CREDITS

Choreographers
Joshua Lowe (Carbon)
Angela Barnard (Krypton)
Jaala Jensen (Lithium)

Composers
Jonathan Dieckfoss (Carbon)
Rhys Gray (Krypton)
Claire Farrell (Lithium)

All scored recorded by the
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Lighting Designer/Technical Manager
Chris Payne

Costume Designer/Graphic Designer
Thomas Higgs - Studio Bacon

Costume Assistant
Jake Willis

Production Manager
Sam Cole

Production Intern
Thomas Atkinson

Performers
Aeden McCarthy, Alison Palmer, Aylasade Seaman, Azaria Mckenzie, Erica Campbell-Graham, Evelyn Bryan, George Vaughan, HK Vermeulen, Jarrod Pearson, Josie Bradshaw, Kaani Booth, Kate Curtis, Katie Palmer, Leah McCarthy, Mae Ganambarr, Sammie Lester and Zoe Chilcott.

DRILL’s 2019 Major Season: NEON

AUGUST 14TH - 17TH, 2019
BAYVIEW SECONDARY COLLEGE

In 2019 DRILL presented NEON, an immersive contemporary dance work by local young movers.

A collision of dance and science, NEON was a concoction of three new works inspired by the chemical elements, taking place during the International Year of the Periodic Table. Three choreographers, alongside the cast of seventeen, examined how our understanding of science and the physical makeup of our reality is reflected in human experiences.

CARBON • KRYPTON • LITHIUM

NEON was a completely free-roaming experience featuring musical scores created by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and an explosive design of light and colour. Audiences were given the power to experiment with how they watch and listen to each of the three works, which were performed simultaneously on loop.

As a part of National Science Week, NEON also offered a range of fun, scientific experiments, games and competitions for audiences to try out prior to the performance.

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JAALA Jensen
CHOREOGRAPHER (NEON 2019)

Jaala Jensen is a Tasmanian born independent choreographer, dancer, and filmmaker, currently residing in Melbourne. She began performing and making in youth companies DRILL and Yellow Wheel, before graduating from The Space School of Performance Arts in 2015, with a Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance).

Since graduating, she has been involved with preprofessional collective, YW2, in which she choreographed a short work ‘Lavinia. Her Spoke. And I.’, and has since produced and choreographed two full-length works across 2016 and 2017, ‘Forgive Me Athena, I Chose the Beast’ and ‘Delia’s Idea’, and a collection of short works along the way.

In 2018 Jaala directed her focus to herself as a performer, and began developing a solo practice. She created two solo works, ‘Goddess Sophia’ as a part of the Moonah Moves Festival, Tasmania, and ‘Headless Reggae’ from her time as an Artist in Residence with Unity Space. She has recently performed in, ‘FRAGMENTAL’ by Chris Chua, ‘DYEL’ by Jacinta Martorella and Melbourne Fringe’s Best Dance Award recipient, ‘SONOS’ by Aimee Schollum.

Jaala has an interest in working with youth companies and is currently employed as a choreographer for DRILL’s 2019 season, working with the company across a two-year development period. She also collaborated with the Moonah Moves Festival as a mentor, running contemporary dance workshops and classes, and working closely with young Tasmanian artists to aid them in their own choreographic works.

Jaala is currently studying a Bachelor of Film at SAE Institute Melbourne. www.jaalajensen.com

ANGELA BARNARD
TEACHING ARTIST + CHOREOGRAPHER

Angela is a Hobart-based dance artist and teacher. In 2005 she graduated from Deakin University with a Bachelor of Creative Arts in dance and photography and in 2006 from QUT with a Graduate Diploma in Education.

Angela has performed with a number of local companies and independent artists such as Stompin, DRILL, Kickstart Arts, SPACE Dance, Chris Love and The Phonics as well as presenting her own choreographic works. Since 2007 she has taught TCE Dance at a number of schools including Guilford Young College, Hobart College, Claremont College and New Norfolk High, and has choreographed for numerous school musicals. From 2009-2012, Angela was a choreographer for the Hobart Chargers Cheerleaders and was an accredited cheerleading coach at Southern All Stars Cheer and Dance.

Angela has been working with DRILL since 2013 and choreographed for Radical Kid (2015), All Your Worth (2015), Trash This Place (2016) NEON (2019) and, Junior Company’s performances Elemental (20190 and CHANGE (2020).