dyson industries :: about us + contact

"Having seen nearly all of Dyson’s work I have come to expect a kind of visual excellence from her,
and while this work marks somewhat of a departure from her previous works, it didn’t disappoint.
She maintains her resolute attention to detail, a focus on not just dancing for dancing’s sake,
and an obvious commitment to creating a piece of performance with real meaning".

Julia Postle - Art Look

about

Clare has created collaborative dance, theatre and site specific performances in Australia, Europe and America. Her practice spans dance, performance, installation, sound, film and work for theatres. Her film works have been screened nationally and internationally and she has been the Artist-In-Resident at prestigious venues in the US, Berlin, Paris, Canberra and Brisbane. In 1996 Clare co-founded and curated Brisbane’s first interdisciplinary performance space The Crab Room Performance Space. She was awarded a New Media grant in 1997 to research interdisciplinary performance work with artist Rachael Jennings and composer Damian Barbeler.

In 1998 she formed Dyson Industries with brother and lighting designer Mark Dyson, focusing on creating new experimental dance performance.

Clare and Mark have created over 15 full-length works including: ALONE TOGETHER (Australian Dance Award shortlist), The Voyeur (Australian Dance Award shortlist, US tour in partnership with DiverseWorks), Being There (Tanzfabrik - Berlin, Tanz Im August - Berlin, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts), Absence(s) (Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts) and Churchill’s Black Dog (Australian Dance Award winner, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, ANU Arts Centre, Brisbane Festival).

Clare has received numerous choreographic prizes, grants, Fellowships and residencies in Australia and throughout the world including the Australia Council's Cite des Arts Fellowship (Paris), the Djerrassi Fellowship (US), Tanzfabrk (Berlin) and an Australian Choreographic Centre Fellowship. In 2006 she won the Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance. Clare was also shortlisted for Best Choreography in 2006 and was shortlisted again in 2009 for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance. She completed her PhD in on audience engagement in dance in 2010 and has been creating immersive solo works since 2011 in a variety of venues and festivals. Mark completed his PhD in new media and photographic theory in 2013. Both Clare and Mark work are academics at universities and their current work With.Me is an interactive sound installation looking at issues of alone-ness and loneliness.

current works
ALONE TOGETHER - new sound installation performance about aloneness and loneliness

selected works

2019 With.Me - I nteractive sound installation, In collaboration with Dr Toby Gifford and Dr Kelly Hussey-Smith, Abbotsford Convent
2017-2018 ALONE TOGETHER - dance and sound installation about aloneness and loneliness, The Block, QUT Creative LAB & Arts Qld
2010-2014 UNSETTLED I-III series, Solo one on one performance works for Brisbane Powerhouse, SubStation, Sean Young Studios, Brisbane Festival
2012 BAGGAGE in collaboration with motion designer Timothy Lovett, Seven with Another, SubStation, Brisbane
2009/2010 the voyeur - developed during Cite Des Arts Residency in Paris (including showing), premiered in Brisbane at Gardens Theatre, toured to the US in 2010 in partnership with US venue Diverseworks
2007 Being There – created at Tanzfabrik in Berlin as part of Tanz Im August dance festival & premiered in Brisbane at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
2007 Absence(s) – Disused building in Brisbane, site installation performance work, partnership with Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
2006 Medeleven, Link Dance Company, WAAPA
2005/2006 Churchill’s Black Dog, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, ANU Arts Centre, Canberra & La Boite Theatre, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane
2004 Constructed Realities: METIS Art-Science festival, gallery installation, Canberra Contemporary Arts Space
2003 Intimate Drowning II, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, ANU Arts Centre, Canberra
2002/2003 Constructed Realities, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane & Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra
2001 Intimate Drowning I, National Choreographic Centre, Canberra
2000 Moodjee – Opening for Council for Reconciliation, Parliament House, Canberra
1998 Spices: installation + performance, National Choreographic Centre Fellowship, Old Canberra Brickworks
1998 Mourning hours: 16mm film, shot at Wharf 1, Sydney
1997 Languages of collaboration, New Media Arts Fund project with visual artist and composer, Secumb Space, Brisbane
1995 Mourning Hours I, II & III, Crab Room, Brisbane
1995 Water to a Morning Mouth, Crab Room, Brisbane
1995 Co-founded & curated: crab room performance space, interdisciplinary performance venue, Brisbane
1994 Traces: installation + performance, Brisbane Woolsheds, Brisbane
1993 Women are dying to look like this, Brisbane Fringe Festival, Princess Theatre
1993 Ego's Grave - Opening for 1st Asia Pacific Art Triennial with Roberto Villanova, Qld Art Gallery
1993 - Opening Surrealism: revolution by night with VoiceART, Qld Art Gallery
1992/1993 One – solo series

performers + collaborators
contract based
email us for details

artists working on past and present projects include:

kelly hussey-smith (photography & video) [ With.Me]
toby gifford (programming & sound) [ With.Me]
gerard van dyck [ ALONE TOGETHER ]
emily amisano [ being there ]
simon ellis [ the voyeur ]
brian lucas [ churchill's black dog, absence(s), ALONE TOGETHER ]
vanessa mafe-keane (top) [ churchill's black dog, absence(s) ]
avril huddy (left in dress) [ one, women are dying to look like this, water to a mourning mouth, traces, constructed realities, intimate drowning,churchill's black dog, absence(s) ]
tammy meeuwissen [ constructed realities, intimate drowning, churchill's black dog, absence(s) ]
bruce mckinven (design) [ absence(s), being there, the voyeur, ALONE TOGETHER ]
kathryn kelly (dramaturgy) [ being there, the voyeur, ALONE TOGETHER ]
jonathan sinatra [ the voyeur ]
justin rutzou [ intimate drowning, being there ]
arun munoz [ spices, the voyeur ]
trish wood [ medeleven, being there ]
jessyka watson-gailbraith [ being there ]
brett collery (sound) [ absence(s) ]
elise may [ churchill's black dog ]
katie joel (left) [ mouring hours, mourning hours film, constructed realities ]
jean tally [ intimate drowning ]
wendy morrow [ intimate drowning, moodje ]
megan millband [ intimate drowning, moodje ]
damian barbeler (sound) [ languages of collaboration, mourning hours film, intimate drowning ]
andrew ness [ intimate drowning ]
rachael jennings (visual artist) [ traces, languages of collaboration, spices, moodjee ]
lisa fa'alfi [ constructed realities ]
efeso faanana [ constructed realities ]

just to name a few....

photography by pling (dress) and
fiona cullen (shadow) and jon green

choreographer
clare dyson

lighting & production design
mark dyson

for information about Mark's
other creative work please visit
DARK HOUSE

clare +61 402 112 994
mark +61 410 486 002

clare [at] dysonindustries.com.au
mark [at] dysonindustries.com.au

www.dysonindustries.com.au

CLARE DYSON PERFORMANCE
current	dance	installation	touring	research	about

		"Having seen nearly all of Dyson’s work I have come to expect a kind of visual excellence from her, and while this work marks somewhat of a departure from her previous works, it didn’t disappoint. She maintains her resolute attention to detail, a focus on not just dancing for dancing’s sake, and an obvious commitment to creating a piece of performance with real meaning". Julia Postle - Art Look
		about
		Clare has created collaborative dance, theatre and site specific performances in Australia, Europe and America. Her practice spans dance, performance, installation, sound, film and work for theatres. Her film works have been screened nationally and internationally and she has been the Artist-In-Resident at prestigious venues in the US, Berlin, Paris, Canberra and Brisbane. In 1996 Clare co-founded and curated Brisbane’s first interdisciplinary performance space *The Crab Room Performance Space.* She was awarded a New Media grant in 1997 to research interdisciplinary performance work with artist Rachael Jennings and composer Damian Barbeler. In 1998 she formed *Dyson Industries* with brother and lighting designer Mark Dyson, focusing on creating new experimental dance performance. Clare and Mark have created over 15 full-length works including: ALONE TOGETHER (Australian Dance Award shortlist), *The Voyeur* (Australian Dance Award shortlist, US tour in partnership with DiverseWorks), *Being There* (Tanzfabrik - Berlin, Tanz Im August - Berlin, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts), *Absence(s)* (Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts) and *Churchill’s Black Dog* (Australian Dance Award winner, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, ANU Arts Centre, Brisbane Festival). Clare has received numerous choreographic prizes, grants, Fellowships and residencies in Australia and throughout the world including the Australia Council's Cite des Arts Fellowship (Paris), the Djerrassi Fellowship (US), Tanzfabrk (Berlin) and an Australian Choreographic Centre Fellowship. In 2006 she won the Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance. Clare was also shortlisted for Best Choreography in 2006 and was shortlisted again in 2009 for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance. She completed her PhD in on audience engagement in dance in 2010 and has been creating immersive solo works since 2011 in a variety of venues and festivals. Mark completed his PhD in new media and photographic theory in 2013. Both Clare and Mark work are academics at universities and their current work With.Me is an interactive sound installation looking at issues of alone-ness and loneliness.
		current works ALONE TOGETHER - new sound installation performance about aloneness and loneliness selected works 2019 With.Me - I nteractive sound installation, In collaboration with Dr Toby Gifford and Dr Kelly Hussey-Smith, Abbotsford Convent 2017-2018 ALONE TOGETHER - dance and sound installation about aloneness and loneliness, The Block, QUT Creative LAB & Arts Qld 2010-2014 UNSETTLED I-III series, Solo one on one performance works for Brisbane Powerhouse, SubStation, Sean Young Studios, Brisbane Festival 2012 BAGGAGE in collaboration with motion designer Timothy Lovett, Seven with Another, SubStation, Brisbane *2009/2010 the voyeur* -** developed during Cite Des Arts Residency in Paris (including showing), premiered in Brisbane at Gardens Theatre, toured to the US in 2010 in partnership with US venue Diverseworks 2007 Being There – created at Tanzfabrik in Berlin as part of Tanz Im August dance festival & premiered in Brisbane at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts 2007 Absence(s) – Disused building in Brisbane, site installation performance work, partnership with Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts 2006 *Medeleven, Link Dance Company, WAAPA 2005/2006* Churchill’s Black Dog, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, ANU Arts Centre, Canberra & La Boite Theatre, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane 2004 Constructed Realities: METIS Art-Science festival, gallery installation, Canberra Contemporary Arts Space 2003 Intimate Drowning II, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, ANU Arts Centre, Canberra 2002/2003 Constructed Realities, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane & Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra 2001 Intimate Drowning I, National Choreographic Centre, Canberra 2000 Moodjee – Opening for Council for Reconciliation, Parliament House, Canberra 1998 Spices: installation + performance, National Choreographic Centre Fellowship, Old Canberra Brickworks 1998 Mourning hours: 16mm film, shot at Wharf 1, Sydney 1997 Languages of collaboration, New Media Arts Fund project with visual artist and composer, Secumb Space, Brisbane 1995 Mourning Hours I, II & III, Crab Room, Brisbane 1995 Water to a Morning Mouth, Crab Room, Brisbane 1995 Co-founded & curated: crab room performance space, interdisciplinary performance venue, Brisbane 1994 Traces: installation + performance, Brisbane Woolsheds, Brisbane 1993 Women are dying to look like this, Brisbane Fringe Festival, Princess Theatre 1993 Ego's Grave - Opening for 1st Asia Pacific Art Triennial with Roberto Villanova, Qld Art Gallery 1993 - Opening Surrealism: revolution by night with VoiceART, Qld Art Gallery 1992/1993 One – solo series performers + collaborators contract based email us for details artists working on past and present projects include: kelly hussey-smith (photography & video) [ With.Me] toby gifford (programming & sound) [ With.Me] gerard van dyck [ ALONE TOGETHER ] emily amisano [ being there ] simon ellis [ the voyeur ] brian lucas [ churchill's black dog, absence(s), ALONE TOGETHER ] vanessa mafe-keane (top) [ churchill's black dog, absence(s) ] avril huddy (left in dress) [ one, women are dying to look like this, water to a mourning mouth, traces, constructed realities, intimate drowning,churchill's black dog, absence(s) ] tammy meeuwissen [ constructed realities, intimate drowning, churchill's black dog, absence(s) ] bruce mckinven (design) [ absence(s), being there, the voyeur, ALONE TOGETHER ] kathryn kelly (dramaturgy) [ being there, the voyeur, ALONE TOGETHER ] jonathan sinatra [ the voyeur ] justin rutzou [ intimate drowning, being there ] arun munoz [ spices, the voyeur ] trish wood [ medeleven, being there ] jessyka watson-gailbraith [ being there ] brett collery (sound) [ absence(s) ] elise may [ churchill's black dog ] katie joel (left) [ mouring hours, mourning hours film, constructed realities ] jean tally [ intimate drowning ] wendy morrow [ intimate drowning, moodje ] megan millband [ intimate drowning, moodje ] damian barbeler (sound) [ languages of collaboration, mourning hours film, intimate drowning ] andrew ness [ intimate drowning ] rachael jennings (visual artist) [ traces, languages of collaboration, spices, moodjee ] lisa fa'alfi [ constructed realities ] efeso faanana [ constructed realities ] just to name a few.... photography by pling (dress) and fiona cullen (shadow) and jon green	choreographer clare dyson lighting & production design mark dyson

			for information about Mark's other creative work please visit DARK HOUSE clare +61 402 112 994 mark +61 410 486 002 clare [at] dysonindustries.com.au mark [at] dysonindustries.com.au www.dysonindustries.com.au