School Holidays – Week 1
Co3 Contemporary Dance Australia presents:
Co3 Dance Camp Holiday Programs 2026
About:
Co3 have designed a wonderful Intensive School Holiday Dance Camp experience. The Juniors program for ages 10 – 14 operates from 9am – 1pm, while the Senior program for ages 15+ operates from 1pm – 5pm.
Each of the Juniors and Seniors Dance Camp Holiday Program offers participants a chance to work with our professional dancers and Teaching Artists, learning new skills and company repertoire. Through offering participants the experience of what it’s like to dance over an intensive period of time during the holidays, they engage with other like-minded youth, learn skills of composition and improvisation as well as tuning into their peers while collaborating, creating, and performing together.
When:
Dates: 6 – 10 July
Time: 10am – 1pm Juniors (10 – 14 years), 1pm – 5pm Seniors (15+ years)
Location: King Street Arts Centre, Perth
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Approach:
The program aims to assist participants to work with safe dance practices while maintaining a healthy approach to their social, emotional, and mental health and wellbeing. Designed for all abilities and levels, Co3 strive for inclusivity and a healthy approach to dance – both learning and making – for the youth of today and the dancers of the future.
Junior Teaching Artists are Logan Ringshaw, Georgia Douvartzidis, Siahn Howatson and Xin Hui Ong. Senior Teaching Artists are Alex Kay and Sarah Kinch.
For more information, please contact Co3 directly info@co3.org.au or claudia@co3.org.au
School Holidays – Week 2
Enneagon Movement and Flying Bicycle Collective presents:
Youth Dance Winter Workshops
About:
We are Enneagon Movement and Flying Bicycle Collective, two local dance making companies in Boorloo with shared passions for dance making, community arts building and uplifting young creative voices in dance. Together we have joined forces to deliver a second edition of our Youth Dance Workshops this winter in the July School Holidays!
Across a three-day workshop series, our program offers young people aged 11 – 21 the chance to move, create and connect in a supportive and inclusive environment, building a new base for young creative voices in Perth. We’ll be working with creative dance making tools, ways to improvise and dance collectively, and offering our favourite skills in a variety of dance techniques.
When:
Dates: Monday 13, Tuesday 14, Wednesday 15 July
Time: 9:30 am – 2:30 pm each day
Location: West Australian Ballet Centre, 134 Whatley Crescent Maylands WA 6051
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What are the backgrounds and teaching philosophies of the team, and what inspires you to create?
We are a collective of six independent dance artists actively working across the Boorloo (Perth) dance and arts sector. Our teaching philosophy centres on the importance of a youth dance community and mentorship between young people and industry professionals. Our workshop offers both contemporary technique and creative dance. We have created these workshops as a way to foster a space where artists and young people learn alongside each other. Our six artists rotate facilitation duties and share their own interests and artistic practices. When we aren’t leading the class, we dance and create right alongside the young people as equal participants, as we believe there is something to learn from everyone in the process.
What is the best part about working with young people?
Young people have an abundance of creative ideas and such refreshing energy! Providing a platform for them to celebrate and amplify their voices is an incredibly rewarding experience for us. We love that arts environments can foster new friendships and, in these spaces, young people from a range of ages have a chance to connect and make friends, which is special. It’s always magical to witness lightbulb moments when young people find a connection to dance that feels new and exciting for them. The way they express themselves at school or at home can be totally different to how they show up in dance spaces, they might meet another side of themselves that they really love being with.
If a young person is curious to try, but has not had any experience in contemporary dance, what is your advice?
All dance needs is curiosity – if you feel curious that’s the best entryway and we are here to welcome you in the door to discover what might just be your new favourite thing! Starting something new or different can feel scary but we know when you move your body, get lost in motion, in music and big ideas, things start to feel very exciting! We will love to welcome you and our advice is always give it a go, bring your unique self!
Co3 image: supplied
Enneagon Movement & Flying Bicycle Collective image: by Minni Karamfiles
