Kage Physical Theatre is a physical theatre

Physical theatre

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/contemporary dance

Contemporary dance

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 company

Dance company

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 founded in 1996, by Kate Denborough and Gerard van Dyck. They perform at the intersection of dance, circus and theatre. The name "Kage" is an abbreviation for "Kate+Gerard".

Kage have been supported by the Australia Council

Australia Council

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 and in 2001 Denborough and Van Dyck completed a three month residency at the Australia Council Studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris

Paris

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Festival performances and awards

They have performed at a number of festivals including the Next Wave Festival

Next Wave Festival

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, Melbourne

Melbourne

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: performing Contamination in (1998) and No (Under)Standing Anytime in 2000; and at the 2000 Asia Pacific Next Wave Festival in Japan performing This Side Up and the 2008 ASSITEJ

ASSITEJ

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 Adelaide

Adelaide

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 16th World Congress and Performing Arts Festival for Young People performing Headlock.

Nowhere Man developed for Kage earned Denborough the Australian Dance Award

Australian Dance Awards

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 for outstanding achievement in independent dance.

Headlock, (2006) won five Green Room Awards and the Australian Dance Award for best male performer for Byron Perry.

Works

• Kage, (1997)
• Contamination, (1998)
• Asphyxiate, (1998)
• No (Under)Standing Anytime, (2000) (funded through Australia Council
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   Emerging Choreographers Initiative and the Australian Choreographic Centre)
• This Side Up, (2000) commissioned by Chunky Move
  Chunky Move
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• 2 Without Spine, (2000), choreographed: Lucy Guerin with assistance from the Australia Council
• The Collapsible Man, (2001)
• Misfit, (2001)
• Birthday, (2002), directed by John Bolton.
• Underground, (2002)
• The day the world turned upside down, (2004)
• Nowhere Man, (2004)
• Headlock, (2006)
• Ink, (2006)
• Appetite, (2008)