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A woman wearing brown trousers stands between two golden criss-crossed columns, arms outstretched. A black and white still of Rita Hayworth overlays the top of the performer's body, so you can just make out the tip of her head and her hands. It is dancer Sarah Aitken for SITU-8: CITY. Dancers breathe life into grand old dame
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Dancers breathe life into grand old dame

3 November 2022

STRUT Dance and Tura New Music take us into one of Perth’s forgotten beauties for their latest site-specific program. Rita Clarke enjoys the dance down memory lane.

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Tara Gower. A portrait of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black top. She is smiling and standing in front of a big white-trunked tree Bringing music and movement home
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Bringing music and movement home

14 August 2022

A Yawuru woman from Broome, Tara Gower has had a rich and varied career in the cultural sector nationally and internationally and she brings it home in a new role based in the Kimberley.

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A deep dive into the Derbarl Yerrigan
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A deep dive into the Derbarl Yerrigan

15 February 2021

Rosalind Appleby finds herself convincingly submerged in the flow of art, sound and video of Alluvial Gold, a brilliant introduction to Perth Festival.

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Photo: Anthony Tran Cream of the crop 2020
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Cream of the crop 2020

9 December 2020

It feels more important than ever to celebrate the arts in 2020. And so, in spite of the challenges faced by the arts community this year, we are thrilled to bring you Seesaw’s annual ‘Cream of the Crop’ round-up, in which we ask our writers to reflect on the year that was and the year to come.

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Dance and music in the attic
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Dance and music in the attic

28 November 2020

Reminding us of theatre’s ability to synthesise the joys and pleasures of the past with contemporary forms, STRUT Dance and Tura New Music’s ‘Situ-8’ is an evocative program of short new site-specific works, writes Jonathan W. Marshall.

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FourByFour creative team Four dancers move in front of a line of people Stepping outside the box and into VR
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Stepping outside the box and into VR

19 November 2020

Bringing together VR, film, dance, music and art, FourbyFour is a brave new project that not only provides much-needed employment opportunities for artists but has opened up the options for a much-loved film festival. Ara Jansen reports.

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Songs from the ashes
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Songs from the ashes

26 August 2020

In a year that has seen Australia ricochet from devastating bush-fires to pandemic lockdown, local musician Rachael Dease is capturing the mood of the moment in a new album titled, “Hymns for End Times”. Nina Levy caught up with Dease to learn more.

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Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa and Pavan Kumar Hari. image credit Daniel J Grant.jpg Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa and Pavan Kumar Hari. image credit Daniel J Grant.jpg Cream of the crop 2019
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Cream of the crop 2019

13 December 2019

Which shows were Seesaw writers’ favourites this year? What were the highlights and lowlights for the arts in WA? And which artists will our contributors be looking out for in 2020? As 2019 draws to a close, Seesaw writers reflect on the year that was and the year that will be.

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