For over a decade, Adelaide dancer
Roz Hervey worked closely with Force Majeure. For her performance in Kate Champion's
Same, Same But Different in 2002, she received the
Ausdance award for outstanding performance by a female dancer.
Geoff Cobham was associate director of the company from 2002 to 2012, before moving to
Adelaide to join the
State Theatre Company of South Australia as lighting designer.
Never Did Me Any Harm (2012), exploring
parenting, was a joint production with
Sydney Theatre Company which premiered at the
Sydney Festival, and starred actors
Marta Dusseldorp, Vincent Crowley, and
Heather Mitchell. Dancer
Sarah-Jayne Howard performed a "marvelous, rigorous, confronting solo dance work", according to
Sydney Arts Guide reviewer David Kary. Champion directed the work, with Cobham responsible for set design and lighting.
Andrew Upton acted as dramaturg, with Roz Hervey as associate director and
Geordie Brookman as assistant director, while Max Lyandvert composed the music. The production also played at the
Adelaide Festival in 2012, and was reprised in 2016, touring to regional
New South Wales,
Tasmania, and
Victoria. Another notable work was
Nothing to Lose (2015), concerning fat bodies and featuring large-bodied performers. The work, performed as part of the Sydney Festival, was choreographed by Champion and her artistic associate, Kelli Jean Drinkwater, an internationally known "
fat activist".
You Animal, You, which explored the
sense of smell, also premiered at the Sydney Festival, and also starred Heather Mitchell, who co-wrote the script with artistic director Danielle Micich.
The Guardian reviewer was impressed by "the birth scene, so vividly portrayed by
Australian Dance Theatre's Harrison Elliot". == References ==