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ACT Independent Dance Artists
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25.01.2022 Anni Wawrzynczak is the Stage Manager Mother to dance in the ACT and she has released a book!! From Anni; I’m so pleased to be able to let you all know that the long journey has come to fruition. How local art made Australia’s National Capital was released yesterday by the fabulous ANU Press. You can purchase a hard copy from ANU Press website or... most wonderfully... you can download it for free!
24.01.2022 Karin Adriansdatter is a performing and visual artist. She works as a disability support worker and is a certified Montessori Model United Nations (MMUN) teacher coordinator. I have been piecing a new quilt using fabric from a collection of scraps from my mother’s basement of treasures, fabric that dates back to the 1930’s. I can see the skirt worn by my mother as a teen, the Easter dresses belonging to my sisters, or a shirt of dad’s in these scraps. Mum saw the potential ...in every bit of cloth and this vision held promise for a future use. This quilt is of uniformly sized small squares where no square is next to another square of the same fabric. It is a kind of fabric improvisation and a creative response to thoughts about equality. It takes time, precision and effort to cut each square from the ragged scraps. As I cut, I think about my family and how creativity sustains us all through hard times and difficulties.
22.01.2022 Liz Lea turned to nostalgia in Covid times and reached out to her fab friends to make this little beauty... We should all be queen for a day! https://vimeo.com/416101561
20.01.2022 Don't forget!! QL2 Dance Inc (Canberra, Australia) and Liz Lea Dance have shows this weekend. QL2 presents HOT TO TROT 2020, an opportunity for the Quantum Leap ensemble to choreograph and create short new contemporary dance works.... And Liz Lea's Interconnect bringing dance, design and connection to DESIGN Canberra https://designcanberrafestival.com.au/event/interconnect/ We can't wait to see what they all create!
20.01.2022 Katie Senior a Canberran artist and athlete with Down Syndrome. She has been dancing and performing since age five and represents Australia as a paralympic swimmer. She has choreographed and performed in many dance, thratre and film works. She was lead actress in Beautiful, a movie directed by Genevieve Clay and produced in Canberra. She has performed at Belconnen Arts Centre, Ralph Wilson Theatre, The Department for Innovation, Industry and Science, Parliament House and at T...EDx Canberra 2018. Katie was awarded the honour of being the 2017 ACT Dance Artist of the Year and nominated as Young Person of the Year at the 2018 Inclusion Awards. Katie is currently working with Rebus Theatre and Liz Lea. She works one day a week for the ACT Down Syndrome Association. Photo; Image; woman wearing a black dress holding her arms across her body and standing in front of a projection of chromosomes
20.01.2022 Philip Piggin trained and has worked in Australia and overseas. While in the UK he worked with a number of companies and as a Community Dance Animateur in Wales, during which time he created his own company Men Dancing. He has subsequently worked throughout Australia for many arts, educational and community groups, and also served on various boards and arts funding authorities. He is now based at Belconnen Arts Centre, where he manages the first Dance for Wellbeing progra...m in Australia, specifically designed for seniors, and people with Parkinson’s and/or Dementia. A Churchill Fellow, he was awarded Honorary Life Membership of People Dancing - the UK foundation organization for community dance, and twice shortlisted for Services to Dance for the Australian Dance Awards. Image; man standing on one leg with other raised to the knee and above his hip in a shaft of light with black curtains and wooden floor
18.01.2022 Gretel Burgess kept busy during Covid... she continues to facilitate many dance, drama and social work workshops throughout Canberra, including parenting workshops through the Messengers Program at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre, teaching dance classes for the Canberra Dance Theatre GOLD over 55-year-old group and teens group, filming dance classes for the Dance for Wellbeing program through the Belconnen Arts Centre. Gretel is constantly seeking opportunities to bring her passions together, Mental health and Wellbeing and the Performing Arts. Image; older woman with head bowed in bright embroidered shawl. Younger woman holding her from behind and looking up. Mother and daughter.
16.01.2022 News Flash! Australian Dance Party launches their latest Move to Zero films tomorrow! These film incite people to move to zero emissions and they involve a wide range of ACT professionals, community and young dancers. It's this Thursday 24th Sep 12pm at the Palace Electric Cinema. ... Tickets are free but you need to be booked due to Covid. https://www.facebook.com/events/2688812434780198/
16.01.2022 Apsaras Arts Canberra are led by Nandana Chellappah who began her training as a Bharatha Natyam dancer at the age of 5 under the tutelage of the groundbreaking Rukmini Devi at the Kalakshetra School of Dance in India, and received her Diploma in Dance from Kalakshetra in 1975. Many stunning artists have come from her tutelage. Photo; Andrew Sikorski Image; Three women in white and red saris - one standing and tow others kneeling each side of her with their arms stretched out and intricate gestures made with their hands. An image of the moon sits behind them by Ari Rex
15.01.2022 In the middle of Covid we would gather weekly on Zoom to share experiences, support and dance...
15.01.2022 Liz Lea is running a holiday dance program for disabled and non disabled dancers from the 5-9th October in collaboration with the National Museum of Australia. Any independents who would like to drop in and join is welcome - get in touch with Liz Lea. Thanks also to Canberra Dance Theatre - CDT as well! Picture; Andrew Sikorski Image; dancers wearing black reaching arms up to the left and standing in front of an image of the moon. featuring an image by Ari Rex
14.01.2022 Divyusha Polepalli is a Canberra based Dancer and Choreographer, specializing in the Indian classical dance form of Kuchipudi- which was named after the south Indian village where this dance form originated. Divyusha discovered her passion for this art form and pursued Master’s in performing arts at the university of Hyderabad and was later granted the Junior research fellowship to pursue PHD in the field. She had performed this artform at various venues in India, Australia Including the National Gallery of Australia and the BOLD Festival. Photo; Andrew Sikorski Image; Woman with intricate gold head jewellery in red and green sari reaches out her right hand towards the camera. Flare of light behind her as she smiles gently.
13.01.2022 Chenoeh Miller is another local Independent mover - after 15 years as an actor and physical theatre performer, Chenoeh found her home in 2006 as a director of dancers, circus and physical theatre performers through her company Little Dove Theatre Art and her actor training method the Theatre of Love. She is largely inspired by Japanese butoh dance and particularly by Berlin based butoh masters Yumiko Yoshioka and Minako Seki. Chenoeh’s shows have received multiple 5-star revi...ews and awards including: for Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall: Scotland on Sunday Best Director Award, Herald Angel Award, Melbourne Fringe Best Dance, and the Gasworks Award. And for Evangeline: Sydney Fringe Festival: Best in Theatre Award, Director of the Year Award, Directors Choice Award (2019); Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award for Best Physical Theatre/Circus 2019 and Canberra Critics Circle Award. In addition to her own practice, Chenoeh continues to create platforms for performers through many festivals and venues at home and abroad. Photo; Martin Ollman Image; woman with dark hair looking directly ahead with black top on against pale blue background. She is currently an advocate for the arts in Canberra and a live programs officer at Belco Arts, Performance Curator for Art, Not Apart and the director of Sound and Fur
13.01.2022 Olivia Fyfe always keeps very busy working across the ACT. For the reminder of 2020 Olivia will be choreographing for QL2 Dance Inc (Canberra, Australia)’s Chaos Project Touch and working/performing with Australian Dance Party alongside her teaching and creating work. Photo; Jeremy Jackson Image; woman with deep red hair smiles brightly for the camera in peach coloured top standing against green leaves.
11.01.2022 Natsuko Yonezawa is directing and performing in a new work at Belconnen Arts Centre on the 1st and 2nd October. Belco Arts’ Mess will be a unique theatre experience that is not to be missed. Join exciting new director Natsuko Yonezawa on a journey into physical theatre that plays with the shadows and light found in isolation and self-made mess. In collaboration with performers Miriam Slater, Christopher Samuel Carroll, set design by byrd and with an original sound design by M...arlene Radice. Due to social distancing and venue capacity requirements, seat selection is not available for this performance. By purchasing tickets to this event, you acknowledge that you will be assigned to the best seating available. https://www.belcoarts.com.au/mess/
09.01.2022 Elizabeth Cameron Dalman received a Homefront grant in the latest round of funding and she says; I am really grateful for receiving a Homefront grant from artsACT. This will enable me to proceed with writing about my Dance-in-Nature practice. Here as Mirramu arouses from it is winter slumber I find it a wonderful moment to begin this work. I will write about my methodology for creating works in the environment, outline some workshop plans and describe several site-specific wo...rks we have presented here at Mirramu. Photographer, Barbie Robinson, will do the book layout and design and we will also include some of her photographs. Photo: Barbie Robinson, Writing with Light. Image; woman with long white hair standing on brown grass wearing a deep blue dress and holding a long stick.
08.01.2022 Alison Plevey and Liz Lea in conversation with Jen Seyderhelm for RISE Canberra, taming about the impacts of Covid on life and arts practice.
08.01.2022 On Sunday 13th September three powerful women based in and connected to the ACT present Recognise at the National Portrait Gallery on the 13th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007. Performed by @Tammi Gissell, Natasha Rogers , Krista Clarke and Emma Laverty, joined by Michael Liu. 3pm and 4pm Photo; Lorna Sim... Image; Woman with powerful gaze wearing black looking directly ahead with bare arms to her side.
06.01.2022 Chippy Lo; "I'm on a mission to learn, grow, and educate Hip Hop and Street Dance Culture in Canberra. I want Canberra to be respected in the Hip Hop and Street Dance Culture, so most of my time is spent learning and educating what the culture involves and needs. I also actively participate in the street dance scene nationally and internationally. While mentoring the next generation ... of Canberra dancers and sharing the world of dance competitions and street dance jams in Australia and overseas. I also hosting events for Canberra's Street Dance community and collaborate with interstate organisations such as Popping Nation Association, Australia Breaking Association, and DSDA Inc. During COVID it's been a blessing in disguise. I've used the time to reevaluate what's important and how I can better serve my community. I have a lot of new ideas and can't wait to share them in the near future. https://www.facebook.com/121443971266480/videos/1443137575892819
05.01.2022 Canberra Dance Theatre - CDT performed IN THE SPIRIT recently as a celebration of Marion Mahoney Griffin's work in collaboration with Fiona Hooton. Choreographed by independents Jacqui Simmonds and Philip Piggin. Simply stunning!!
04.01.2022 ACT elders dancing out and acting up! Canberra Dance Theatre - CDT's GOLD Company.
01.01.2022 HEY CBR GROVERS! We (Australian Dance Party) will be taking over the ACT Independent Dance Artists page this week. We are super excited to share what we have been up to, upcoming projects, party artist news and secret party business with you all Image: Lorna Sim
01.01.2022 Another of Zsuzsi Soboslay's projects is DarkPond. Listening to DarkPond. Rosedale -- an invitation to a dialogue. Draft #1 of footage taken at Rosedale on the south coast of NSW in the aftermath of the ferocious 2020 bushfires Video shoot: March 2020 Edit: May 27. Movement: Zsuzsi Soboslay Video: Sam James, Shimmerpixel https://www.youtube.com/watch
01.01.2022 Debora Di Centa in nature. In winter. In nature. Just. Stunning. Debora di Centa Images - short haired woman dancing slowly in Australian bushland in long green silk dress.... https://vimeo.com/445078594
