Conversations between dance artists exploring what practice is now.
Jo Lloyd and Rebecca Jensen discuss their perspectives on practice and art-making. Join us for a relaxed chat followed by an audience Q&A.
Please note this Dance Dialogues will run in a slightly different format to allow our guest speakers to see and interact with the audience. You’re welcome to attend and leave your video turned off if that’s your preference.
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JO LLOYD is an influential Melbourne dance artist working with choreography as a social encounter, revealing behaviour over particular durations and circumstances. A VCA graduate, Jo has presented work in Japan, Hong Kong, Dance Massive, Melbourne Festival, for Chunky Move (Next Move 2016), Liveworks and Mona Foma. Jo has worked with choreographers Gideon Obarzanek, Shelley Lasica and Sandra Parker. In 2016 Jo was the Resident Director of Lucy Guerin Inc. In 2018 she received an Australia Council Fellowship and is a Resident Artist at The SUBSTATION.
jolloyd.com/
REBECCA JENSEN is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, born in Aotearoa and based in Narrm / Melbourne.
Her work leaks into the spaces between disciplines, defined by the specificity of dancerly thinking; live, complex, change-oriented, contradictory, and non-linear. Notable works include Deep Sea Dances 2017; Explorer 2016 and Sinkhole with Jess Gall and Arini Byng (ongoing). With Sarah Aiken, Bec has created What Am I Supposed To Do? (WAISTD) 2019, OVERWORLD 2014, Underworld 2017 as well as ongoing participatory project Deep Soulful Sweats. Bec has a performance history with a range of artists including Jo Lloyd since 2010 and recently, Lucy Guerin Inc.
Rebecca was a recipient of danceWEB scholarship 2015, artist in residence at Temperance Hall 2018, she will be an artist in residence at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, supported by the Australia Council 2021.
rebeccajensen.xyz
ACCESS: Live transcription will be available during the talk, the link will be posted in the chat during the event.
Images: Jo Lloyd, image by Peter Rosetzky. Rebecca Jensen in WAISTD 2019, image by Gregory Lorenzutti. Both images have been edited.