Movements and Frequencies II

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 3/2 6-7.15pm: Penny teaching GUTS Dance Open Contemporary class (https://www.gutsdance.org.au/public-programs/classes)

Wednesday 4/2 6.30-8pm: Dance and Music Jam Night - all welcome (https://events.humanitix.com/dance-and-music-jam-night)

Thursday 5/2 6-7pm: Penny teaching GUTS Chance to Dance class for over 50s (https://www.gutsdance.org.au/public-programs/classes)

Saturday 7/2 9.30-10.30am: Dance Together - Intergenerational Play! For all ages (https://events.humanitix.com/dance-and-music-playtime)

Saturday 7/2 7-8pm: Corrugations performances by Jon Rose, Luiz Guibessi, Miriam Nicholls and Penny Chivas

Sunday 8/2 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!