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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

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.

Running at the same time as Sydney’s independent dance festival March Dance (enrolments for which close on Monday 28 November) the new festival is co-presented by a range of partners, including the City of Melbourne’s Arts House, Bunjil Place in the outer suburban City of Casey, Dancehouse, and The Substation.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts