Expressions Dance Company

Expressions Dance Company

Expressions Dance Company is a Australian contemporary dance company based in the The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, in Fortitude Valley. [Cite web
last = The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
title = Resident Cultural Organisations
work = The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
accessdate = 2008-10-04
url = http://www.jwcoca.qld.gov.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=8] It was founded in 1984 by Maggi Sietsma, Artistic Director and Abel Valls, General Manager (and composer for many works).Cite web
last = National Library of Australia
title = Australia Dancing - Expressions Dance Company", (1985 - )
format = text
accessdate = 2008-10-04
date = 2008-09-24
url = http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/28.html] Expressions has experienced 30% reductions in funding by the Arts Queensland, [ Cite news
last = Clarke
first = Suzanna
title = New artistic director for Expressions
work = The Courier-Mail
accessdate = 2008-10-04
date = 2008-09-23
url = http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24385406-5003423,00.html] subsequently Sietsma and Valls announced their intention to finish and Natalie Weir will take over as Artistic Director in January 2009. [Cite news
issn = 1322-5235
last = Clarke
first = Suzanna
title = Natalie Weir is Expressions Dance Company artistic director
work = The Courier-Mail
accessdate = 2008-10-04
date = 2008-09-27
url = http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24400226-5003423,00.html]

The company has danced the work of a number of choreographers, including, in 1985, Natalie Weir, Rosetta Cook and Graeme Watson; and in later years Jonathan Taylor, Margaret Wilson, Guy Detot, John Nobbs, Jacqui Carroll, Garry Stewart, Brian Lucas, Sue Peacock and Don Asker.

The company has toured extensively, including: America, China, Germany, Switzerland, Macau, Korea, Singapore, Israel, New Caledonia, Austria, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico and Great Britain; [ [http://www.expressions.org.au/student_information.php Expressions Dance Company: Student information accessed 4 October 2008] ] and undertakes significant school and community dance education activities. Expressions Dance company has performed internationally

Broader impact

Expressions Dance Company has employed many people within Australia's cultural industry. These include critically acclaimed dancers, choreographers, designers and dramaturgs:
*Drama Consultant Jennifer Flowers - directing credits include Sydney Theatre Company including as Associate Director to Cate Blanchett, Queensland Theatre Company, Grin and Tonic Theatre Company, Harvest Rain
*Costume Designer Deslye Kruck - a director, actor and costume designer, also lectured Drama and Speech at the Queensland University of Technology
*Choreographer Natalie Weir - choreographed for the Hong Kong Ballet, Australian Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Queensland Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Dancenorth and Tasdance [Cite news
last = Sorensen
first = Rosemary
title = Maker of Unconventional Moves
work = The Australian
accessdate = 2008-10-04
date = 2007-08-24
url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22296632-5013570,00.html] and to return to Expessions from January 2009.

Awards

*1996 - Awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award for outstanding achievement in the performing arts [Cite web
title = Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards: Previous Winners
accessdate = 2008-10-04
url = http://www.myerfoundation.org.au/!upload_files/attachment/Previous%20Winners2007.pdf]
*2007 - Awarded 2 Drover Awards - Tour Management Excellence - Special Panel Award for Innovation [ [http://www.apaca.com.au/2007winners.html APACA 2007 Drover Awards] ]

Works

Works performed by Expressions Dance Company include:
*"Snow Drops", (1985), choreographer: Maggi Sietsma at the national conference of the Australian Society for Education in the Arts
*"Alone Together", (1995), choreographer: Maggi Sietsma
*"Decadances" (1999) [Cite news
issn = 0362-4331
last = Anderson
first = Jack
title = DANCE REVIEW; No Escape From Solitude Despite Close Encounters
work = New York Times
accessdate = 2008-10-04
date = 1999-07-12
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3DD103CF931A25754C0A96F958260]
**"Jigsaw", choreographer: Natalie Weir
**"Alone Together"
*"Vanities Crossing", (1999), choreographer: Maggi Sietsma
*"Virtually Richard3", (2000), choreographer: Maggi Sietsma
*"Rites of Spring", (2002), choreographer: Maggi Sietsma
*"Flight!", (2003), choreographer: Maggi Sietsma
*"The 5th Door", (2004), choreographer: Maggi Sietsma
*"On Thin Ice", (2008), choreographer: Maggi Sietsma
*"Memory" [Cite news
last = Stewart
first = Olivia
title = Double bill one to remember
work = The Courier-Mail
accessdate = 2008-10-04
date = 2007-08-25
url = http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22301331-5003423,00.html]
**"Jigsaw" (previously performed in 1999)
**"Fragments of Memory", (2007), choreographer: Cheng Tsung-Lung formerly a dancer with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

References

External links

* [http://www.expressions.org.au/ Expressions Dance Company]


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