Telling Australian stories through dance, music and language.
We create stunning performances through consultation and involvement of Western Australian indigenous cultures. We work regionally and remotely, dancing on country, sharing Aboriginal dance, stories and languages presenting beautiful, moving and meaningful performances for international audiences
02/07/2022
Thrilled to announce that we are heading to WA in October and we’ll be letting loose with a big one at the Fremantle Prison!!
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Join us with our good mates The Stems and Chris Cheney 🤘 Tickets on sale Thursday at 10AM 🎟 thru Ticketmaster
22/03/2019
The Board and staff of Ochre congratulate Floeur Alder on her nomination as Best Female Dancer 2018 in ‘Beyond’ by Chrissie Parrott. Ochre is delighted to have supported Floeur and Chrissie’s work, presented as part of the ‘3.3’ season.
2018 NOMINEES — Performing Arts WA BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY HAWAIIANHir - Black Swan State Theatre CompanyStay With Us - The Last Great HuntSummer of the Seventeenth Doll - Black Swan State Theatre CompanyXenides - Black Swan State Theatre CompanyYou Know We Belong Together - A Black Swan, Perth Festival and DADAA Co-Pr...
06/03/2019
In "Kwongkan," Indian And Australian Performers Convey An Urgent Climate Change Message | The Theatre Times Review: Kwongkan, Perth Festival 2019 “Kwongkan” means sand in the language of the Nyoongar people, the first inhabitants of south-west Western Australia. Both Nyoongar and Indian traditional ceremonies, which are recreated in this collaboration between Australia and India, take place on the bar...
Our show is over... what a journey. Each night we gave platform for a young person to shout out about climate change. Listen to Chloe and take action!
19/02/2019
Tonight is our last performance of Kwongkan' don't miss it - "Through ancient dance practices, contemporary live music, aerial acrobatics, sound, video and epic theatre, Kwongkan invites us to hope for change, but more importantly, to be stirred to action." - The Conversation.
Tickets are still available via the link below.
Kwongkan - Sand Oztix Event
18/02/2019
kate This is "kate" by Mark Howett on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
18/02/2019
'Kwongkan' has opened - "It’s a deeply felt, impassioned treatise about climate change" & "..incredible traditional dancing from Wilkes, who is one of the best young dancers at work in Australia." SeeSaw Magazine Review - three more shows only tonight to Wednesday. Tix at fac.org.au
14/02/2019
Isha Sharvani features in 'On The Couch' - find out more about our incredibly talented aerialist and dancer.
On the Couch with Isha Sharvani Who is Isha Sharvani? A multidisciplinary artist, performing at Perth Festival this year in Kwongkan (Sand), where she blends Indian classical/contemporary dance, physical theatre, Mallakhamb rope and martial arts to tell a story about climate change, and
13/02/2019
Ochre's AD, and 'Kwongkan's' creator and director Mark Howett , and our dramaturg Phil Thomson featured in an interview with Radio National's 'Life Matters' this week - have a listen.
Indian and indigenous dance for us and the planet Kwongkan means sand in WA's Nyoongar language. It's a place where we hide our heads. It's also the title of a new project combining film, theatre and Indigenous and Indian dance ceremonies.