OCHRE Contemporary Dance Company

02/07/2022

Thrilled to announce that we are heading to WA in October and we’ll be letting loose with a big one at the Fremantle Prison!!

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Join us with our good mates The Stems and Chris Cheney 🤘 Tickets on sale Thursday at 10AM 🎟 thru Ticketmaster

22/03/2019

The Board and staff of Ochre congratulate Floeur Alder on her nomination as Best Female Dancer 2018 in ‘Beyond’ by Chrissie Parrott. Ochre is delighted to have supported Floeur and Chrissie’s work, presented as part of the ‘3.3’ season.

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06/03/2019

Review: Kwongkan, Perth Festival 2019 “Kwongkan” means sand in the language of the Nyoongar people, the first inhabitants of south-west Western Australia. Both Nyoongar and Indian traditional ceremonies, which are recreated in this collaboration between Australia and India, take place on the bar...

21/02/2019

Our show is over... what a journey. Each night we gave platform for a young person to shout out about climate change. Listen to Chloe and take action!

19/02/2019

Tonight is our last performance of Kwongkan' don't miss it - "Through ancient dance practices, contemporary live music, aerial acrobatics, sound, video and epic theatre, Kwongkan invites us to hope for change, but more importantly, to be stirred to action." - The Conversation.
Tickets are still available via the link below.

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18/02/2019

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18/02/2019

'Kwongkan' has opened - "It’s a deeply felt, impassioned treatise about climate change" & "..incredible traditional dancing from Wilkes, who is one of the best young dancers at work in Australia." SeeSaw Magazine Review - three more shows only tonight to Wednesday. Tix at fac.org.au

14/02/2019

Isha Sharvani features in 'On The Couch' - find out more about our incredibly talented aerialist and dancer.

Who is Isha Sharvani? A multidisciplinary artist, performing at Perth Festival this year in Kwongkan (Sand), where she blends Indian classical/contemporary dance, physical theatre, Mallakhamb rope and martial arts to tell a story about climate change, and

13/02/2019

Ochre's AD, and 'Kwongkan's' creator and director Mark Howett , and our dramaturg Phil Thomson featured in an interview with Radio National's 'Life Matters' this week - have a listen.

Kwongkan means sand in WA's Nyoongar language. It's a place where we hide our heads. It's also the title of a new project combining film, theatre and Indigenous and Indian dance ceremonies.