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Reviews

Champion makes distinguished WA debut

2 June 2023

With powerful performances and impeccable staging, Kate Champion’s direction of Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know To Be True impresses David Zampatti, even if he has some doubts about the play.

A couple stand waist-deep in the ocean as a glittering blue whale soars above them, the setting sun casting the sky in purple-pink haze. This is from the new Tourism Western Australia campaign Walking on a Dream. Let’s talk about the future: Making the tourism dream a reality

Features

Let’s talk about the future: Making the tourism dream a reality

17 October 2022

Tourism and the arts are both finding their feet post-pandemic. How can the relationship between the two be strengthened now and into the future? Julie Hosking reports in the final of a three-part series in partnership with the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA.

Promotional image for the performance The Ninth Wave, pictured a man is dancing on a sandy beach, throwing himself forward with a bright floodlight illuminates him as he moves, throwing sand in an arc above him Potent and prescient dance

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Potent and prescient dance

4 March 2022

The Ninth Wave comes with dynamic performances, strong production values and a powerful message about the state of the world, writes Nina Levy

Features

Telling a tough West Australian tale

8 May 2019

Co3 Australia’s new work The Line investigates a darker side of Western Australia’s past and its impact on the present, discovers Nina Levy. Say the word “apartheid” and …

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Event

Dance: The Line

14 March 2019

15 – 19 May @ Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre · Presented by Raewyn Hill & Mark Howett · Co3 Australia presents The Line, a …

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3.3 is about an emerging young Indigenous dancer, on the brink of an international career, thrown into a holding cell because of his skin colour and torn between two cultures. Ian Wilkes dances the young man. His mentor and choreographer Indigenous dance legend Michael Leslie Challenges him in this new adaptation of a new work by Michael.

Ultimately, he just wants to dance. The young man is caught in the middle. The terrible legacy of this dilemma is that the young black fella believes gaol is also a rite of passage for young men in his community. Aboriginal people represent 3.3% of the total population, yet more than 28% of Australiaís prison population. Don't miss this dynamic and powerful dance conversation between this dance mentor and the next generation dance legend

As a commitment by Ochre to the support of West Australian dancers and choreographers, we will be presenting ëBeyondí the work of internationally acclaimed choreographer Chrissie Parrot and dancer Floeur Alder. Chrissie has been commissioned by original Ochre member Floeur Alder to make a solo to commemorate the dancerís 40th birthday and a professional relationship spanning almost 30 of those years. A transformative solo that is mesmeric enigmatic and virtuosic taking dancer and audience on a transformative journey traversing an imaginary landscape. 3.3 is about an emerging young Indigenous dancer, on the brink of an international career, thrown into a holding cell because of his skin colour and torn between two cultures. Ian Wilkes dances the young man. His mentor and choreographer Indigenous dance legend Michael Leslie Challenges him in this new adaptation of a new work by Michael. Ultimately, he just wants to dance. The young man is caught in the middle. The terrible legacy of this dilemma is that the young black fella believes gaol is also a rite of passage for young men in his community. Aboriginal people represent 3.3% of the total population, yet more than 28% of Australiaís prison population. Don't miss this dynamic and powerful dance conversation between this dance mentor and the next generation dance legend As a commitment by Ochre to the support of West Australian dancers and choreographers, we will be presenting ëBeyondí the work of internationally acclaimed choreographer Chrissie Parrot and dancer Floeur Alder. Chrissie has been commissioned by original Ochre member Floeur Alder to make a solo to commemorate the dancerís 40th birthday and a professional relationship spanning almost 30 of those years. A transformative solo that is mesmeric enigmatic and virtuosic taking dancer and audience on a transformative journey traversing an imaginary landscape. Extraordinary dance from Ochre

Reviews

Extraordinary dance from Ochre

31 May 2018

Review: Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, 3.3 and Beyond · Subiaco Arts Centre, 29 May · Review by Varnya Bromilow · Shadows on shadows, a body slowly …

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Champion makes distinguished WA debut

Let’s talk about the future: Making the tourism dream a reality

Potent and prescient dance

Telling a tough West Australian tale

Dance: The Line

Extraordinary dance from Ochre

Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
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