In 2001 Rosalind went to Europe with her ensemble for a 2 month residency at Monty Antwerp, afterwards touring traffic to the Centre National de la Danse Paris, Tanzfabrik Berlin and Les Plateaux of La Biennale nationale de danse du Val-de-Marne Paris. She was subsequently commissioned by the director of the Biennale, Michel Caserta to create her solo, raft and quartet tread. Raft was presented as a work-in-progress at Tanzfabrik Berlin as part of artsaustraliaberlin02 and selected as one of four Australian companies¹ work for the 2002 Novembre Australien festival in Paris. Tread was developed through a residency at Tanzfabrik and Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin, with a combination of Australian and German artists and premiered in the 12th Biennale du Val-de-Marne, March 2003. Raft and tread played in Omeo Dance¹s berlinXchange program at Performance Space, Sydney, May 2003. Rosalind is currently working between Sydney, Paris and Berlin.

Proximity was developed over a two month period flollowing earlier contact and exchanges. I was invited to create the work with the dancers of keiko Takeya's Contemporary Dance Co. Originally the work was made with 5 dancers and later adapted for touring with 2. The process was extremely challenging, particularly the confrontation of cultural values in relation to artistic decision-making. What to us was frustrating diplomacy, to the Japanese was essential conduct. The work resulted in more of a parallel presentation of difference rather than an exchange or integration.

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