Kriszta Doczy
Kriszta Doczy | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 9, 1948 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Known for | Founder of Contemporary Arts Media |
Kriszta Doczy (formerly Krisztina Bodonyi) (born October 9 1948) is a Hungarian Australian film producer and founder of Contemporary Arts Media, a distributor of art films.
Kriszta Doczy has worked with experimental theatre companies in Europe for nearly twenty years. She has worked with theatre and dance companies and has taught at universities and performing arts schools Australia-wide. She established and managed a theatre company, Shadow Industries (1996-1999), a physical theatre training school (1993-1999) and a film production/distribution company, Contemporary Arts Media (1996 – present), recognised as a significant company for Australian artists. [1]
In 1999-2000 she taught and directed as Assistant Professor at City University of New York. She also taught actors and dancers in Manhattan and worked for Off Broadway theatres. After finishing a degree in Psychology she now works as managing director of her company, Contemporary Arts Media. Based in Melbourne, Australia, CAM is an international production and distribution company of arts related films.
Artist in residencies and teaching
Between 1991 and 1998 Kriszta Doczy taught at the following Australian educational institutions:
- Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
- Notre Dame University – Perth, Western Australia
- University of Western Australia - Western Australia
- Drama Action Centre - Sydney, NSW
- Ballarat University - Victoria, Australia
- National Theatre Drama School, Victoria, Australia
- HUSH (School of Contemporary Mime and Non-verbal Theater) Perth, Western Australia
- Murdoch University - Western Australia
- Edith Cowan University - Western Australia
- Deakin University - Victoria, Australia
- La Trobe University - Victoria, Australia
- Monash University - Victoria, Australia
- Ministry of Education, WA, Longmore Detention Centre
- TEACHERS TRAINING: Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane
Kriszta Doczy then moved to New York for 2 years, invited by the City University of New York, Queens College, Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance. During this time she also taught at the CONTEXT Studio and at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburg).
Performing, Directing & Choreography
New York
- KAFKA: THE TRIAL - 1999-2000, NEW YORK Queens College, Director/Adaptor
- TOURING: Suwon Hwasong Fortress International Theatre and Dance Festival
- RAQUELAN by Nora Glickman - Adaptation, Dramaturgy, Cornell University
Australia
- The Mule's Foal - Perth Theatre Company (Movement Director)
- Mrozek: Tango - Shadow Industries Theatre (Company Director / Choreographer)
- Do You Love Me? - by Peter Carey Shadow Industries Theatre (Company Producer / Director / Choreographer)
- Kafka - The Trial - Murdoch Performing Group (Adaptor / Director)
- Endangered Men - Physical Theatre (Director / Producer)
- The Deliverance of Dancing Bears - Barking Gecko Theatre Company, Festival of Perth production (Movement Director)
- MakingALICE - Spare Parts Theatre (Choreography)
- Connections ... or Whatever - Perth City Ballet (Choreography)
- Love and all sort of things... Perth City Ballet (Choreography)
- One-Way Ticket - (Producer, Writer, Director, Performer)
- Festival of Perth - Street Theatre performance with HUSH School of Mime and Non-verbal Theatre (Director / Choreographer)
- On the Beach - Perth City Ballet Overseas Tour (Program Choreographer)
- There's a Desert in my Teapot - Spare Parts Theatre, Festival of Perth (Performer)
International Tours 1996 - 1999
- Raw Festival, Singapore: Kafka: The Trial (Murdoch Performance Group from Perth)
- Suwon Hwasong Fortress International Theatre and Dance Festival Korea: Kafka: The Trial (Queens Company from New York)
International Tours 1969 - 1983 with the Domino Dance Company
- Amsterdam - Holland: International Mime Festival
- Prague - Czechoslovakia: World Festival of Mime
- Vienna and Insbruck - Austria: Cafe Theater
- Wroclav - Poland: Festival of Experimental Theatre
- Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao): 3rd International Theatre Festival
- Poland: Guest performances with regional companies
- Toronto - Canada: CBC Television production: “No Re-entry”
- Sofia, Varna - Bulgaria: National Theatre
- Vienna - Austria: Television Film: “The Silent Theatre”
- Bonn - Germany: Summer Festival
- Koln - Germany: “Gaukler 1980” Festival
- Germany, Holland - Guest performances
Publications
Teaching resources:
- Mime, Mask and Mask Making. 3 video films (60 min. each)
- Physical Theatre - Butoh and Beyond Physical Acting: Characters (2001, Book and masks)
- A Workshop In Biomechanics
- Expressive Gestures
- Foreman Planet
- Stelarc - The Body is Obsolete
Contemporary Arts Media
From 2000, Krisztina Doczy has been managing her proprietary limited company Contemporary Arts Media which produces and distributes arts films.
References
- ^ "An Arts Treasure Chest", RealTime magazine, 66, April-May 2005