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Events 2008

Dance Week

Dance Week in 2008 is a celebration Indigenous Dance.  The festivities include:

• Welcome to Country at King Street Arts Centre (Sun 4 May)
• Free short lunchtime performances held in the city malls during lunch hour (12pm-2pm daily)
• Free evening workshops at King Street Arts Centre’s professional dance studios (5pm-8pm daily).
• Free outdoor showcase performance presented on the final weekend of the program (Sat 10 May, 5-8pm The Landing@the Esplanade)
• Forum for Indigenous Artists – Kings Street Arts Centre (Sun 11 May Time TBA)

Date: 4 – 11 May | Danceweek program

Country Week

Are you a teacher in a regional secondary school?  Country Week is for you and your students!  This programme is designed for students from WA regional schools and involves a week of dance activity focusing on skill development, chorographic development and performance.  The programme is run as part of the Schools Country Week Program.

Date: 30 June – 4 July
Venues: King Street Arts Centre & Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Outback Dance

Ausdance WA ventures to the Outback!  In collaboration with a regional community, Ausdance WA will develop an integrated program that includes dance workshops for schools and the community, professional development opportunities for regional artists and community performance. 

Date: September (4 week residency)
Region: Halls Creek/Great Southern 
Proposed communities: (still to be decided)

Dance Dialects

Calling all multicultural dance artists! Dance Dialects is a project supporting the creation and presentation of new multi-cultural dance works by professional artists. These new works will be presented 29 and 30 November.

Date: 29 & 30 November
Venue: TBC