'Wizards in Oz': The impact and legacy of Colonel de Basil's Ballets Russes on Australian cultural life and artistic practice. The project heralds a nationally significant co-operation between Australian cultural and tertiary institutions to research the content, impact and legacy of Australian tours 1936-40 by the acclaimed Ballets Russes. Australians were overwhelmed by the company's high-modernist aesthetic, and inspired by the collaborative ideals celebrated in its balletic, theatrical and m ....'Wizards in Oz': The impact and legacy of Colonel de Basil's Ballets Russes on Australian cultural life and artistic practice. The project heralds a nationally significant co-operation between Australian cultural and tertiary institutions to research the content, impact and legacy of Australian tours 1936-40 by the acclaimed Ballets Russes. Australians were overwhelmed by the company's high-modernist aesthetic, and inspired by the collaborative ideals celebrated in its balletic, theatrical and musical masterpieces. Research will generate a range of scholarly publications, physical and virtual exhibitions, and select performances by the Australian Ballet. The project utilises an innovative interactive research methodology to establish a vital nexus between scholarly research, digital archival management and dissemination strategies, and artistic practice.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE210100021
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$440,000.00
Summary
Australian Cultural Data Engine for Research, Industry and Government. The project aims to develop an Australian Cultural Data Engine (ACD-Engine), which will be an open software engineering facility that interacts with leading existing cultural databases in architecture, visual and performing arts, humanities, and heritage to build a bridge to information and social sciences. The ACD-Engine will unify and expand these disparate and previously unconnected systems to allow advanced analysis techn ....Australian Cultural Data Engine for Research, Industry and Government. The project aims to develop an Australian Cultural Data Engine (ACD-Engine), which will be an open software engineering facility that interacts with leading existing cultural databases in architecture, visual and performing arts, humanities, and heritage to build a bridge to information and social sciences. The ACD-Engine will unify and expand these disparate and previously unconnected systems to allow advanced analysis techniques to be performed. It will deliver innovative and searchable formats that ensure interoperability, improved search, interactive design and interpretation aids that will benefit the policy and planning for national and international alignments between researchers, industry and government.
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Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0989831
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$205,000.00
Summary
The Australian Music Navigator: research infrastructure for discovering, accessing and analysing Australia's musical landscape. The aim of the Australian Music Navigator initiative is to enhance the research, analysis, discoverability and understanding of Australian art music practice through the development of an innovative online facility. In addition to enabling access to digital sound and score objects, the facility will allow for sophisticated explorations of the rich inter-relationships be ....The Australian Music Navigator: research infrastructure for discovering, accessing and analysing Australia's musical landscape. The aim of the Australian Music Navigator initiative is to enhance the research, analysis, discoverability and understanding of Australian art music practice through the development of an innovative online facility. In addition to enabling access to digital sound and score objects, the facility will allow for sophisticated explorations of the rich inter-relationships between creators, performs, works, manifestations, events, genres, venues, awards and research. This infrastructure will ensure the prominence and accessibility of Australian music as a subject for research, and thereby contribute to our collective ability to engage with and understand our musical heritage.Read moreRead less
Ibsen Between Cultures: The Australian Experience. This project offers three benefits to the nation. It will enrich our understanding of the unique development of Australian spoken word drama by comparing research findings on the incorporation of Henrik Ibsen's plays in our dramatic canon with parallel investigations in China, India, and Bangladesh. It will create new knowledge about the way theatrical performances communicate ideas and modes of human expression across national boundaries, thus ....Ibsen Between Cultures: The Australian Experience. This project offers three benefits to the nation. It will enrich our understanding of the unique development of Australian spoken word drama by comparing research findings on the incorporation of Henrik Ibsen's plays in our dramatic canon with parallel investigations in China, India, and Bangladesh. It will create new knowledge about the way theatrical performances communicate ideas and modes of human expression across national boundaries, thus increasing our understanding of the global transmission of culture. The knowledge gained about intercultural creative production through this project, can be applied both to other areas of industrial production, and to Australian cultural diplomacy.Read moreRead less
Enhancing impact in regional theatre for young people. Enhancing impact in regional theatre for young people. This project aims to understand and enhance the personal, affective and social impact of contemporary theatre for youth audiences in regional Victoria. Youth are often marginalised or lack creative opportunities in regional arts. This project will build a complex, longitudinal study informed by international best practice in the area of theatre for young people. It will develop research ....Enhancing impact in regional theatre for young people. Enhancing impact in regional theatre for young people. This project aims to understand and enhance the personal, affective and social impact of contemporary theatre for youth audiences in regional Victoria. Youth are often marginalised or lack creative opportunities in regional arts. This project will build a complex, longitudinal study informed by international best practice in the area of theatre for young people. It will develop research methodologies that harness the agency of young people, the live theatre experience, and their creative convergence with social media. This project is expected to deliver new methods of evaluating theatre for young people, and a creative and digital media strategy for enhanced audience engagement in dispersed locations over time.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE130100914
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$322,747.00
Summary
Listening to country - Indigenous dance dramaturgy in remote Australia. Listening to country is a performance research project to investigate Indigenous story structures in contemporary theatrical forms. The project will identify a theory and practice of dramaturgy which 'listens' to place, history and community in Indigenous Australian contexts.
Popular music and cultural memory: Localised popular music histories and their significance for national music industries. This project provides a public space for audience members in local communities in Australia, Israel, the Netherlands, UK and USA to share their memories of local popular music heritage. By privileging these voices, the project has the potential to develop and strengthen community cohesion and also raise questions of how these voices might be incorporated into the production ....Popular music and cultural memory: Localised popular music histories and their significance for national music industries. This project provides a public space for audience members in local communities in Australia, Israel, the Netherlands, UK and USA to share their memories of local popular music heritage. By privileging these voices, the project has the potential to develop and strengthen community cohesion and also raise questions of how these voices might be incorporated into the production and distribution practices of Australia's music industry. Our findings will feed into current debates about the importance of local histories in a national context and point to possible economic benefits through cultural tourism and leisure outlets, for example, community-based exhibitions and guided tours focusing on local popular music history and heritage.Read moreRead less
New media dramaturgy: how new media transform the composition and reception of live performance. New media dramaturgy will formulate a new framework for analysing and creating contemporary new media performance including multimedia theatre and dance, video performance and installation. The project will also explore how the synthesis of new dramaturgy and new media has changed the experience of live arts for the spectator.
A cultural and historical analysis of Australian live theatre recordings preserved in the archives of ABC Television and Channel Nine. This project aims to enhance the study of Australian theatre history with two PhD theses identifying and analysing the motion-picture records of live theatre in the archives of ABC Television and Channel Nine. At a time when Australian theatre practitioners are gaining worldwide recognition, this project will assist scholars to analyse Australian theatre history ....A cultural and historical analysis of Australian live theatre recordings preserved in the archives of ABC Television and Channel Nine. This project aims to enhance the study of Australian theatre history with two PhD theses identifying and analysing the motion-picture records of live theatre in the archives of ABC Television and Channel Nine. At a time when Australian theatre practitioners are gaining worldwide recognition, this project will assist scholars to analyse Australian theatre history with a focus on live performance and production. The project will result in a detailed database/directory of material showing Australian live theatre on film and video, as well as two dissertations providing an in-depth scholarly description and cultural analysis of that material.Read moreRead less
Disability and the performing arts in Australia. Disability and the performing arts in Australia. This project aims to explore how the creative and aesthetic value of contemporary Australian disability theatre, dance and live performance can enhance the social and economic benefits of art-making. There has been little recognition of how performing artists with disability contribute to Australian cultural life. This project will map the field of current practice, develop inclusive models for coll ....Disability and the performing arts in Australia. Disability and the performing arts in Australia. This project aims to explore how the creative and aesthetic value of contemporary Australian disability theatre, dance and live performance can enhance the social and economic benefits of art-making. There has been little recognition of how performing artists with disability contribute to Australian cultural life. This project will map the field of current practice, develop inclusive models for collaborating with artists with a disability, and design a set of accessible examples of creative innovation for use by artists, the disability community and cultural policymakers. This project is expected to result in increased critical recognition, employment and funding opportunities for artists with a disability.Read moreRead less