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Michelle Heaven interviewed by Shirley McKechnie in the Conceiving connections oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 877610
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline
Author
Heaven, Michelle, 1972-
 
Online Versions
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 2003. 
1 digital audio tape (ca. 60 min.) 
Series

Conceiving connections oral history project.

Summary

Michelle Heaven speaks about her early dance training in Adelaide with Joanna Priest; the influence of her aunt, dancer Lisa Heaven; her first interest in imagery as a creative tool; the importance of her work with Sue Healey and Vis-a-Vis Dance Canberra as a catalyst for further development, in particular film material made in conjunction with Healey's work Fugue - in Pursuit of Flight; the benefits of making dance for film; the making of her dance film Interior which won an award at the Inaugural Reel Dance Festival; her interest in detail, working within confined spaces and confined movement, her recent work Disagreeable Object; and her collaborations with Phillip Adams on his work Upholster.

Heaven also speaks about the various elements of the installation that formed part of her Masters degree from the Victorian College of the Arts, including the input from film maker Louise Curram and visual artist Carlo Golin and the influence on her of American installation artist Bill Viola. She talks about her future and the potential for her further creative development, and concludes the interview by reading from her Masters thesis a section about the use and effects of distortion in film and video recordings.

Notes

Recorded on March 20, 2003 at Elwood, Vic.

Also available online via the Internet at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.oh-vn877610

Index/Finding Aid Note Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 31 leaves) 
Subjects Heaven, Michelle, - 1972- - Interviews.  |  Dancers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Modern dance - Australia - Audio-visual aids.  |  Dance - Technological innovations.  |  Dance production - Australia - Audio-visual aids.  |  Choreography - Technological innovations.
Occupation Dancers.
Other authors/contributors McKechnie, Shirley, 1926-

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