Japan
Between 2013 and 2019 I worked with several communities on 12 cross – cultural collaborative projects as a theatre director, film maker, choreographer and visual artist in the cities of Nara, Sendai, Oshima Is,Nagoya, Osaka, Yamamoto cho and Kobe. Many of these projects were focused on creative recovery following the 2011 Great Earthquake and Tsunami. I worked in partnership with organisations Tanpopo, Able Arts Japan Salon Shinsei, Popeye, Tam Tam Dot, Polaris and Sumpucho
Fish out of Water
come together in Sendai to create a
multi art dance, film, art exhibit and
theatre production based around the
paintings of Suzuka Yoshida and
dairies from the 2011 earthquake
and tsunami.
When Brenden met Hiroe
A film that follows the brief meeting between Brenden Borellini a deaf blind Australian photographer and Hiroe Takahashi a Japanese blind photographer and Brenden struggle to re-unite with her months later. The film was selected for the 2017 Superfest International Disability Film Festival
Goldfish Dreaming
A telephone booth filled with goldfish forms the backdrop for this magical and mythical journey of several artists, dancers with disabilities in this film and live performance in the streets of Nara Japan
Takushi タクシー
A short film that explores Yuri Suzuki’s night shift driving a taxi through the streets of Sendai. .
Kurumaisu dansa 車いすダンサー
A group of elderly men and women come together for 6 weeks of rehearsals leading to the 2018 Sendai Wheelchair Festival.
Dansu ダンス
Australian arts worker Steve Mayer-Miller takes young and older participants from Sunpucho, Tam Tam Dot, Polaris and Kids Koala Club through a series of dances in the streets and halls of Sendai. .
Troika Red Blue White
Developed over 9 months in the deserts of Western Queensland and Japan, two international communities come together to create three dance films screened over 3 nights in Mackay Cinema Carpark, Queensland Australia and Osaka underground railway station.
I see with my Hands
Participants from the Sendai Blind community come together to explore the art of photography and the technology of creating 3D tactile photographs – Sponsored by Nikon Japan and Konika Minolta
Gama
Participants from 8 music, dance and drama organisations in Yamamoto Cho join Australian artworkers Steve Mayer-Miller, Brenden Borellini and Dougal McLachlan in the re-opening of the new railway station in Yamamoto cho following the 2011 tsunami.
Cry of the Curlew
Developed over 9 months in the deserts of Western Queensland and Japan, two international communities come together to create three dance films screened over 3 nights in Mackay Cinema Carpark, Queensland Australia and Osaka underground railway station.
Salon Shinsei
Participants from the Sendai Blind community come together to explore the art of photography and the technology of creating 3D tactile photographs – Sponsored by Nikon Japan and Konika Minolta
Confusion Inclusion
Participants from 8 music, dance and drama organisations in Yamamoto Cho join Australian artworkers Steve Mayer-Miller, Brenden Borellini and Dougal McLachlan in the re-opening of the new railway station in Yamamoto cho following the 2011 tsunami.
