Co3 has secured support for one of the most significant choreographic commissions in Australia through a new Commission Fund. Established in May 2021, the Commission Fund will directly support Co3’s Pathways Program IN RESIDENCE, providing valuable career opportunities for Western Australian dance makers. A key outcome will be to provide independent artists the opportunity to […]
Archives of Humanity | Studio Underground | til Feb 27 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The human spirit is most brilliant when resilient, and oh my… how the past year has tested our collective resilience. From the uncertainty of COVID-19 to the aching, isolating voids of lockdown, we have had to imagine new ways of bringing community […]
THE LINE | State Theatre Centre | til May 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect of THE LINE, which has been described as a contemporary dance slash theatre performance. I was familiar with Co3 through their immensely popular work Frank Enstein, and found that work to be a comforting introduction […]
As contemporary dance company Co3 begins its fourth year, Artistic Director Raewyn Hill says she feels the company is entering a new phase. “The last three years were about the inheritance our legacy, and establishing what we were going to be.” Hill said, “How we were going to uphold the three parts of the organisation, the […]
WAAPA’s graduate dance company LINK are presenting an exciting triple bill of new dance works this May. The Body Politic is choreographed on the LINK Dance Company by visiting Israeli choreographer Niv Marinberg, Co3 founding Artistic Director Raewyn Hill, and WAAPA graduate Scott Elstermann, the first Australian to win a prestigious Pina Bausch fellowship. Marinberg’s […]
WA’s premier contemporary dance company Co3 Australia will bring three world premiere performances in 2019 as part of a season full of new collaborations, spaces and stories. Kicking off with Perth Festival, Co3 are joining forces with WA Ballet for their Ballet at the Quarry season with Reincarnation by Artistic Director of the Australian Dance Theatre Garry […]
Western Australia’s flagship contemporary dance company, Co3 Australia, has announced that Alana Culverhouse will be its new Executive Director. Culverhouse joins Co3 after 10 years with the Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries where she has steered arts investment and development in Western Australia, and with more than two decades in the arts […]
As part of the Move Me Dance Festival this month contemporary dance company CO3 Australia is launching a double bill of new works the WA Dance Makers Project. The celebration of exciting dance theatre works will feature choreography from the dynamic trio Unkempt and a creative work from dance legend Chrissie Parrott. Amy Wiseman, who […]
Western Australia’s biggest dance companies are getting ready to team up and work together. The WA Ballet and contemporary dance company CO3 have announced they’ll be working together for the first time. With the confirmation of vital support from the Australia Council for the Arts, the two companies will be working with acclaimed choreographer Garry […]
Last year contemporary dance company Co3 staged the acclaimed work Frank Enstein, a contemporary take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale which in this incarnation sees a lonely boy try to make his imaginary friends come to life. This month Co3 are restaging the work. Artistic Director Raewyn Hill chatted to OUTinPerth about the production […]
