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Perth Moves lands in Forrest Place with cutting-edge dance activations set to nourish the city’s relationship to movement.
Experience the choreographic emergence with 150 amateurs led by an international choreographer, witness the world premiere of a new commission featuring some of the most dynamic dancers from Australia’s neighbouring regions and an epic one-night-only anything-goes dance battle.
There’s something for everyone at Perth Moves. Whether you’re a full-on dance circle shaker, the friend hyping from behind the camera or someone who’s simply just vibing – all are welcome.
21 Feb
The Perth Moves Battle
21 Feb
6:30pm
Forrest Place
We've got a DJ, an MC and an expert panel of international judges ... all that's missing are your moves. An all-in dance battle for everyone! Breaking, ballet. krump, contemporary or even that dance move you made up at 2am on a Friday night go head-to-head in an all-styles dance battle. This is one night guaranteed to leave everyone beaming from ear-to-ear. Come for the battle, stay for a boogie.
24 Feb
Join us in the heart of Boorloo, where stone and dance meet, for a collaboration of international artists from different movement origins. Beneath the weight of the city, the ground softens for gathering. Award-winning Aotearoa/NZ duo Ta'alili (Aloali'i and Tori Manley-Tapu) join with some of the most dynamic dance artists from across the lndo-Pacific to create an original work - Concrete Echoes. Pulled in from across the region, each dancer carries with them the soil of other landscapes, the heat of other suns and languages of many tides. This free world premiere dance event is a thrilling display of artistic athleticism.
25 Feb
Join us in the heart of Boorloo, where stone and dance meet, for a collaboration of international artists from different movement origins. Beneath the weight of the city, the ground softens for gathering. Award-winning Aotearoa/NZ duo Ta'alili (Aloali'i and Tori Manley-Tapu) join with some of the most dynamic dance artists from across the lndo-Pacific to create an original work - Concrete Echoes. Pulled in from across the region, each dancer carries with them the soil of other landscapes, the heat of other suns and languages of many tides. This free world premiere dance event is a thrilling display of artistic athleticism.
26 Feb
Together with a dozen professional dancers from Europe and Australia, Boris Charmatz transmits a collection of circle dances set within the expanse of Forrest Place. CERCLES explores the circle as a cocoon, as a raging crowd or a wall of bodies – agile, determined. Propelled by a soundtrack by Meute, a Hamburg-based techno brass band who reinterpret electronic classics in a unique way, this communal movement experience extends our perception of what dance can be. A collective energy that radiates and carries away both participants and spectators.
Join us in the heart of Boorloo, where stone and dance meet, for a collaboration of international artists from different movement origins. Beneath the weight of the city, the ground softens for gathering. Award-winning Aotearoa/NZ duo Ta'alili (Aloali'i and Tori Manley-Tapu) join with some of the most dynamic dance artists from across the lndo-Pacific to create an original work - Concrete Echoes. Pulled in from across the region, each dancer carries with them the soil of other landscapes, the heat of other suns and languages of many tides. This free world premiere dance event is a thrilling display of artistic athleticism.
27 Feb
Together with a dozen professional dancers from Europe and Australia, Boris Charmatz transmits a collection of circle dances set within the expanse of Forrest Place. CERCLES explores the circle as a cocoon, as a raging crowd or a wall of bodies – agile, determined. Propelled by a soundtrack by Meute, a Hamburg-based techno brass band who reinterpret electronic classics in a unique way, this communal movement experience extends our perception of what dance can be. A collective energy that radiates and carries away both participants and spectators.
Join us in the heart of Boorloo, where stone and dance meet, for a collaboration of international artists from different movement origins. Beneath the weight of the city, the ground softens for gathering. Award-winning Aotearoa/NZ duo Ta'alili (Aloali'i and Tori Manley-Tapu) join with some of the most dynamic dance artists from across the lndo-Pacific to create an original work - Concrete Echoes. Pulled in from across the region, each dancer carries with them the soil of other landscapes, the heat of other suns and languages of many tides. This free world premiere dance event is a thrilling display of artistic athleticism.
28 Feb
Together with a dozen professional dancers from Europe and Australia, Boris Charmatz transmits a collection of circle dances set within the expanse of Forrest Place. CERCLES explores the circle as a cocoon, as a raging crowd or a wall of bodies – agile, determined. Propelled by a soundtrack by Meute, a Hamburg-based techno brass band who reinterpret electronic classics in a unique way, this communal movement experience extends our perception of what dance can be. A collective energy that radiates and carries away both participants and spectators.
Get involved
Keen to be part of CERCLES? Be 1 of 150 amateurs to join Boris Charmatz in an open-air, six-day XXL dance workshop in Forrest Place.
What to expect
Perth Moves is presented by STRUT Dance with Perth Festival and has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia – its arts funding and advisory body, the WA Government, Feilman Foundation, Ungar Family Foundation and STRUT Movers who are our generous and supportive donors.