Happy Hour #12
A WINTER HAPPY HOUR TURNED GLORIOUS SUMMER!
We are delighted to announce the new date for the twelfth edition of our Happy Hour Series.
Artists: Tra Mi Dinh; Cleo Mees with Poppy Burnett; Victoria Hunt, Moe Clark and James Brown.
Tra Mi Dinh will perform Not The Piece - a nod to the dismissed, forgotten, silly, or potentially perfect alternate ideas that get thrown around the rehearsal room. These fleeting mo(ve)ments are offered another life in a fresh context for practically the same purpose.
Cleo Mees will present Feeling Good - a work about the precarity, pleasure and meaning of work for the artist-academic under neoliberalism. Part story and part essay, its protagonist grapples with an overpowering loss of faith in her line of work. As she searches for a new way to ascribe value to the things in her life, she finds sustenance (and maybe answers) in everyday pleasures, feminist writing, and the muddy beauty of team sport. The work is made in collaboration with artist Poppy Burnett.
Victoria Hunt will share work from Weather Beings - her project with her ongoing collaborators Moe Clark and James Brown.
Happy Hour #12 will also feature a fundraising bar with beer supplied by Capital Brewing Co. and wine by Annandale Cellars. Join us from 5pm for a drink on the verandah to raise funds for ReadyMade's programs and to celebrate the re-emergence of live performance after a difficult year!
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th December
Time: 6pm
Tickets: $15
Happy Hour
Happy Hour is ReadyMade Works' signature short works program showcasing the extraordinary practices of Sydney's independent dance artists.
Initiated by Linda Luke and Samantha Chester in 2016, Happy Hour is the platform for encountering the diverse and uncompromising work being made by local dance artists.
Namu Nunar by Katina Olsen Image: Matthew Syres
Leaning into the Liminal by Kristina Chan Image: Matthew Syres
Dusking Dumbshow by Lizzie Thomson Image: Matthew Syres
Namu Nunar by Katina Olsen Image: Matthew Syres
Happy Hour History
2021
Happy Hour #11
The Street Elite Edition
Curated by: Nick Power
Featuring: Booyakasha, Tony Oxybel and Stale Biskitz
2020
Happy Hour #10
Curated by: Adelina Larsson and Rhiannon Newton
Featuring: Linda Luke, Lee Serle and Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal
2019
Happy Hour #9
Curated by: Adelina Larsson and Rhiannon Newton
Featuring: Kristina Chan, Zachary Lopez and Lizzie Thomson
Writer: Jodie McNeilly-Renaudie
Happy Hour #8
Curated by: Patricia Wood, Rhiannon Newton and Adelina Larsson
Featuring: Katina Olsen, Ryuichi Fujimura and Murasaki Penguin (Ana Kuroda and David Kirkpatrick)
Writer: Cleo Mees
published in ADSR Zine
Writer: Nikki Heywood
2018
Happy Hour #7
Curated by: Julie-Anne Long
Featuring: Martin del Amo and Anton, Kathy Cogill and Nikki Heywood and Tony Osborne
2017
Happy Hour #6
Co-presented with Critical Path
Curated by: Linda Luke
Featuring: Lucky Lartey, Vicky van Hout, Matt Cornell and Heidrun Löhr
Happy Hour #5
Curated by: Martin del Amo
Featuring: Raghav Handa, Sara Black and Rosie Dennis
Happy Hour #4
Curated by: Narelle Benjamin
Featuring: Linda Luke and Martin Fox, Timothy Ohl, Benjamin Hancock and Julie-Anne Long
Happy Hour #3
Curated by: Kathryn Puie
Featuring: Kathryn Puie, Ivey Wawn and Chloe Fournier
Happy Hour #2
Curated by: Linda Luke
Featuring: Angela French, Paea Leach, Justin Shoulder and Ryuichi Fujimura
Happy Hour #1
Curated by: Diane Busuttil
Featuring: Omer and Sharon Backley-Astrachan and Murasaki Penguin