https://zahrakilleenchance.com Zahra Killeen-Chance Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:57:44 +0000 https://zahrakilleenchance.com en http://zahrakilleenchance.com/NZ-Music-Double-Bill-Dances-with-Aldous Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:57:44 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 349546 Home NZ Music Double Bill: Dances with Aldous <img width="5763" height="3842" width_o="5763" height_o="3842" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0ee06a1f41fc7e7446e5eaa89411bbb9eb8e358d8126436250d637d39d6bc9b7/smallZahra_Credit_SomeBizarreMonkey-6275-copy.jpg" data-mid="826501" border="0" /><img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/de7f8fb76f09ea4840dd183b44e6fc721001b5fc263494f98c5b9c653b5e1bbe/Zahra_Credit_SomeBizarreMonkey-5822-copy.jpg" data-mid="826500" border="0" /><img width="3852" height="5778" width_o="3852" height_o="5778" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/28bfd7eca7c20805c2e019271ecf228b122a31277586c395fa13dc5e3cb98b00/Zahra_Credit_SomeBizarreMonkey-5574-copy-2.jpg" data-mid="826499" border="0" /> <img width="4323" height="6485" width_o="4323" height_o="6485" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ae0b6d6a57373f5b4738fba143cca2491c03826094f0a3e5c61cd10cb3097c49/smallZahra_Credit_SomeBizarreMonkey-6175-copy.jpg" data-mid="826504" border="0" /><img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0f9a07e5284d4cf5b2897dd71f24647d2a4263b00916fbe26d9d59086b9ecefe/smallZahra_Credit_SomeBizarreMonkey-6209-copy.jpg" data-mid="826503" border="0" /> Comissioned by the Tempo Dance Festival, Kissing the Doubt is a line from Aldous Harding’s song Heaven is Empty that serves as a title for my work in NZ Double Bill: Dance with Aldous. Aldous Harding’s music and performances are a surrealistic play of words, characterization and costuming, and my work is inspired by Harding’s capacity to defy narrative logic and create a dynamic of complex resonances. In Kissing the Doubt a triad of women embody elemental powers.&nbsp;The figures form an assemblage that could be emblematic of both a holy and a profane trinity. The&nbsp;dancers forge pathways in accordance with their own persona and the group persona, while the costumes connote a surreal play of mechanical rigidity and organic flow. Chorography Zahra Killeen-ChancePerformers&nbsp; Ariana Hond,&nbsp; Sarah Knox and Ella-Rose Trew Music Aldous Harding&nbsp;Music compilation Emi PogoniCostume in collabotation with Amanda Smith, Rachelle Moore and Textile Design Lab at AUT PerformedQ Theatre, Tempo Dance Festival Home NZ Music Double Bill: Dances with Aldous Comissioned by the Tempo Dance Festival, Kissing... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Nichework Mon, 15 Jul 2019 03:59:48 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 330874 Home Nichework <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/95a79b4a3f9e920496435f05bb640159ebbabbfb1934fd318276c60bc1b37ea7/smallIMG_8360.jpg" data-mid="826508" border="0" /> <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6c96d50e3fa0d2a0ba966d5a616c83342ae118926ce189893544fe730dff2724/smallIMG_8356.jpg" data-mid="826505" border="0" /> <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/41de80a4ef730e398a1bab6002cf20006e1eeb30c2c3b6a7d440851155e69779/smalIMG_8365-copy.jpg" data-mid="826507" border="0" /> <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7e925f1a4992894fb42820421b8796647402a72168106b9a27deaafb17529564/smallIMG_8369.jpg" data-mid="826509" border="0" /><img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/aff072c454f42e4f17ed669efce1eb660e59c31ca3d187f15792d2a952728b79/smallIMG_8403.jpg" data-mid="826506" border="0" /> Nichework is an interrogation and exploration of the labyrinth of birth, pregnancy, and the movements created and performed during gestation.&nbsp; Nichework will follow a singular pathway or labyrinth which has an opening, centre, and exit exploring the unexpected twists and turns that could occur on the journey. Chorographed and performed by Zahra Killeen-Chance Exhibition and Installation Zahra Killeen-ChanceMusic Emi PogoniCostume in collabotation with Amanda Smith, Rachelle Moore and Textile Design Lab at AUTPhotos Margreta Chance PerformedMcLeavey Gallery, Wellington, 2019 Home Nichework Nichework is an interrogation and exploration of the labyrinth of birth, pregnancy, and the... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Undisciplining-dance Mon, 27 May 2019 04:16:35 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 325024 Home Undiscipling Dance in Nine Movements and Eight Stumbles <img width="286" height="400" width_o="286" height_o="400" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f98e1d47f11787bf4ff5dda98c46f3bf39e7d5b777173bf9a5fa473b8bb231f8/198194656.jpeg" data-mid="715038" border="0" />Edited by Carol Brown and Alys Longley This book first published 2018 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Home Undiscipling Dance in Nine Movements and Eight Stumbles Edited by Carol Brown and Alys Longley This book first published 2018 Cambridge Scholars Publishing... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Teo-AO-LIVE Mon, 27 May 2019 04:06:20 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 325023 Home Te Ao Live Experimental Dance Aotearoa NZ in the Early 21st Century <img width="768" height="768" width_o="768" height_o="768" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cbf1324c00ecf6af5dda4157aad9f02051f6b150579c5e714dac7e4c9d104ccc/TE-AO-LIVE-CLOUD_768.jpg" data-mid="715034" border="0" /> This publication of 30 experimental dance artists was launched alongside the performances, workshops and discussions that formulated Experimental Dance Week 2018, curated and produced by Alexa Wilson at Auckland Old Folks Association (2-3.02.2018) and Basement Theatre (4-9.02.2018).Artists involved live are; Sean Curham, Tru Paraha, Tallulah Holly-Massey, Claire O’Neil, Joshua Rutter, Alana Yee, Cat Ruka, Zahra Killeen-Chance, Cathy Livermore, Christina Houghton, Vicky Kapo, Dance Plant Collective, val smith, Mark Harvey, Julia Harvie, Josie Archer, Kosta Bogoeivski, Aloalii Tapu, Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann, Alys Longley, Kyah Dove, Sophie Gargan, Joanne Hobern, and in the publication only also; Alexa Wilson, Oliver Connew, Sarah Bleasdale, Olive Bieringa, David Hall, Anna Bate, Kelly Nash.Edited by Alexa Wilson Copy editing and proof reading: Zoe Crook Design:Jeffrey Holdaway Blurb Publishing Sponsor: DANZ&nbsp; Review https://danz.org.nz/te-ao-live- Home Te Ao Live Experimental Dance Aotearoa NZ in the Early 21st Century This publication of 30 experimental dance artists was launched alongside the... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Many-things-were-not-in-the-fantasy Mon, 27 May 2019 03:38:08 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 325022 Home Many things were not in the fantasy<img width="3483" height="2881" width_o="3483" height_o="2881" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b603d0f4336e6baaac2777964d0548baef67e343801edb361f006bc6af6c82c6/Many-things-were-not.._3.jpg" data-mid="715022" border="0" /> <img width="3483" height="2881" width_o="3483" height_o="2881" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/755ad92c9e9d50e52735092dc059febcad889f3ee05dc79c454820471a2a5f9e/Many-things-were-not.._6.jpg" data-mid="715023" border="0" /><img width="3483" height="2881" width_o="3483" height_o="2881" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a2c3bc9c7f5e7927130b8303fb42fc25ffecf0e3bd0be220c119d74ad61739ee/Many-things-were-not.._10.jpg" data-mid="715029" border="0" /><img width="3483" height="2881" width_o="3483" height_o="2881" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/93ca6c0efffda0a968329540763802407c8e769a1d049d8a4034279bc639bdf3/Many-things-were-not.._5.jpg" data-mid="715024" border="0" /><img width="3483" height="2881" width_o="3483" height_o="2881" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2de5e7812209344adb58694bec38553a5474649f493d085de297e55336f6360c/Many-things-were-not.._12.jpg" data-mid="715026" border="0" /><img width="3483" height="2881" width_o="3483" height_o="2881" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/43dc5f5a26f21859692f92bbefe80490824f069d0b01fd6deee6d9f9197edef6/Many-things-were-not.._14.jpg" data-mid="715030" border="0" /> ‘Many things were not in the fantasy’ compels fact and fiction to play off against the family album. It is a collation of fragments from the relationship of Mortimer and Killeen-Chance that offer a slippage between their private lives, personal practices, and collaborative escapades. The eighty‐six plates they have produced together over the past three years resists a linear sequence and narrative logic. The banal domestic and public spaces have a non‐specificity that disrupts the notion of a fixed identity. Their performative inquiries remain an ambiguous record of Mortimer and Killeen‐Chance from 2014 to 2017. Concept and Images: Solomon Mortimer and Zahra Killeen-Chance Design: Solomon Mortimer Printed: Taiwan Size: 102mm (w) x 129mm (h) Paper: light weight offset. About 40-50gsm, white Binding: section sewn and glued Cover: PVC pocket&nbsp; Pages: 200 Home Many things were not in the fantasy ‘Many things were not in the fantasy’ compels fact and fiction to play off against the... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Book-When-the-sun-sets-your-eyes-change-colour-I-hope-this-is-true-1 Mon, 27 May 2019 03:35:07 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 325021 Home When the sun sets your eyes change colour (I hope this is true) A collaborative photobook publiction between Solomon Mortimer and Zahra Killeen-Chance Home When the sun sets your eyes change colour (I hope this is true) A collaborative photobook publiction between Solomon Mortimer and... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Angular-Momentum Sun, 26 May 2019 23:42:53 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 324996 Home Angular Momentum <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/570a5fd8c82691764ea21ca7d6f61948ebe1a835f0dcef34402f854971d8fd92/MG_ZKC_SM_2019-2.jpeg" data-mid="714812" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3e9a253db6a288a663d8e74558c33c59c80f95d8c4d45ba93edbcefe7c94f57d/MG_ZKC_SM_2019-7.jpeg" data-mid="714813" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/75abe183925ff8de747c00dcdb23746cb6f1f98ad65c621fd7d0e3581456956d/MG_ZKC_SM_2019-11.jpeg" data-mid="714814" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2817029c1dcce84f5188cd58685461cdf4b2de11ff96be0379aa44e94ac7f255/MG_ZKC_SM_2019-14.jpeg" data-mid="714815" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c0568d228918b0ac21b417ca97bc1fd73864fec340744a01ab2327f92a275b51/MG_ZKC_SM_2019-18.jpeg" data-mid="714816" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/64936c19daee6053367b1f041e3864ddfe531274b15c9c590254e2a12c8a16d1/MG_ZKC_SM_2019-29.jpeg" data-mid="714817" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e3f208ed1d882122a7858ddd69efabe3444ab510d78cf786ca8aecdac83f0d47/MG_ZKC_SM_2019-28.jpeg" data-mid="714818" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/41d7af0e5970870b71eebcbbfcb67641f54d658955bc9b24498c524a4a0e681e/MG_ZKC_SM_2019-39.jpeg" data-mid="714819" border="0" /> Chorographed and performed by Zahra Killeen-Chance Exhibition and Installation Zahra Killeen-ChanceMusic Emi PogoniCostume in collabotation with AUT Textile design labPhotos Russel Kleyn PerformedMcLeavey Gallery, Wellington, 2019 Linkhttp://mcleaveygallery.com/exhibitions/angular-momentum/ Home Angular Momentum Chorographed and performed by Zahra Killeen-Chance Exhibition and Installation Zahra Killeen-ChanceMusic Emi... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Shadow-of-Ease Sun, 26 May 2019 23:31:05 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 324992 Home Shadow of Ease <img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6f7dfd6d958418b1d296ceeada737de6d1eef9b550086f11cb27b794571d1022/_DSC2689.JPG" data-mid="714796" border="0" /><img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/94b80cd184d1fc08dd0277c66c0dd8e3f2d6430d7b2ede5eeaf3dce08d60e3cf/_DSC2722.JPG" data-mid="714797" border="0" /><img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2ad8551c251226b1687fda5f3fbc5251d2822740cdc3fc58907cc76ff29ce07c/_DSC2725.JPG" data-mid="714798" border="0" /><img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b23e27387c2b36214e520c0c03eca064303ff7ec0cf4e37f5f2b1b7a33351270/_DSC2870.JPG" data-mid="714800" border="0" /> “Watching Zahra is sometimes like watching butoh on a tightrope - it feels absurd, and assured, and still carries this coil of dramatic tension that never quite unwinds.” Jess Holy - Bates, TheatreviewChorographed and performed by Zahra Killeen-ChanceMusic Emi PogoniCostume in collabotation with AUT Textile design labPhotos Sara Cowdell PerformedExperimental Dance Week Aotearoa; Basement Theatre, Auckland, 2019Performance Art Week Aotearoa; Playstation, Wellington, 2018Reviewhttps://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11466 Home Shadow of Ease “Watching Zahra is sometimes like watching butoh on a tightrope - it feels absurd, and assured, and still carries this coil of dramatic... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Elliptical-Fictions Sun, 26 May 2019 22:53:10 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 324991 Home Elliptical Fictions <img width="5130" height="3425" width_o="5130" height_o="3425" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bb6288a05c22cbf16edeae108d29fed00a80b8f9cf565deeeb81ea7ddd2ea7b3/FOOTNOTE-27.jpg" data-mid="714790" border="0" /> <img width="5904" height="3941" width_o="5904" height_o="3941" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4be56734d1cda6e99aad0429c4c86921d26914ee23b15aab05c02a621cf53722/FOOTNOTE-49.jpg" data-mid="714786" border="0" /> <img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/931ea9649a75592dcfa3547c3dc255b9ca19e2b3eaddf458fa0239b148244ed7/Hemispheres-by-LI-Jianyang--13.jpg" data-mid="714787" border="0" /><img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/101d9abb8617d2dbbee4464e517d4e133eafec4260c9a125a18fee746574c762/Hemispheres-by-LI-Jianyang--12.jpg" data-mid="714789" border="0" /><img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ef8faeeea8a09cd7a0c06c71b3abc3960e98e05c1203984c3b10759112a1e337/Hemispheres-by-LI-Jianyang--14.jpg" data-mid="714788" border="0" /> Inpired by my solo, Elliptical Fiction, Elliptical Fictions expands upon the movement technique and philosophy of Tai Chi Chen. Elliptical Fictions&nbsp;incorporates the idea of yin and yang, and integrates seemingly opposing ideas. The phrase, the curve searching towards the line and the line searching towards the curve was one of the integral ideas for this performance.Commisioned by Footnote New Zealand Dance in 2018Chorographed by Zahra Killeen-ChanceMusic Emi Pogoni Dancers&nbsp; Tyler Carney, Joshua Fateatua, Georgia Beechey-Gradwell, Anu Khapung and Adam Naughton Background Art by Richard Killeen Costumes in collabotation with AUT Textile design lab Photos Caroline Atkinson Photography and Ll Jianyang PerformedBalancing Point, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Wellington, 2018Balancing Point, Aurora Centre, Christchurch,&nbsp;2018Balancing Point, Q Theatre, Rangatira, Auckland, 2018 Hemispheres, Guangdong Dance Festival, China, 2018 Hemispheres, Heyuan Grand Theatre, China, 2018 Hemispheres at Jiangmen Performing Arts Centre, China, 2018 Hemispheres at Shenzhen (Xixixixi Arts Festival), China, 2018 Hemispheres, Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna, Auckland, 2019Hemispheres, Regent On Broadway, Palmerston North, 2019Hemispheres, Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, 2019Hemispheres, Regent Theatre, Dunedin, 2019Hemispheres, Soundings - Te Papa, Wellington,&nbsp;2019Reviewshttps://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11210https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11203https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&amp;objectid=12204577https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11472 https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=11496https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/111024057/footnote-dances-collaboration-with-chinese-company-transcends-boundaries Short video linkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlbkV5N7if0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiuwW0c96Lo Home Elliptical Fictions Inpired by my solo, Elliptical Fiction, Elliptical Fictions expands upon the movement technique and philosophy... http://zahrakilleenchance.com/Publications Thu, 05 Jul 2018 03:37:46 +0000 Zahra Killeen-Chance 278539 Publications Undisiplining Dance Many Things were not in the fantasy Publications Undisiplining Dance Many Things were not in the fantasy