In March and April, we enjoyed the company of the inimitable video artist Zoe Scoglio, who ventured from Melbourne town to balmy Darwin for a new dance film project with Tracks. Zoe created not one, but TWO stunning site-specific dance films! The first, entitled “TO SAND” was a collaboration with Tracks’ Choreographic Program participants Bilha Smith, Ashley Dougan, Deni Ranasinghe, Theeradet (Teddy) Suphannabutt, Jacqui Willcocks and Kristi Renfrey, led by Dance Animateur Jess Devereux. Movement phrases were performed up trees at Frog’s Hollow Centre for the Arts gardens and along Mindil Beach at sunset. Following one week of playing with costumes, make-up and choreography in Darwin, Zoe and Jess then ventured with their cameras to Alice Springs. They spent five days working with the fantastic Dusty Feet Dance Collective, comprising dance artists Miriam Nicholls (nee Bond), Sila Crossley and Hayley Michener. The creative team of five developed costume ideas and choreographic scores at the Alice Springs Youth Centre, then headed out to the stunning Clay Pans, a vast expanse of water, red earth and desert plains. An epic film shoot from daytime until nightfall ensued, full of laughter and mud caked bodies. The result is a dance film entitled “TO CLAY.” 

Zoe Scoglio is a media artist who creates video and sound for public, performance based and site-specific outcomes. Current work involves spontaneous collaborations and explorations into transformation and ritual. As well as her solo and commissioned works, Zoe is a collaborator and curator with Melbourne based artist-run-initiative, Tape Projects and The Gaylord Sisters.

See "TO SAND" and "TO CLAY" http://www.tracksdance.com.au/year-dragon-choreographic-program