Kage Physical Theatre
Kage Physical Theatre is an Australian physical theatre/contemporary dance company. It was established in 1997 by Kate Denborough and Gerard Van Dyck, graduates of the Victorian College of the Arts. KAGE is a not-for-profit organisation which receives support from the public and private sectors. In 2001 Denborough and Van Dyck completed a three-month residency at the Australia Council Studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. Festival performances and awards. They have performed at a number of festivals including the Next Wave Festival, Melbourne: performing "Contamination" in (1998) and "No (Under)Standing Anytime  in 2000; and at the 2000 Asia Pacific Next Wave Festival in Japan performing This Side Up" and the 2008 ASSITEJ Adelaide 16th World Congress and Performing Arts Festival for Young People performing "Headlock". "Nowhere Man" developed for Kage earned Denborough the Australian Dance Award for outstanding achievement in independent dance. "Headlock" (2006) won five Green Room Awards and the Australian Dance Award for best male performer for Byron Perry. KAGE was Company in Residence at Arts Centre Melbourne in 2009, and in 2010 KAGE became a resident company at the Abbotsford Convent. KAGE and Alzheimer's Australia Vic were  awarded recognition for Good Partnering Practice in the 2011 Arts & Health Foundation Award category at the 2011 ABAF Awards for their partnership developed during the creation of "Sundowner".