Leigh Warren & Dancers
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Leigh Warren & Dancers is a contemporary dance company based in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Formed in 1993 by Leigh Warren (formerly of the Australian Dance Theatre), the company has toured internationally and won several awards.[1]
A number of dancers from the company performed in "The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky" (2001).
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[edit] Works
The works danced by Leigh Warren & Dancers include:
- Quiver
- Shimmer
- Quick Brown Fox: a collaboration with William Forsythe[2][3]
- Petroglyths - Signs of Life: a collaboration with Gina Rings
- The Philip Glass Trilogy
- Akhnaten
- Einstein on the Beach Parts 3 & 4)
- Satyagraha
- Wanderlust: a collaboration with Uno Man (Japan)
- Seven (2008)
[edit] Awards
2005 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
- Innovation Award - Leigh Warren and Gina Rings for Petroglyphs - Signs of Life[4]
2004 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
- Individual Award - Leigh Warren for Einstein on the Beach (Parts 3 & 4)[4]
2003 - Green Room Award
2002 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
- Commendation for Akhnaten[4]
2001 - Green Room Awards
- Best Female Performer - Rachel Jenson for Quick Brown Fox
- Best Male Performer - Peter Furness for Quick Brown Fox
- Best Ensemble - Quick Brown Fox
2000 - The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards[6]
- Group Award Winner
1999 - Australian Dance Awards[7]
- Outstanding Performance by a Dance Company - for Masterpieces of the 20thC
- Best Choreography - Leigh Warren for Shimmer
- Outstanding Performance by an Individual Dance Artist - Delia Silvan for Silent Cries
1997 - Inaugural Adelaide Critics' Circle Award[4]
- Best Performance by a Group - LWD for Quiver
[edit] Notes
- ^ Leigh Warren and Dancers (1993 - ) (html). Australia Dancing (n.d.). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Interview with Leigh Warren, The Deep End, ABC Radio National, broadcast: 10 March 2003
- ^ 'Quick Brown Fox' a dense, difficult puzzle, The San Diego Union Tribune, 17 Mar 2006
- ^ a b c d Awards Archive (html). Adelaide Critics Circle. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Cabaret streaks in at the 2003 Green Room Awards (html). State of the Arts (2004-04-19). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Previous winners Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards (pdf). Myer Family Philanthropy.
- ^ Australian Dance Council. The Australian Dance Awards (html). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
