Tanya Voges is an interdisciplinary artist, facilitator and dance movement therapist, whose work is based on her history of dance. Through an attempt to constantly capture the ephemerality of dance, Tanya works with mark-making and performance drawing, through film and photography, interviews and spoken word. Tanya’s dance works bridge arts and health and engage with the community through site-specific performances, workshops and choreography for diverse groups from mothers with their babies, youth dance practice, and professional performers through to the elderly.
The Score is a contemporary dance work developed by Tanya Voges in collaboration with musician Belinda Gehlert and emerging dancers Alix Kuijpers, Fern Mines, Amelia Watson, and Queenie Wu. The project was supported by The Mill Dance Residency (2024), Dancehouse Melbourne’s Independent Choreographers Program (2024), and Adelaide Festival Centre’s inSPACE Development Program. At Restless were so happy to provide studio time for Tanya to create as she worked between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Drawing on neuroscience research and somatic practices, The Score explores the body as a vessel for memory and identity. Influenced by the works of polyvagal theorist Stephen Porges, neuroscientist Bessel Van Der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score), and leading dance movement therapists, the piece invites audiences to reflect on their physical experiences of life and the body’s role in holding memories.
The Score has been performed at The Mill and the Art Gallery of South Australia as part of the First Fridays – Runway Revival series, where it featured as a roving performance within the Radical Textiles exhibition.
“Thank you to the staff and funding bodies that support Restless Dance Theatre as during 2024 I appreciated being able to work in a dance specific studio. Combined with the support of Dancehouse’s Independent Choreographer’s Program, regular access to space was invaluable for my ongoing practice. My time in the studio contributed toward the creative research of a new work which has gone on to have multiple presentations in Melbourne and Adelaide, expanding the reach of SA based dance artists.” – Tanya Voges
- Thursday 6th February at 6pm at Adelaide Festival Centre for the inSPACE Development Program (work in progress with Q&A)
- Friday 7th March at 6.30pm & 7.30pm Performances within the Radical Textiles exhibition for Art Gallery of South Australia’s March First Friday event linked to the Adelaide Festival program (ticketed exhibition, free performance)
If you’d like further information: www.tanyavoges.com