Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:40 — 14.9MB) | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Email | TuneIn | RSS

“You need to build something (in order) to undo”
Alice Heyward
Alice Heyward is an Australian dancer based in Berlin. We cover
- making objects through composition
- the ‘tingle’
- experiential mediums
- magic
- relationships
- capital
- assets
- building and undoing
links about Alice:
- website: aliceheyward.com/
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/lil_peahead456/
- CV: aliceheyward.com/cv
- mattering at PS: www.psas.com.au/pages/archive/mattering/
Works:
- aliceheyward.com/works/before-the-factWorks
- aliceheyward.com/works/tongue-rolls-between-smiles
- aliceheyward.com/works/mutter-matter
- aliceheyward.com/works/continuous-monument
- aliceheyward.com/works/future-city-inflatable
- aliceheyward.com/works/beyond-before
- aliceheyward.com/works/imaginary-dances
- aliceheyward.com/works/a-symmetry-project
- aliceheyward.com/works/surface-practice
- aliceheyward.com/works/now-is-not-the-place
- aliceheyward.com/works/solutions
- aliceheyward.com/works/before-the-fact
- aliceheyward.com/works/vulva-club-15
- aliceheyward.com/works/future-city-inflatable
CV of Alice Heyward
Education
2013
- Bachelor of Dance Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
Selected Work
2019
- Choreography for Jacqui Shelton in the frame of ‘Octopus’ at Gertrude Contemporary
- Mattering with Megan Payne, PSAS, Perth, Western Australia
2018
- Continuous Monument by Alice Heyward and Ellen Davies at MPavilion
- P∞l with Sam Khoshbin and Asher Shay-Nemirow commissioned by The Watermill Center (US) for Discover Watermill Day
- Tongue rolls between smiles with Megan Payne, FUR Hairdressing (June), Bus Projects (August) in Lessons from Dancing curated by Zoe Theodore and TO DO / TO MAKE at 215 Albion Street, Brunswick in association with Neon Park, curated by Zoe Theodore and Shelley Lasica
- Surface Practice with Ellen Davies for ‘EPISODE 6 GUEST, RIGGS (STEPHANIE GUEST + KATE RIGGS) HASTY WORK’ as part of the exhibition WORKAROUND – WOMEN DESIGN ACTION at RMIT Design Hub (Melbourne)
- A Symmetry Project for St. Michael’s Grammar School, Gasworks Theatre, Melbourne
- Future City Inflatable with Ellen Davies, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
- Solutions with Megan Payne and collaborators commissioned by Practice Studio Practice at Pitch Festival
2017
- Mutter, Matter (in development at Lucy Guerin Inc. 2018), first iteration November, Prenzlauer Berg
- Imaginary Dances in the frame of Alternativen zum Selbst with works by Lulu Obermayer and Jule Flierl, Performing Arts Festival Berlin, Kunsthaus KuLe
- Beyond Before (Woolloomooloo), 2017, curated by Lee Mèir in re-dance, ada studio, Uferstudios, Berlin.
- Calling You and Yours Truly, Companion Species in the frame of Crystal Anniversary, VULVA CLUB #15, hosted by Female Trouble at Tanztage 2017, Sophiensaele, Berlin
2016
- Before The Fact, commissioned for the Keir Choreographic Award, Dancehouse, Melbourne
- Now Is Not The Place, Murray White Room, Melbourne
2015
- SHIP with Rachell Clark, NAH DRAN, ada Studio, Uferstudios, Berlin
Selected Collaborations
2019
- FIGURES by Maria Hassabi
- TOGETHER by Maria Hassabi
- A Treatise On Limnology a film by Dane Komljen, choreography by Rose Beermann
- Temporary Title, 2015 by Xavier Le Roy and Scarlet Yu, Haus der Kultur der Welt, as part of the event Life Forms, Berlin and at Centre National de la Danse – Pantin, as part of the series, Repertoire
- Still Untitled by Xavier Le Roy, Centre National de la Danse – Pantin, as part of the series, Repertoire
- Affection Play with Rowan Oliver in the frame of Personal Touch at Incinerator Gallery , Melbourne
2018
- Affection Play with Rowan Oliver at gallery wherelunga, Perth
- Sinkhole by Jess Gall, Arini Byng and Rebecca Jenson as part of Why Listen to Plants? curated by Liquid Architecture
- Aggression Play with Rowan Oliver and Jess Gall for group show Itchy at Seventh curated by Lorilee Yang
- Exoplanets by Alicia Frankovich at Monash University Museum of Art
- Right of Reply for ‘Brief Sheet’ by Augusta Vinall Richardson
- Light, colour and quiet conversations by Sarah Aiken, presented as a part of Critical Mass in Melbourne Fringe at Brunswick Mechanics Institute
- BEHAVIOUR part 7 by Shelley Lasica, TO DO / TO MAKE at 215 Albion Street, Brunswick in association with Neon Park, curated by Zoe Theodore and Shelley Lasica
- We Can’t Wait Much Longer by Noodlerice + Friends at The Watermill Center for TIME BOMB: The 25th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction (USA)
- Sinkhole by Jess Gall, Arini Byng and Rebecca Jenson at Irene Rose gallery, Melbourne
- Line & Curve by Rowan Oliver, Alaska Projects, Sydney
- Temporary Title, 2015 by Xavier Le Roy and Scarlet Yu, Tanzplattform Deutschland, PACT Zollverein, Essen
- Replay (2004) by Eszter Salamon, Choreographic Lab and Performance, Abbotsford Convent (Dancehouse, Melbourne, Lucy Guerin Inc. and Balletlab) 2018
- BEHAVIOUR part 7 by Shelley Lasica, Union House, The University of Melbourne
2017
- Snails by Grażyna Roguski, Times New Romantic, (M.I/mi1glissé), Berlin
- Aggregate by Alexandra Pirici, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)
- pool (no water), performative reading of Mark Ravenhill’s text with Joel Mu, Lulu Obermayer and Jule Flierl, Kunsthaus KuLe in the frame of #swimminginapooloffriends curated by Lulu Obermayer and Nora Almes, Gallery Weekend Berlin
- Between Us, or Who Cares About Resolution by Roni Katz, DOCK 11 (Berlin) and Performing Arts Forum (France)
- We are the Monsters by Colette Sadler (Antwerp, Le Mans, Hardelot, Hull, Nottingham, Jena)
2016
- outside before beyond by Alicia Frankovich, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Düsseldorf
- MANON LESCAUT, MANON LET’S GO (after Puccini, but not really)by Lulu Oberymayer, Uferstudios, SODA graduation at Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT)
- The Soft Act of Killing (text) by Agata Siniarska, SODA presentation, Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT)
- RADICAL TOGETHERNESS with Stefan Jovanovic, Architectural Association, London
- Snails by Grażyna Roguski, Potnia Theron. The animal in science and art. An exhibition of the Custody of the TU Dresden Altana Gallery
- Animal Companion by Hana Lee Erdman, NGBK, Berlin
- Shine Theory by Alicia Frankovich in collaboration with District and HAU (Berlin), Aesthetics of Resistance programmed by Julia Lazarus and Suza Husse.
- We are the Monsters by Colette Sadler (Brighton Dome, Nottingham, The Lowry, Manchester)
- Temporary Title, 2015 by Xavier Le Roy and Scarlet Yu, Festival d’automne à Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou
- Mommy by Louise Trueheart, House of Xanadutzi. Club H.Ø.D. IMPULSTRANZ, Vienna
- Signals by Alexandra Pirici, Berlin Biennale (BB9), Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art
- TRANSCENDING, for peace by Lilach Livne, Sydney Biennale (20BoS), Critical Path
- Camel by Geoffrey Watson, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
- SOFT REALITY by Chloe Chignell, KINGS ARI, Melbourne
2015
- Temporary Title, 2015 by Xavier Le Roy and Scarlet Yu, Kaldor Public Art Projects, Carriageworks, Sydney
- Fluids by Alexandra Pirici, a reinvention of Allan Kaprow’s Happening Fluids (1967), Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
- Reflections by Mia Lawrence, THINK BIG festival, Munich
- Five Dance Constructions and Some Other Things (1960/61) including Huddle (1961), Slant Board (1961) and Scramble(1961) by Simone Forti, Index Foundation, Stockholm
- Unser Refrain by Michael Poetschko (Berlin)
- Title In Process (2015) and excerpts from Low Pieces (2009-2011) by Xavier Le Roy, Venice Biennale (Biennale College-Danza)
- Animal Companion by Hana Lee Erdman, ‘we, animals / transference (dt)’ exhibition at Meinblau Project space, curated by Anne Hoelck and ‘Erotic Objects’ in the frame of ‘Objects, Animals and Perversions’ at DOCK 11, Berlin
- Dancing Days by Stefan Dreher, DANCE Festival, Munich
- THANKSBODYDANCE by Leah Marojevic, ada Studio, Uferstudios, Berlin
- I Want To Believe – Explorations of Time and Texture #2 by Tarren Johnson, Tatwerk, Berlin
2014
- Intermission by Maria Hassabi / ‘Framed Movements’ exhibition, ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art), Melbourne Festival
- DANCERNESS, performative reading of Becky Hilton’s manifesto at Helen Grogan’s ‘Specific In-Between’ (The Choreographic Negotiated In Six Parts): Part 4: Ambiguous edges (philosophy, dance, choreography), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne Festival
- An Artist in Your Backyard by Becky Hilton, through Dancehouse, Melbourne
- Australian Suburban Living Project or Harvest by Geoffrey Watson, developed into Camel, 2016 Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
- Drift (1974) by Trisha Brown, transmitted by Lauren Jenkins, Le Mouvement – Performing the City festival, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2013
- Groupness by Becky Hilton, Pieces for Small Spaces, Lucy Guerin Inc., Melbourne
Assistance
- Micro Revolution by Judith Sanchez Ruiz and New Group, ACUD MACHT NEU Berlin, 2015
- Lilach Livne’s workshop Neo-Abstract & The Non-Image: Issues of Spirit and Embodiment at Impulstanz Vienna
Writing
- Future City Inflatable, a conversation co-written with Ellen Davies for To Do / To Make 2 at 215 Albion Street, Brunswick in association with Neon Park, curated by Zoe Theodore and Shelley Lasica, October 21st 2018
- Performing Formats: HYPERLANDS, Performance Paradigm #13, edited by Erin Brannigan, Caroline Wake, Hannah Matthews
- She remembers, This Container issue 5, hosted by Carrierbag festival, Danse Atelier, Copenhagen
- Kaya(review) by Yuko Kaseki and Antonis Annisegos, Viereinhalb Sätze (4.5)
- Before The Fact, This Container issue 2
- Our disappearing present (contributor) by Benjamin Forster for Next Wave Festival 2016
- Temporary Title, 2015 by Xavier Le Roy and Scarlet Yu for Kaldor Public Art Projects blog
- They Come At Dawn – GDF, a collective writing for the future, Indigo Dance Festival, Performing Art Forum (PAF)
- FRAGMENTS: A Collective Archive of Textual Trouvailles – State of the Art Berlin (contributor)
- Anti-Obscurantism, Dancehouse Diary #8 ‘ WHAT THE BODY CAN DO – DANCE AND ETHICS
- Written reflection on An Artist in Your Backyard by Becky Hilton, supported by Dancehouse, Melbourne
- Shared Division, published in Dancehouse Diary #7 ‘THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE – RITUALS OF NOW’, 2014
- NAKEDNESS IS A PROCESS NOT A STATE, Dancehouse Diary #6 ‘THE BODY IN THE RAW – NUDITY, TODAY’, 2014
Editing
- Editorial Assistant to Moriah Evans and John Hoobyar for the 2019 Tanzkongress
- Betraying Ambition by Diego Agulló
- In the beginning was a copy by Agata Siniarska for
- In Between Festival publication, Poland (texts by Hermann Heisig, Peter Pleyer, Agata Siniarska)
Host/Guest
- Initated P0$$€ dance and reading group MELBOURNE with Rebecca Jensen and Sarah Aiken
- co-producer of ‘Being a Pig – or a questionable formula for the practice of dance’ a workshop by Deborah Hay at Abbotsford Convent (2019)
- Delegate Speaker at Revision Summit #18 at Kraftwerk Berlin, November 2018
- P0$$€ dance and reading group host, with text by Superstudio (1971) and Deborah Birch (2018), October 2018, Stockholm
- Panel presenter at PROCESS LOOP: ATMOSPHERE: Time, Space and the Senses, May 2016, Melbourne
Teaching
- Currently undertaking a Klein Technique™ Certification Program with Susan Klein (TCP5)
- Workshop at State Theatre of Western Australia (2019)
- The Center, Berlin (2014-2017)
- St. Michael’s Grammar School, Melbourne (2012 and 2018)
Residencies/Collective structures
2019
- danceWEB Scholarship Programme (‘frog’ recipient) in the frame of ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival with mentors Anne Juren, Annie Dorsen and Mette Ingvartsen
- Choreography-Gallery-Practice: Workshop, UNSW
- Kaldor Public Art Project 34: Asad Raza, ‘Absorption’ research workshop
- Residency at Freemantle Arts Centre for Tongue rolls between smiles with Megan Payne
2018
- Full time residency at Lucy Guerin Inc for the development of Mutter, Matter
- Within Practice 7-day meeting and symposium, Stockholm
- ‘Body Politics’ at Bus Projects, Melbourne, with Shelley Lasica, Bridie Lunney and Torie Nimmervoll, and Eugenia Lim and participants
- International Summer Residency project at Watermill Center with Robert Wilson (USA)
2017
- Belgrade AIR residency with Leah Marojevic
- Performance Lab with Anna Halprin, Mountain Home studio, Kentfield, California, 2017
- Poetry Week, Performing Arts Forum, Summer University, St. Erme, France, 2017
- Elsewhere & Otherwise, Performing Arts Forum, St. Erme, France, 2017
- Arts House 4 Walls residency
2016
- CND (centre national de la danse) residency (Paris) with The Pool (collective)
- Centro per la Scena Contemporanea: Choreographic Research Week (Bassano, Italy), supported by BMOTION festival (Roberto Cassarotto) and Dancehouse, Melbourne
- danceWEB Scholarship Programme 2016 in the frame of ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival with the mentorship of Tino Sehgal and Louise Höjer
- Zagreb Dance Centre (Zagreb Plesni Centar, ZPC) residency
- 2016 ‘Out-Of-Time’ Residency at Lucy Guerin Inc.
2015
- Indigo Dance Festival, PAF, Performing Arts Forum, Summer University, St. Erme, France, 2015
Awards/Support
2019
- Tanja Liedtke Foundation
- American Australian Association
2015/16
- Graduate Mentorship Scholarship (Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne), mentored by Sandra Parker
2014
- Ian Potter Cultural Trust
- Attestation sur l’honneur – Centre National de la Danse, Paris
- Artstart grant from the Arts Funding Division of the Australia Council for the Arts
2011
- Victorian College of the Arts and Music Endowment Scholarship for Dance