WORLD PREMIERE

When you enter an environment populated by varied lifeforms, animated machines and a set that itself seems to pulse and breathe, you know you're not in traditional dance territory. The first work created by Antony Hamilton since taking up the helm of Chunky Move, this visionary creation throws every rule to the wind.

Token Armies is a symphony of action, image and sound, and a collective experience through which audiences will make their own journey. Featuring a leviathan sculpture by Creature Technology Co. – the renowned creators of works such as King Kong and Walking with Dinosaurs – bio-mechanical forms that query the boundary between the living and the inanimate and an ensemble of 23 performers, this immersive spectacle explores the way labour becomes ritual and opens up opportunities for a future humanity.

Epic in scale, ambitious in conceit and utterly unforgettable in execution, this world premiere event is an evolutionary leap into an unknown tomorrow.

Concept, Direction & Choreography:
Antony Hamilton
Sculpture and Wearable Sculpture Design & Fabrication:
Creature Technology Co.
Assistant Choreographer & Rehearsal Director:
Melanie Lane
Costume Design:
Paula Levis
Lighting Design:
Bosco Shaw (ADDITIVE)
Sound Design:
Aviva Endean
Sound Consultant:
Madeline Flynn

Performers:
Jade Dickinson, Alice Dixon, Johsua Faleatua, Christina Guieb, Antony Hamilton, Samuel Hammet, Mitchell Harvey, Melanie Lane, Cody Lavery, Phillip Leitch, Gregory Lorenzutti, Kathleen Lott, Tiana Lung, Talitha Maslin, Amber McCartney, Damian Meredith, Callum Mooney, Josh Mu, Jessie Oshodi, Jack Riley, Harriet Ritchie-Jones, Kyall Shanks and Michaela Tancheff.