I Liked It...But I Didn’t Know What The F#!k It Was About

Naarm-based Joel Bray is a proud Wiradjuri dancer and performance-maker who performed with European companies and choreographers and with CHUNKY MOVE.

Joel’s intimate dance-theatre encounters in unorthodox spaces spring from his Wiradjuri heritage, and use humour to engage audiences in rituals about sex, history, trauma and healing.

Joel’s major works- Biladurang, Dharawungara, Daddy, Considerable Sexual License (presented at Northcote Town Hall) and I Liked It, BUT - have toured to the Brisbane, Sydney, Darwin, Midsumma, Auckland, LiveWorks and Dance Massive Festivals and Arts Centre Melbourne.

Joel was the 2019 National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellow, a New Breed choreographer with Sydney Dance Company and is Chunky Move’s inaugural Choreographer-in-Residence.

Naarm based producer and songwriter Max Lawrence specialises in the cathartic and the chaotic, blending hi-fi grooves and experimental electronica with larger than life art pop.

Their debut EP ‘Chlorophyll’ is an introspective look at how reconnecting to nature can heal states of apathy. Max has since released a trio of singles with a satirical edge influenced by 80’s groove music with an eye towards the future.

As a queer, non-binary artist, Max's music champions multiplicity, and their genre-fluid sound has been showcased at Gaytimes Festival, Honcho Disko, delivered Live, orchestrated performances at Midsumma Festival as well as pre-pandemic headline shows.

Some of Max's influences would be the likes of St Vincent, Bjork, John Grant, Gorillaz, James Blake, Kate Bush and many more.