Chunky Move is an Australian contemporary dance company from Southbank, Victoria Chunky Move was founded in 1995 and debuted at the Melbourne International Arts Festival with artistic director Gideon Obarzanek.
Chunky Move has toured extensively including the United States of America, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom, Colombia, Japan, Belgium, Canada, and Russia.
[citation needed] In 2011 Gideon Obarzanek announced that he would be stepping down as artistic director.
Anouk van Dijk was announced as the new artistic director, starting her new role in 2012.
Since commencing this role in April 2019, the team has been signalling the programming that would be characteristic of Chunky Move's future, including the presentation of Token Armies for Melbourne International Arts Festival 2019.