Perth Festival 2026 UNITED Event Program

Credits

About Chunky Move Chunky Move create bold, genre-defying contemporary dance. Internationally renowned for ambitious and highly original work, the award-winning company maintains a reputation for being at the forefront of contemporary dance globally. Under the leadership of co-CEOs Antony Hamilton and Kristy Ayre, Chunky Move play a crucial role in driving dance forward in Australia and beyond. Artists and audiences are at the heart of the company, expressed in a dense program of major works, commissions, residencies and education offerings. Over the last 30 years, Chunky Move has performed in 130 cities in 150 festivals throughout the world, captivating over 610,000 audiences.

Artistic Director & Choreographer Antony Hamilton Sound Designer & Composer Gabber Modus Operandi Costume Designer Future Loundry Exoskeleton Designer & Creator Benjamin Cisterne Lighting Designer Nicholas Moloney Performers & Choreography Madeleine Bowman, Melissa Pham, David Prakash, Samakshi Sidhu, Robert Alejandro Tinning, Jayden Wall Rehearsal Director Rachel Coulson Stage/Set Designer/ Fabrication & Art Finishing Ashley Buchanan & Antony Hamilton Set & Costume LED Fabrication/ System Engineer/Head Electrician Creature Technology Co. Original Lighting Designer Benjamin Beare Stage Manager Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly Lighting Programmer & Head Electrics Andre Vanderwert Sound Engineer & Technical Coordinator Ethan Hunter Executive Director & Co-CEO Kristy Ayre Senior Producer Kristina Arnott Shiv Geaney Outside Eye Melanie Lane Production Manager Ashley Buchanan Production Coordinator

Images Gianna Rizzo

Commissioned by Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and Perth Festival.

Supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the City of Melbourne, and the Playking

Foundation via a Playking Foundation Travel Grant.

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