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RAW TALENT: Amateurs Javier Bricenco and Matt ONeill star withprofessionals dancers in Untrained. Picture: Bruce Long

A fascination with the bizarre antics on a typical dance floor isthe inspirationbehind Untrained, writes BenDillon

THE Judith Wright Centre

will soon play host to theLucy Guerin productionof Untrained, which putstwo untrained male

dancers on stage with two profes-sionals in a free-form performance

where the difference in ability isstark, enlightening and oftencomedic.

Choreographer Guerin describesUntrained as an experimental workrather than a traditional danceperformance.

Its not a conventional danceexperience but more like an exper-

iment about how dance trainingforms movement, she says.

The effort and energy for theuntrained compared with traineddancers who are used to the rulesand construct of the (dance) pro-cess is something that I wanted toshow. We dont see ordinary mendancing because there is a tensionin letting go.

While Untrained began as a workshop exploring Guerinsinterest in choreographingfor non-dancers, the show has since playedto critical acclaim at the SydneyOpera House and at festivals inAdelaide, Perth and Hong Kong.

The audience are hopefullydrawn tothe effort of the untrainedas much as you are enthralled by

what the trained dancers do,Guerin says.

At the end I hope the audiencecomes away with a full portrait ofeach dancer.

TheBrisbane auditionssurprisedGuerin as men aged 18 to 53, with

vastly differing backgrounds,turned up to strut their stuff.

This was one of the mostterrific auditions I have ever run,Guerin says.

We had 40 men from all walksof life, including a geologist,carpenter and a resort owner fromCoochiemudlo Island.

We also had men who weremagicians, tradies, cooks, actorsand even a Special Olympics nat-ional swimming champion.

Matt ONeill, of Red Hill, and Javier Bricenco, of StaffordHeights, were the two chosen asthe untrained talent.

They will take turns at mirroringthe professionals moves, as well asexecuting traditional dance stepsdesigned to highlight the differ-ence in movement between trainedand untrained dancers.

The professional dancers areAntony Hamilton and AlisdairMacindoe, both Green RoomAward winners. Hamilton wasinvolved in the first production ofUntrained in 2009.

Both ONeill and Bricenco areexcited to be involved and lookingforward to the rehearsals, wherealong with the professional dancersthey will have input into thecontent of the show.

The attraction of dance forONeill is one of cultural access.One of the reasons I find it reallyfascinating is that people dontoften like to dance unless theyreeither good at it or drunk, he says.

I dont think that is fair becausedancing isnt supposed to be aboutif youre good or bad, its abouthaving fun. Everybody should haveaccess to it, which is what attractedme to Untrained.

Bricenco is keen to get back intod ancing, which has been aneglected aspect of his life sincecoming to Australia from his nativeColombia three years ago.

I couldnt live without danc-ing, says the 28-year-old account-ing student. But most of the clubshere dont play my music, likesalsa, so it feels like that part of my

body is dead at the moment.Dancing for me is like breakfast

or lunch. It is something I need todo, something that is part of myculture, my country, my family, myfriends and everything in Colombia.

Im quite excited, because it is a break from my boring life as anaccounting student.

Bricenco also says his cultural background gave him an advan-tage in the auditions. Im from

Colombia and people dance there because they think it is fun; it isvery different from Australia.

The notion behind Untrainedwas Guerins desire to explore howthe average male body moves

when dancing.I was thinking about the idea

for quite a long time, Guerin says.Over the years I watched un-

trained people grappling with for-mal dance moves and I wondered,why are they bothering?.

But that lack of body awarenessstarted to fascinate me because it issomething I could never choreo-graph myself and is something thattrained dancers cant emulate.

The idea of the untraineddancers providing a missing el-ement to the repertoire of thetrained dancers during the re-hearsal process is an alluring pros-pect for ONeill.

You see it in many areas of life,he says.

You can learn a lot fromsomeone who hasnt been indoctri-

nated in a certain form. But its notlike we are going to say to thetrained dancers, We have all theseinsights to show you because wehavent learnt anything.

Untrained is not all about danc-ing, though, with the performersdrawing, singing and talking aboutthemselves in the show.

I will work with Matt and Javierfor a week of workshop rehearsalsand they will have the chance tohelp create the show, Guerin says.

They will now face the funchallenge of following the dancesteps of two very experienced andskilled dancers on the same stage.

Perfect moves wont be thepoint. The purpose is for ONeill orBricenco to match the profes-sionals in their own entertaining

way.Its a very fun show for the

dancers and audiences alike.

Untrained, JudithWright Centre,May 13-14. Tickets $40/$35/$20.See www.jwcoca.qld.gov.au

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