Meat and Bone
Contemporary technique

This class teaches the dancer how to gain maximum power in movement a la Ultima Vez, with minimal effort through the use of momentum. It is a very tiring class with a continuous flow and an aerobic quality, definitely a good workout.
We will be looking at release techniques and powerful floor work beginning with a joint release, some stretches, and pilates based exercises for strength. Then we will move into a systematic and relentless series of movement that travel down the room. Always there is a continuous aerobic quality and a necessity for the body to cope and find momentum pathways to sustain itself. A cooling down period and a Tai Chi series at the end brings the balance and stillness back to the body.



Gavin Webber
Gavin Webber has been working professionally in Dance Theatre for over ten years. After completing his degree at the Centre For The Performing Arts in Adelaide, Australia, he joined Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre. In the six years he spent in this company he toured Australia, North America, Scandinavia, Europe and Israel.

After leaving to Europe he studied with Maguy Marin in Lyon before accepting a position with Ultima Vez in Brussels. He spent three years with the company and was involved in the creation of “In Spite of Wishing and Wanting” and “Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed”. He has performed at Theatre de la Ville, Paris, The Lincoln Center and the B.A.M. festival New York, as well as other major festivals and theatres worldwide. During his time with the company Gavin taught company classes, workshops and repertoire. He conducted rehearsals for Ultima Vez in the absence of Wim Vandekeybus.

Upon returning to Australia Gavin began lecturing at the Queensland University of Technology. His teaching responsibilities have included several universities and Australian dance companies. Gavin continues to perform both nationally and internationally. In 2003, as a founding member of Splintergroup, he premiered the dance-theatre work “lawn” at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Since 2005 Gavin Webber has been the Artistic Director of Dancenorth based in Townsville and resident company of The Brisbane Powerhouse. Dancenorth has toured to Berlin, Yokohama, Stuttgart, Singapore, Sydney Opera House, Perth Festival and throughout Queensland. The new work “roadkill” has been invited to the Barbican Theatre in London and Radial System in Berlin in 2007.