The Arts - Melbourne and Victoria - page 725

Dance
The Australian Ballet ( www.australianballet.com.au ) is the national ballet company and
considered one of the finest in the world. It performs regularly at Melbourne's Arts Centre,
with a program of classical and modern ballets.
Victoria's flagship contemporary dance company, Chunky Move
( www.chunkymove.com ) , is a tidy package of bold - often confronting - choreography,
pop-culture concepts, technically brilliant dancers, sleek design and smart marketing. The
artistic director and choreographer who founded the company in 1995, Gideon Obarzanek,
moved on in 2012, and was succeeded by acclaimed Dutch choreographer Anouk van Dijk.
Kage Physical Theatre is a modern dance company producing innovative, challenging,
humorous and highly entertaining performances. The company became a resident at the
Abbotsford Convent in 2010 and is a partnership between Kate Denborough and Gerard
Van Dyck, who met while studying a Bachelor of Dance at the Victorian College of Arts.
Melbourne is also home to a few other acclaimed contemporary choreographers. Lucy
Guerin has a small, eponymous company that has attracted high praise from the New York-
er magazine's Joan Acocella. Shelley Lasica locates her work in non-theatre spaces, collab-
orating with visual artists and architects; her works blur the lines between dance and per-
formance art.
Melbourne is a 'must-see' destination for many British travellers primarily because it's home to the TV pro-
gram Neighbours . Pin Oak Ct in Vermont South is the suburban street that has been the show's legendary
'Ramsay Street' for more than 20 years.