New biennial festival puts dance in the FRAME

FRAME: A biennial of dance will present a broad picture of contemporary dance practices across live performances, talks, labs, films, public programs, and workshops.

25 Nov 2022 12:42

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Amelia Jean O’Leary’s ‘A Certain Mumble’ will be presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy as part of FRAME in 2023. Photo: Alliah Nival.

Informed by three years of consultation with the independent dance community and the small-to-medium sector, the new biennial dance festival FRAME will be held in Melbourne over 1-31 March 2023.

The FRAME program will present a broad picture of contemporary dance practices across live performances, talks, labs, films, public programs, and workshops.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts