What I Think About When I Think About Dancing is a contemporary interdisciplinary project that recently took place at the Cambelltown Arts Centre.

The project investigates the shifting boundaries and cross over of dance and visual art practices.  Campbelltown Arts Centre has brought together 23 dance and visual artists from across Australia and internationally to engage in residencies, performances, an exhibition and publication.

With an extensive residency program and multiple new work commissions, What I Think About When I Think About Dancing has a sharp focus on supporting the development of new work and presenting artists' process to the public. As part of the residency program, eleven artists, created new works on-site at Campbelltown Arts Centre from 16 to 27 November which were premiered at project's launch and forum in the form of performances, showings and installations.

Artists participating in the residency project included performance collective Brown Council (AUS), performance artist Rosie Dennis (AUS), cross-disciplinary artists Brian Fuata and Agatha Gothe-Snape (AUS) and Gabriella Mangano & Silvana Mangano (AUS). Internationally Campbelltown Arts Centre, in partnership with Critical Path, welcomes composer and sound artist Cathy Lane (UK) and Rosemary Butcher (UK), one of the United Kingdom's most consistently radical and innovative choreographers, to undertake a residency with four Australian dance artists.

Shigeyuki Kihara Talanoa: Walk the Talk III 2009 performance still Image: Susannah Wimberley Photography Courtesy the artist.

Mitch Cairns (AUS), video artist Kate Murphy (AUS), multimedia and performance artist Shigeyuki Kihara (NZ) and Aboriginal cross disciplinary artist Christian Thompson (AUS) presented new work. Other participating artists included internationally acclaimed Australian artists The Kingpins (AUS), Shaun Gladwell (AUS) and David Noonan (AUS), and emerging artists Laresa Kosloff (AUS) and James Newitt (AUS).
 
See http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/dancing for more information.