An image from Talitha Muslin's show Siren. Picutred is a woman wearing elaborate caged dress and colourful headdress dances on the beach with her arm raised. Dancers by the sea
The Festival Sessions

Dancers by the sea

2 February 2022

Using the Scarborough Beach sand as its stage, SIREN is a magical melting pot of sculpture, sound, and contemporary dance that invites audiences to contemplate their relationship with the planet.

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Indie dance in the pink
Reviews

Indie dance in the pink

8 February 2021

Samantha Crameri Miller has brought her 2020 dance work High Expectations back to Fringe World in 2021, as a film. Check out Nina Levy’s review of last year’s live season.

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Charging the catwalk with feminism

31 January 2020

Two dance works, (un)written · (un)heard and FEMME, take very different approaches to telling women’s stories, Nina Levy finds.

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Mel Tan in 'High Expectations' Mel Tan dancing in a room decorated with pink drapery Indie dance in the pink
Reviews

Indie dance in the pink

30 January 2020

Nina Levy relishes the chance to see emerging local artists in two dance works, High Expectations and Speech!.

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Photo: Damian Doyle Dancing at any age
Article

Dancing at any age

2 August 2017

Perth’s newest dance ensemble is rewriting the rules about who gets to perform, discovers Nina Levy.

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Jenny Simpson Twist, turns and music: Jenny Simpson (Part I)
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Twist, turns and music: Jenny Simpson (Part I)

2 August 2017

This year Jenny Simpson is celebrating a decade at the helm of AWESOME Arts, an organisation dedicated to making incredible arts experiences for WA’s children. Nina Levy caught up with Simpson for a chat about childhood, career paths and what makes a great festival show.

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