllis-68.JPEG" /> moments of creative process led by Bella Hood, images by Jade Ellis words by Bella Hood November 18. 2020 The beautiful opportunity that was the First Night residency in July 2021, was a time of deep reflection, an unveiling of core beliefs and a chance for me to ask questions. As this was my first residency as a choreographer, I wanted to fuel my curiosity and thrust some questions wildly out into the space to see what would emerge… not knowing if I would get a reply at all. This was not all shiny and rainbows, so I would like to take this moment to irrevocably thank my beautiful collaborators for their dedication and support during this massive voyage of growth for me personally. Ash, Jen, Erin, Liesel, Cora and Jade – Thank you all so very much. I fell in love with all of you during this residency and will forever be grateful for your presence in this world. For me, the stem of the questions that began our investigation related to my desire to know what it was that made someone believe in something. What makes something true or untrue? In my pages and pages of notes and reflections, this enquiry came in many forms, and appeared time and time again a bit like this… What are the facets of that inner human instinct, that innate intelligence or moral compass &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; that dictates whether something is wright or wrong within us? Can it be damaged or set off-kilter? Why do some people grasp onto systems or trains of thought so willingly, while others can find fault or fallacy so easily? Does our desperation or desire to believe in something depend on the gravity of the situation? Are we less likely to question something when we feel threatened, or if it is a matter of life or death? Why do our beliefs divide us? Is every group with a belief a cult? What is the difference between a cult, religion, or conspiracy? Is that gut feeling that you “just know” a glitch or a trick of the matrix? What is the truth and are we all looking for the same truth? Is there only one? The challenge was not in coming up with more questions… but discovering whether they had a place in a dance residency. I felt a bit like a scientist, taking an idea that was very much situated in the brain, removing it from its ‘safe place,’ and planting it somewhere foreign, to see if it could grow legs and sprout. It seems I was trying to activate a body/mind response here– to recapitulate and solve these questions with a tangible, physical output. To see the digestion in the flesh. The more I listened to this “gut response,” (matrix?) the stronger and more robust this connection became, as a facilitator and also in decision making.&nbsp; Some seeds really did grow and ripen into fleshy jewels, and I have a lot of fond memories and gratitude for this beautiful time of collaboration and intimacy. Perhaps I’ll leave you with a collection of thoughts I wrote earlier this year… - I’ve been wondering what it is to believe in something. What is that one thing that tips you over the edge, to convince you that something is the ultimate truth. But then the mind is a powerful thing. I can fool myself into believing that I need another piece of brownie because I deserve it. Or maybe it’s telling myself to believe that everything will be ok in the end, to get through another year, but is that the truth? What is the truth? Is your truth different to my truth? Are we even different on the bigger scale of things? Are we not made of the same essence of life? The juice of nature that runs through the veins of every living thing? Are you a sceptic? Do you question things?... Are you a dreamer?&nbsp; <img width="1566" height="1038" width_o="1566" height_o="1038" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9cbcb62f02bfc82f87341b7c8a33451ef7b98780b909ac42e35042802c168e0/image1.jpeg" data-mid="126286463" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9cbcb62f02bfc82f87341b7c8a33451ef7b98780b909ac42e35042802c168e0/image1.jpeg" /> <img width="3130" height="2075" width_o="3130" height_o="2075" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dacbb10fcf7a16da898ffde3f639d2dd75c36e09a94257032c53c1a7c95b6689/IMG_1268.JPG" data-mid="126286818" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dacbb10fcf7a16da898ffde3f639d2dd75c36e09a94257032c53c1a7c95b6689/IMG_1268.JPG" /> <img width="3130" height="2075" width_o="3130" height_o="2075" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4a58599ae5cdfff7b6e1354f7f69e9873eac93d1fa87f5f0636d0115c0bfeb3/IMG_1264.JPG" data-mid="126576369" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1c46df412f5bc07eec52ebefbf1df6d06379fb3b18a0a6d5c11e475fbf463ce/IMG_1266.JPG" data-mid="126576368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1c46df412f5bc07eec52ebefbf1df6d06379fb3b18a0a6d5c11e475fbf463ce/IMG_1266.JPG" /> thank you to: the staff at the JWAC ADC for your support and profiling of the project the Brisbane dance community for coming together in this time of precarity https://ashleighmusk.art/From-Infancy-Moodboard Fri, 17 Dec 2021 02:50:14 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/From-Infancy-Moodboard From Infancy Palette &amp; Moodboard balance, precarity, decay, corrode/erode. finite, spacious, vertical, suspension. <img width="1100" height="1392" width_o="1100" height_o="1392" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7339335dd1b95e698cf23c056eed54f84eed54bdf95e7be211049e997c9cd43d/Screen-Shot-2021-12-17-at-12.18.26-pm.png" data-mid="127640350" border="0" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86d1f6f97ee3147ff3cfc0f0f6ba2d5be1c3b06241a59607b2c978907d8961ca/Screen-Shot-2021-12-17-at-12.16.44-pm.png" /> <img width="1128" height="1360" width_o="1128" height_o="1360" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c25fb5741888e4bb71aeb010425eebdcf99dd5cb8ca96d3989370ba0da22b176/Screen-Shot-2021-12-17-at-12.16.32-pm.png" data-mid="127640382" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c25fb5741888e4bb71aeb010425eebdcf99dd5cb8ca96d3989370ba0da22b176/Screen-Shot-2021-12-17-at-12.16.32-pm.png" /> https://ashleighmusk.art/Fertile-Ground Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:10:11 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/Fertile-Ground FERTILE GROUND <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fffa89f8b6c87bd8d20f2417abfb949d5d9624303d20fad1b751aa08381a721/Fertile-Ground-11.JPG" data-mid="200380770" border="0" data-scale="100" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/362f184076d5b9987a171efb3c7dcc979c6ede431a50763729ee99acd37f8cf5/_DSC5992.jpg" data-mid="200380766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/362f184076d5b9987a171efb3c7dcc979c6ede431a50763729ee99acd37f8cf5/_DSC5992.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f3de7a93cb96210bd727b7fb64459c5ab55906d3f3e122529fe2f429037f467/_DSC6148.jpg" data-mid="200380767" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f3de7a93cb96210bd727b7fb64459c5ab55906d3f3e122529fe2f429037f467/_DSC6148.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4524" width_o="3000" height_o="4524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bbd43d1abde0209f9e7cb036fd1e56296fd0c0836baca53d105f8c7fdb0a3fe/Fertile-Ground-x-Fringe_Credit-Ivan-Trigo-Miras3.JPG" data-mid="227308647" border="0" 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dancers’ bodies, even when still. Whether serpent or statue, the flesh with its subtle, supple, shifting, breathing, pulsing, sweating, dripping liveness suggested silk and marble and never the unyielding unresponsiveness of solid concrete.’ -&nbsp;︎︎︎︎ Robert Jarman, Artshub ‘With evocative imagery, creative use of space and one of the best incorporation of the audience I’ve ever seen, it sets a high bar for other contemporary dance works to live up to.’ &nbsp;- Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane&nbsp;“An elusive, atmospheric meditation... an unpretentious symbol for the world situation.” -&nbsp;︎︎︎︎ Andrew Furhmann, The Age Nominated for 3 x 2024 Green Room Awards: Outstanding Choreography, Outstanding Creation and Outstanding Design - Sound. <img width="714" height="335" width_o="714" height_o="335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b576c6249db8e6d0043f2ee772912b9552ba44eb2f7a5739db03cab731912d0/2024-Nominee-Laurel_PURPLE.png" data-mid="222558460" border="0" data-scale="31" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/714/i/2b576c6249db8e6d0043f2ee772912b9552ba44eb2f7a5739db03cab731912d0/2024-Nominee-Laurel_PURPLE.png" /> Suspended in time, vulnerable bodies navigate a forest of cement, imprinting brick to body. In this manufactured oasis, we observe the fragility of the human body beating alongside our persistence to conquer, outlive and survive in the face of crisis. Landscapes shift, micro cityscapes rise and crumble, as audience and performers move through avalanches of decay, gritty transformations that reveal spaces for hope and action.Care and burden. Weight and weightlessness. How do we care for what we have inherited?With vivid choreography, Fertile Ground manipulates space, sound and a brutalist pile of concrete bricks in this ground-breaking participatory performance. More info at www.fertileground.live PERFORMANCES <img width="5164" height="3443" width_o="5164" height_o="3443" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca3c2db91aa48c845a1492d27ca75b7abc2709d7bb8707271a652a1608cb15d9/Fertile-Ground-2.JPG" data-mid="200380765" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca3c2db91aa48c845a1492d27ca75b7abc2709d7bb8707271a652a1608cb15d9/Fertile-Ground-2.JPG" /> MELBOURNE FRINGE x DANCEHOUSE 2024 Naarm (Melbourne) MONA FOMA2022Launceston &amp; nipaluna SPRING.LOADED.DANCE2021Mpartnwe METRO ARTS2021Meanjin CREDITS Ashleigh Musk | Michael SmithChoreography and PerformanceAnna WhitakerSound Design and PerformanceJenni LargeTouring PerformerLiesel ZinkDramaturgyDaniele ConstanceAccess and Inclusion Consultant Lauren Watson + Rachael MissinghamAccess + Inclusion Consultants Jessica PalfreyCostume Design Chloe OgilvieLighting Design Pierce Eldridge (Hero Image), Jade Ellis &amp;&nbsp;Ivan Trigo Miras Photography Jorge Serra &amp;&nbsp;Gabriel ComerfordVideography Developed with the support of Metro ArtsDancenorthLGI at WXYZ StudiosHOTA, Home of the ArtsAusdance QLDAustralasian Dance Collective Fertile Ground&nbsp; has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Fertile Ground&nbsp; was developed with Dancenorth in 2020, supported by LGI through a studio residency at WXYZ studios, HOTA, Home of the Art and through an Ausdance QLD and Australiasian Dance Collective Four Walls Residency and an Ausdance QLD Public Space and Participation Residency. https://ashleighmusk.art/Sand Thu, 12 May 2022 09:35:36 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/Sand SAND Roger Fernandez CifuentesCoreografia en col•laboració amb| Choreography&nbsp;in collaboration withAshleigh Musk + Lisard TranisPep SolerMúsica | Sound designZeneCienVideographyIvan Trigo MirasFotografia | Photography La peça a través de dos cossos parla de les històries de les relacions, de la vida i del pas del temps. Tot està compost per l’essència d’un passat, un present i un futur. Així doncs, Sand presenta un espectacle totalment físic i abstracte. Un món líquid on res perdura, on tot és sorra, tot és pols. A liquid world where nothing lasts, where everything is sand, everything is dust.The piece through two bodies speaks of the stories of relationships, of life and of the passage of time. Everything is composed of the essence of a past, a present and a future. ︎https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7L8hQ9oyZE <img width="6016" height="3384" width_o="6016" height_o="3384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/164ba906c50733414f49e7775ecb4078b616fb6ab7f74f97ef51136376b16bbc/selection1.jpg" data-mid="142561765" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/164ba906c50733414f49e7775ecb4078b616fb6ab7f74f97ef51136376b16bbc/selection1.jpg" /> PERFORMANCE HISTORY 2016SismográfOlot, Spain DansCentrumJetteBrussels, Belgium Inundart Festival Girona, Spain Centre Cívic el Sortidor Barcelona, Spain&nbsp; Giroscopi Girona, Spain Festival Figueres es Mou Figueres, Spain 2015 Ripollesdansa Ripoll, Spain Fast Festival Garrigas, Spain Festival Claca Llança, Spain Swallowsfeet Festival Brighton, UK <img width="6016" height="4000" width_o="6016" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbb5ecf49c8ba9351b781c9bf804f88b79b35839efe1f85e301b6b41c66e31b5/selection3.jpg" data-mid="142390827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbb5ecf49c8ba9351b781c9bf804f88b79b35839efe1f85e301b6b41c66e31b5/selection3.jpg" /> <img width="6016" height="4000" width_o="6016" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0be904f89b96e19e97d47b04c1688b7d90c18c59029a5be4ebf58de205afc83/selection2.jpg" data-mid="142561766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0be904f89b96e19e97d47b04c1688b7d90c18c59029a5be4ebf58de205afc83/selection2.jpg" /> <img width="6016" height="4000" width_o="6016" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecd23db817f3743e7f72b66daea0ad2ba1abeeef6f6b77a59dc404d8d287e306/selection4.jpg" data-mid="142561767" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecd23db817f3743e7f72b66daea0ad2ba1abeeef6f6b77a59dc404d8d287e306/selection4.jpg" /> <img width="6016" height="3384" width_o="6016" height_o="3384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23c8c1315ee7fb784da79c0f0f052cad1acd8dd70573d3962ab86a63d5bfca0b/selection8.jpg" data-mid="142561772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23c8c1315ee7fb784da79c0f0f052cad1acd8dd70573d3962ab86a63d5bfca0b/selection8.jpg" /><img width="5207" height="2929" width_o="5207" height_o="2929" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9aa0c043a7e58b98fd49f39d0398e242e306f1f1ea36d532f1fb1edf8328520d/selection6.jpg" data-mid="142561768" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9aa0c043a7e58b98fd49f39d0398e242e306f1f1ea36d532f1fb1edf8328520d/selection6.jpg" /> https://ashleighmusk.art/SUB Fri, 29 Dec 2023 21:29:41 +0000 Ashleigh Musk https://ashleighmusk.art/SUB <img width="4620" height="6927" width_o="4620" height_o="6927" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54e5ebf8aeece9cf7fb99e4b42837174dc9ad3f73925d9fdcbc21482cae99b31/Sub44.jpg" 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width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25d84552789679b2dc23e7dbe063d7213df69ef6ba88015384586ba171dc7f5d/3-UNSURE.JPG" data-mid="200383370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25d84552789679b2dc23e7dbe063d7213df69ef6ba88015384586ba171dc7f5d/3-UNSURE.JPG" /> <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25d84552789679b2dc23e7dbe063d7213df69ef6ba88015384586ba171dc7f5d/3-UNSURE.JPG" data-mid="200383370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25d84552789679b2dc23e7dbe063d7213df69ef6ba88015384586ba171dc7f5d/3-UNSURE.JPG" /> “The ubiquitous material was transformed into an object quite beautiful and almost anthropomorphic, exaggerating the dynamism as the dance became increasingly violent and the tubing began to shred... the group electrified in movement, sirens blaring and feedback from a dragged microphone emulating crushing rock, the audience’s seating platform vibrating with each beat.”- Lucy Hawthorne, ArtsHub “A highly compelling visual and auditory experience...&nbsp;SUB explores the profound possibilities of contact and connection despite, or perhaps because of, an indefinable atmosphere of chaos and disrepair. An enthralling, deeply conceptualised work which softly layers themes of care, relationship and climate responsibility. - Betty Sweetlove Escaping a surface world littered with crises, we burrow into soil and stone to seek shelter. Experience a contemporary dance performance that entangles natural symphonies with industrialised extraction, as four dancers dig closer to the polyrhythms of the core. SUB cracks through our resistance to hope, a soft defiance in the enduring relationship of bodies and materials. In this place that both attracts and scares us – this wet, restless and difficult place – we engage with the terror and volatility of the living natural world. RESOURCES Online Program https://www.gutsdance.org.au/sub-program Conceptual Writing Download Accessibility Download PDF Download Word PERFORMANCES<img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f4b90670b2801a3f6be552fb525757a8313bf471822e70a27f33637b7db859f/11sub.jpg" data-mid="200383368" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f4b90670b2801a3f6be552fb525757a8313bf471822e70a27f33637b7db859f/11sub.jpg" /> National Tour 2025 26 May - 15 June Araluen Arts Centre (Mparntwe/Alice Springs) Bulmba-Ja (Gimuy / Cairns), Jetty Theatre (Garlambirla / Coffs Harbour) &amp; Darwin Entertainment Centre (Garramilla / Darwin) INDance presented by Sydney Dance Company August 22 - 24, 2024 Neilson Studio TheatreSydney (NSW) The Unconformity festival Oct 19 - 21, 2023Queenstown, lutruwita (TAS) Araluen Arts CentreAugust 3 - 5, 2023 Mparntwe (Alice Springs, NT) CREDITS Concept, Choreography &amp; Performance by Ashleigh Musk in profound and ongoing collaboration with: Frankie Snowdon, Madeleine Krenek, Jenni Large collaborating performersGeorgia Rudd, Samakshi Sidhu touring performers Anna Whitakersound design &amp; performance Jen Hector lighting &amp; spatial design &amp; performance Pierce Eldridge dramaturgy &amp; concept development Elliat Rich costume design Lizzie Verstappen costume manufacturer Alongside Toni Lord (choreographic intern), Léuli Eshrāghi (initial dramaturgy &amp; concept development), Ivan Trigo Miras (photography &amp; videography), Erica McCalman (producing support), Luci Young, Alyse Canton (secondments) Developed with the support of 2023 Research residencyThe Unconformity Festival, QueenstownTasdance, Launcestonlutruwita (Tasmania) 2022 Creative DevelopmentGUTS Studio / Araluen Arts CentreMparntwe, NT 2021 The Makers ProgramSupercell Festival of Contemporary DanceHOTA, Home of the Arts, QLD Bath St ResidencyRed Hot Arts Central AustraliaMparntwe, NT SUB is created in partnership with Tasdance and supported by the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT, the Australian Government through RISE and Creative Australia, Darwin Festival through the Spotlight Creative Development Fund and the Araluen Arts Centre. The development of SUB has been supported through residencies with Red Hot Arts Central Australia, The Makers Program at Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance (QLD) and The Unconformity (TAS). Produced by GUTS Dance / Central Australia.