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. This visionary creation throws every rule to the wind, and is the first work created by Antony Hamilton since taking up the helm of Chunky Move.

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 ­– this immersive spectacle explores the way labour becomes ritual and opens up opportunities for a future humanity. Bio-mechanical forms alongside an ensemble of 23 performers query the boundary between the living and the inanimate.

Token Armies is a bold statement of the kind of work Antony Hamilton champions: dance that goes beyond the frontier of the individual body, making porous the barriers that divide humans from each other and the natural and artificial worlds in which we move.

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

Behind the Scenes
Sat 19 Oct, 2-3pm
Chunky Move invites audiences to step behind the scenes of Token Armies in a free artist talk led by Artistic Director, Antony Hamilton and a selection of key creatives from the work.

Hear from Antony about the genesis of the work and from collaborating artists Aviva Endean (Sound Design), Sonny Tilders and Ben Forster (Creature Techonology Co.) as well as dancers Amber McCartney and Christina Guieb.
Free. Bookings required via Melbourne Festival