Leigh Warren & Dancers
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).
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 (2005 & 2008)[4]
- The Philip Glass Trilogy
- Wanderlust: a collaboration with Uno Man (Japan)
- Seven (2008)
- medico manouevres (2007 & 2009)[6]
- Frame and Circle , Choreographers: Prue Lang Rubicon and Leigh Warren Meridian[7]
- Dream Time (initially choreographed by Jiri Kylian in 1983) and Escape (choreographed by Leigh Warren and Kaiji Moriyama)[8]
Awards
2010 - Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) inaugural Arts & Health Foundation Award
2005 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
- Innovation Award — Leigh Warren and Gina Rings for Petroglyphs — Signs of Life[4][10]
2004 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
2003 - Green Room Award
2002 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
- Commendation for Akhnaten[10]
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[12]
1999 - Australian Dance Awards[13]
- 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[10]
- Best Performance by a Group — LWD for Quiver
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