Wanted: Ballet for a contemporary democracy was based on a survey, taken by Chunky Move, of thousands of Australians. Their goal was to define the favourite choreography of the population with a multiple-choice questionnaire. Wanted is the result of this survey. A female voice reads the results and eight dancers illustrate the different responses on stage. Chunky Move is inspired from two Russian artists, Komar and Melamid, who, in 1993, organized a survey in the United States in order to paint the most democratically desired painting. With Wanted, Gideon Obarzanek and his company give us both: a socially engaged, subversive show and a documentary of contemporary dance.

Artistic direction: Gideon Obarzanek / Choreography: Gideon Obarzanek (with the dancers) / Dancers: Kristy Ayre, Fiona Cameron, Luke George, Anthony Hamilton, Carlee Mellow, Brooke Stamp and David Tyndall / Executive producer and narrator: Vivia Hickman / Rehearsal: David Tyndall / Sound System Designer: Byron Scullin and Luke Smiles / Motion Graphics Designer: Michaela French / Costumes: Jane Summers-Eve / Shadow figures: Michelle Heaven / Collaborators: Ben Cobham and Andrew Livingston (Bluebottle) / Production & Operations Manager: Donna Aston / Stage manager: Annette Dale Chunky Move is funded by The Victorian Government through the Arts Victoria (Department of Premier) and by Cabinet through The Australia Council, Arts funding & advisory body