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                    Deanne Butterworth

                    Test Sites: Round 1

                    Test sites artist deanne butterworth
                    Deanne Butterworth is a choreographer and a dancer.

                    Deanne has worked with Shelley Lasica (1995-2015), performed with Danceworks, Phillip Adams BalletLab; collaborated and performed with Jo Lloyd; worked with choreographers Brooke Stamp, Maria Hassabi, Lee Serle, Tim Darbyshire, Shian Law and in works by artists Alicia Frankovich, Helen Grogan, David Rosetzky & Linda Tegg.

                    Deanne, has shown her work at West Space, Lucy Guerin Inc, National Gallery of Victoria, Dancehouse, PAF (France), Dance New Amsterdam, (NYC), Centre for Contemporary Photography (with Shelley Lasica), and Hong Kong Fringe, (with Jo Lloyd).

                    Recent work: Doublage (Dance Massive 13); Regarding Yesterday, by Adva Zakai, Slopes; Intermission, (Maria Hassabi, ACCA); Entitled Title, (Tim Darbyshire, Keir Award); Siteless Now, National Gallery of Victoria; Solos For Other People (Shelley Lasica, Dance Massive 15) and developments with Lee Serle (Activate), and Shian Law (Vanishing Point).

                    Re-enactments

                    I proposed three sites: St.Paul's Cathedral, the forecourt of the State Library of Victoria, and the privately owned plaza at the rear of 360 Collins Street.

                    I undertook research for all sites two months prior to testing day. I visited each site and observed from both within the site, across the street and other buildings. Due to various reasons I was only able to undertake actual testing at the one site- outside St. Paul's Cathedral.

                    Over 5 hours I conducted interview with visitors, watched people relax on the site, interviewed boys who visited the site at least twice a day, interviewed a woman doing her PHD on the affect bird poo has on public sculptures and re-enacted a work called Doublage that was initially performed outdoors in Errol Street North Melbourne for Dance Massive 2013.

                    This work took place with the assistance of another dancer, Daniel Newell.

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