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Associate Artists
Ian Baker
hs_IanBaker.jpgIAN BAKER graduated from the University of Birmingham Theatre Arts programme in 1990. Since then he has worked in theatre and drama education in the UK and Asia. When living in England he worked for LanguageAlive, one of the country’s premier TIE companies, as an actor teacher. In addition to his full time teaching role, he also developed and ran an extensive training programme for drama educators across the UK’s second city. Since 1996 Ian has lived and worked in Hong Kong. It is in his role here as Head of Drama and Theatre Arts at one of the territories major English language international schools that he began to work with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre, who have subsequently trained teachers and students, both in Hong Kong and Australia. Ian is currently seconded from his teaching role, working as drama development advisor for the English School Foundation, and it is with this opportunity that the involvement as producer with Hong Kong: Fa Hoi Fu Kwai begins.

 

 
Katrina Cornwell

hs_katrinacornwall.jpgKATRINA CORNWELL is a performer and teacher. Recently (08/09) she toured throughout Europe, America and Australia as part of The Danger Ensemble, performing with internationally acclaimed singer Amanda Palmer. Katrina has previously worked extensively with Brisbane based physical theatre company Zen Zen Zo. In 2008 she performed in Zen Zen Zo's Sub-Con Warrior Version 2.0 (a co-production with the Judith Wright Centre) and the Butoh inspired Zeitgeist. Katrina also performed in the Zen Zen Zo productions of Dracula (2007), Sub-Con Warrior 1 (2006), the schools touring production of Romeo and Juliet (2004-6), the Butoh inspired production Those With Lucifer (2005) and The Odyssey (2004). Katrina has trained extensively in The Suzuki Method of Actor Training, The Viewpoints and Butoh dance theatre. In 2008 she attended the Suzuki Company of Toga Summer Intensive (Toga, Japan) with Tadashi Suzuki and Ellen Lauren. In 2005 Katrina received Arts Queensland support to attend the London DAIWA Butoh festival and studied with Tadashi Endo, Katsurakan and Yuko Kawamoto.

 

 
James Kable
hs_jameskable.jpgJAMES has spent twenty years working as an actor, director, administrator and teacher for La Boite, TN!, the Queensland Theatre Company, Toadshow, QUT and Warner Brothers, among others. He has been teaching young Queenslanders to act since 1995, when he first started tutoring at QUT. Since then he has taught hundreds of young hopefuls the rudiments of the craft. In addition to his university work, he has traversed Queensland since 2001, conducting workshops as part of the Queensland Theatre Company’s Regional Partnerships Program and has been a regular tutor in the company’s Theatre Residency Week. In 2005 he was appointed Artist‐in‐Residence at LASALLE‐SIA College of the Arts in Singapore, where he
taught acting to Acting and to Musical Theatre students. Since 2005, he has been proud to be an Artistic Associate at Zen Zen Zo, tutoring the core company and interns in aspects of naturalistic acting.
 
Steph Kehoe
hs_StephKehoe.jpgSTEPH trained in movement, mask and mime at Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She has also studied commedia d'ell arte with Marcello Magni, devising with Theatre de Complicite and the Suzuki method with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre. In 2000, she co-founded Theatre Desequilibrium – an international ensemble of performers and musicians. The company have performed original works throughout Europe, the UK and Brazil (including Dix Sur le Pont [2000], Haut-Bas-Fragile [2001], Circo Elefante [2003]). In 2002, the company initiated a project of artistic and pedagogical exchange with Movimento Pro-Crianca in Brazil. The exchange culminated in a production of Brecht's Good Person of Setsuan performed by disadvantaged young people from Recife. Steph has taught physical theatre and improvisation for a number of companies (including Volcano Theatre Co, Epic Arts, s.e., Eastside) throughout the UK and Europe in a wide range of theatrical and community settings. She is currently based in Switzerland where she is developing a project with hearing and non-hearing performers.
 
Rachel Konyi
hs_RachelKonyi.jpgRACHEL was a original founding member of Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre and was an Artistic Associate until 1997, having designed all production up until that point. These included: The Marriage of Figaro (Stage X Festival), The Cult of Dionysus (Brisbane Festival), the original 1995 production of Macbeth in Japan, and Butoh productions Unleashed, The Way of Mud, and Never the Elephant. In 2000 Rachel designed Seneca’s Oedipus and co-designed The Man Who Sold The World (Brisbane Festival) for Zen Zen Zo.
Among her other designs are Waiting for Godot directed by Sean Mee and Jean Genet’s The Maids. In 1997 she was awarded a Matilda Commendation for excellence in theatre design. In 1998 at the Queensland Theatre Company she was assistant designer for Sweet Panic and co-designer for children’s show The Blood and Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak.
She has also worked in design production on three Adelaide Festivals, two Asia Pacific Triennials of Contemporary Art, the Sydney Festival and the Out Of The Box Festival.
Since graduating from the University of Queensland Department of Architecture in 1989 with a Bachelor of Design Studies, Rachel has combined her stage design career with work in architectural practice.
 
Helen Smith
Helen.jpgHELEN, a former core company member from July 2003 to July 2004, is now an associate artist, and continues to train, perform and teach with the company. Helen was a participant of Zen Zen Zo’s inaugral internship program in 2003/4.
Her first contact with the company was in 1993, Kyoto, Japan where she started her training in physical theatre and Butoh. She performed in Zen Zen Zo’s The Cult of Dionysus (1994) and played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth: As Told by the Weird Sisters (1995).
Other credits with the company include: Steven Mitchell Wright’s those with Lucifer (2005), The Odyssey, playing the roles of sea nymph, suitor and Ulysses’ mother (2004), Romeo and Juliet Creative Development (2003), Tokyo Vogue Butoh piece (2002), Ashes Creative Development (1999).
Helen returned to Japan in 2000/2001 to pursue her Butoh training in Tokyo, where she studied and performed with leading figures such as Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno, the late Motofuji, and Dairakudakan. She now assists with teaching Butoh for Zen Zen Zo.
Helen graduated with a B.Ed (hons) and a major in Theatre-in-Education from the UK. She moved to Australia in 2001 and has lived in Brisbane since then. She currently works as a teacher trainer at the University of Queensland’s Institute for Continuing and TESOL Education.
 
Mark Hill

hs_markhill.jpgMARK HILL has been performing with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre since 2003. He will perform in Zeitgeist at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August this year. Other credits with the company include: The Dairakudakan Project (09); Zeitgeist (08); Tokyo Vogue (08/07); Dracula (07); An End to Dreaming (06); World Shakespeare Congress (06); …those with Lucifer (05) and; The Odyssey (04).

Mark has performed with Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls) as part of The Danger Ensemble (World Tour 08 -09, Australian Tour 08, Edinburgh 07). He has been a Butoh dancer with Dairakudakan (Japan, 07); Yoshimoto Daisuke (Japan, 06); SU-EN Butoh Company (Sweden, 05) and; Yoshioka Yumiko (Germany, 05).

Mark has a Bachelor of Education and teaches Physical Theatre nationally and internationally (Thailand 07, Japan 06). He was the Adult Education Co-ordinator for Zen Zen Zo (08). He teaches at all levels of education (including QUT 08) and has taught the professional year students at the Queensland Ballet (08)

 
Colin Webber
Colin.jpgCOLIN has a long association with Zen Zen Zo since composing for the 1994 Kyoto season of Macbeth. Since that time he has adapted this score three times and written music for seven more Zen Zen Zo productions: Unleashed, The Man Who Sold The World, Steel Flesh, Oedipus, The Odyssey, Wicked Bodies and those With Lucifer. He has also written music for several Queensland Theatre Company productions, Television documentaries and short films along with numerous forays into the pop production world. Colin is currently teaching at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and conducting research into cross-disciplinary collaboration.
 
Steven Mitchell Wright

hs_StephenWright.jpgFrom 2003 - 2007 STEVEN was the Associate Director and Senior Teacher of/for Brisbane based theatre company, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre. During this time, his credits included: The Lost Lords (Director/Designer. Hong Kong 07), Dracula (Director/Designer. Old Museum - Brisbane 07), An End to Dreaming (Director/Designer/Performer. Brisbane/London/Hong Kong 06), Slide (Director/Designer/Performer. London/Brisbane 06), Persia (Director. Australian Business Arts Foundation Annual Awards Ceremony 06), Macbeth (Director/Actor. World Shakespeare Congress Opening Ceremony 06), Sub-Con Warrior 1 (Co-Director/Actor/Choreographer. Site Specific Outdoor Work - Brisbane 06 Winner of 2 Del Arte Awards - Best Director and Best New Work), those with Lucifer (Director/Choreographer/Designer. Substation 4, Brisbane 05), XLD Express: The Mayne Inheritance (Co-Director. QPAC, Cremorne Theatre - Brisbane 04), The Odyssey (Actor, Asst. Movement Director. QPAC, Cremorne Theatre - Brisbane 04), Romeo and Juliet (Director/Actor/Designer. Queensland Arts Council Tour, Independant QLD Tour, National Education Conference, DVD release - Brisbane, Sydney, Hong Kong 04 - 07) as well as a number of secondary schools residencies including The Dream (Director/Designer. Kelvin Grove State College 06) and Azdak's Garden (Director/Designer. Brisbane Girls Grammar - The Judith Wright Centre 05).

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