Dusty Feet Dance are very excited to be hosting Penny Chivas for a week in Mparntwe / Alice Springs in February as part of her wider Australia tour.

Penny Chivas (she/her) is a Glasgow-based dance artist originally from Ngunnawal Country, Australia. An original member of Quantum Leap (QL2 Dance), Penny is a graduate of WAAPA, the VCA Honours course and the Master of Education at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She has performed and taught across the UK and internationally, and currently practices improvisation between several collectives in Glasgow moving between music, voice and dance.

Together with Miriam Nicholls from Dusty Feet Dance, Penny will be offering workshops and performances in Mparntwe for all ages and levels of experiences. Please see program below and come and join us for a special start to your dancing year!

Thanks to support from Arts NT and GUTS Dance, these events are all either free or low-cost.

Tuesday 3rd Feb: 6-7:15pm

Penny teaching GUTS Dance Open Contemporary class (https://www.gutsdance.org.au/public-programs/classes)

Wednesday 4th Feb: 6:30-8pm

Dance and Music Jam Night - all welcome (https://events.humanitix.com/dance-and-music-jam-night)

Thursday 5th Feb 6-7pm

Penny teaching GUTS Chance to Dance class for over 50s (https://www.gutsdance.org.au/public-programs/classes)

Saturday 7th Feb

9:30-10:30am: Dance Together - Intergenerational Play! For all ages (https://events.humanitix.com/dance-and-music-playtime)

7-8pm: Corrugations performances by Jon Rose, Luiz Guibessi, Miriam Nicholls and Penny Chivas 

Sunday 8th Feb 10:30-11:30am

Araluen Galleries performances by Miriam Nicholls, Luiz Guibessi and Penny Chivas

For more information on any of these events, please contact Miriam at [email protected]

Looking forward to sharing the dance with you all!

More info

Event Info

Date and time

Tuesday 03 February
to Sunday 08 February 2026

Location

Various venues