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Chunky Move creates 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 programme of major works, commissions, residencies and education offerings. Over the last 30 years, Chunky Move has performed in 134 cities in 150 festivals throughout the world, engaged over 376 artists and independent creatives and captivated over 610,000 audiences.

Antony Hamilton was appointed Artistic Director and co-CEO of Chunky Move in 2019. His choreographic work examines the elemental and primordial nature of the body, set against intersecting narratives that explore past, present and future. He often employs a sophisticated melding of movement, sound and visual design to collaboratively imagine complete worlds, and develops new choreographic languages to occupy them. In his time as Artistic Director at Chunky Move, Antony has premiered new works including Token Armies (2019), Universal Estate (2019), Yung Lung (2022), Rewards for the Tribe (2022), AB_TA_Response (2022), 4/4 (2023), You, Beauty (2024), and U>N>I>T>E>D (2025).

Gabber Modus Operandi was founded by Kasimyn and Ican Harem following their fad staging at an underground punk concert in Denpasar. Their experimentation began with a healthy obsession for the energy and intensity of jathilan (Javanese ritualised trance-dance), gabber, dangdut koplo (Indonesian folk music), Chicago footwork, grind core and noise music. Gabber Modus Operandi attempt to bridge the gap between humour and the darkness of contemporary music and tradition in Indonesia.

Future Loundry is a Bali-based street fashion label project by Ican Harem and Manda Pinkygurl that combines upcycling practices and the art of identity expression. By collecting used clothing from various genres, subcultures and communities—including punk, metal, and disco—and sewing them together, they create new experiences from past items. Their philosophy as designers is: “What you need is actually a new experience, not new material.”

Founded in Melbourne Australia in 2006, Creature Technology Co. (CTC) revolutionised animatronic entertainment through the production of Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular. With a vision to emotionally connect an audience to a cast of prehistoric beasts, CTC used never before seen technology to set a new benchmark in storytelling through animatronics. Since then, CTC’s work has spanned throughout the globe and the many genres of live entertainment from arena shows and theatre productions to exhibitions and more recently, the world’s most awe-inspiring theme park attractions.

Benjamin Cisterne’s reputation is for finesse, excellence and a gutsy approach to design, based in light. Benjamin is known for creating bold designs that are integral to a project. He has 20 years of experience designing in museum, exhibition and performing arts contexts, and is passionate about the capability of light in spatial design, performance and its role in art. Benjamin has extensive experience working both nationally and internationally with diverse teams and projects, and his work has been recognised with Greenroom Awards, Sydney Theatre Awards and Illuminating Engineers Society awards on multiple occasions.