BIO
Kate Clugston is a performer, director and community artist. She has been dancing since she could walk and after 12 years of jazz ballet decided theatre was more her thing. She now blends the theatre and dance to create movement based performance which often includes text, installation and multimedia in unconventional spaces. She has trained in acrobalance, Butoh, Suzuki, contact improvisation, Viewpoints, yoga and currently the Alexander Technique as well as training with contemporary choreographers Dean Walsh (London/Sydney) and Martin Del Amo (German dancer, currently based in Sydney). Kate also has 9 years experience as a youth theatre director and creates theatre for empowerment and community development working with non performers and telling real stories which would otherwise be unheard. In May 2009 she worked with Miriam’s House in DC, a shelter for homeless women with HIV, to create a performance with residents for the shelter’s anniversary celebration.
CONTEMPORARY DEVISED PERFORMANCE
Salmagundi
Creator/Performer. A mish-mash slap-dash performance featuring live cooking, recipes for Salamgundi Salad and readings from Washington Irving’s Salmagundi published 1807. Performed at the Inaugural Columbia Heights Arts Salon, Washington DC.
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Army of Brides I-V
Creator/Bride. A performance installation about pre-wedding jitters. Directed by Sarah Emery and performed at Shopfront. Sydney, Australia
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Handle with Care.
Performer/Choreographer. A performance exploring theatricality and clothing devised from a four week masterclass workshop with Martin Del Amo Sydney, Australia
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Kick the Bucket
Creator/Performer. A hybrid performance about the social phenomenon of death and dying. Presented by Shagging Julie. Sydney, Australia
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COMMUNITY AND YOUTH ARTS
Miriam’s Story, Miriam’s Song
Director/Project Facilitator. A community art show and benefit for Miriam’s House, featuring performances and art by women living with HIV/AIDS.
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A City of Shadows and Ice.
Outreach Director. An outdoor performance with fire and ice, parkour and graphic novel artworks, exploring the barriers between communities. I worked with over 75 community participants to integrate their art and stories into the performance, which was presented in a central outdoor plaza in Kogarah and won a local council award.
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Pop-Up!
Outreach Director. A pop-up book installation with aerial performance, krumping and giant puppets, exploring the relationships between young adults and their parents. I worked with young people, facilitating workshops and generating new material with them for the production.
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The Nimbs
Co-Director. An ensemble performance with 8-15 year olds which looked at the “Not in My Backyard” theory of exclusion, featuring Rock N Roll Pirates, “Smooth Criminal ” Ninjas, an India Call Centre and Ronald McDonald.
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The Tuesday Clan.
Associate Director. A full length theatre production with 8-15 year olds, a talking PS3, a dancing werewolf and some creatures traumatised by global warming.
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Boiling Point
Director. What tips you over the edge, and works you up? A collaboration with Sidetrack Theatre and Link to learning featuring video, hip hop, drumming and dance.
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Fire at the Front Door
Director. A collaboration with Sidetrack Theatre and Links to Learning, thie performance told the stories of local young people in Marrickville LGA.
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THEATRE CREDITS
Princess Annabella: The Princess Wore Sneakers (Adventure Theatre staged reading)
By Allison Pruitt Dir. Debra Arseneaux
Madeleine: Somewhere Between the Sky and the Sea
By Alex Broun Dir. Debra Arseneaux
Strawberry: Death’s Waiting Room; A dark comedy with music and circus.
By Sam Bowring Dir. Danielle Harvey
Lucy: The Threepenny Opera
By Bertolt Brecht. Dir Jade McCutcheon
TRAINING
Alexander Technique (16hrs) Diane Bradley. Washington DC.
Movement Scores (12hrs) Dean Walsh. Sydney, Australia
Stomping Ground: Suzuki, Butoh and Viewpoints (150hrs) Zen Zen Zo. Brisbane, Australia
Acrobatics (20hrs) Legs on the Wall. Sydney, Australia
Handle With Care: Compositions in movement & text(120hrs) Martin del Amo. Sydney, Australia
Static Trapeze (16hrs) Aerialize. Sydney, Australia.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts: Communication (Theatre/Media) Charles Sturt University Bathurst, Australia. Covered performance, directing, design, community theatre, political theatre & media.
SPECIAL SKILLS
Movement choreography, dance, extremely loud whistle with fingers, teach partner acrobatics, fire poi, 3 ball juggling, yoga, hosting theme parties and events.
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