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Two artists awarded Co3+STRUT dance fellowships

Laura Boynes and Georgia Van Gils share fellowships totalling $90,000 in a new initiative to enrich WA's independent dance ecology.

16 Aug 2023 12:45

Rochelle Siemienowicz

Dance

‘Equations of a Falling Body’ by Laura Boynes. Photo: Chris Symes.

Two Perth-based independent dance companies, Co3 (pronounced Koh-three) Contemporary Dance and STRUT Dance, have combined to offer inaugural dance fellowships that will enable recipients to draw on the respective capabilities and resources of both companies.

Last week (9 August) the companies jointly announced that the inaugural Co3+STRUT Dance Fellowships have been awarded to Laura Boynes (mid-career fellowship of $70,000) and Georgia Van Gils (early career fellowship of $20,000).

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Rochelle Siemienowicz

Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.