Aimee Smith is an award winning choreographer and dance artist who has been creating, performing and collaborating on dance works in both Australia and overseas since graduating from WAAPA (Bachelor of Arts Honours 2004). Aimee’s works have been performed in Japan, Taiwan, India and Australia. Her choreographic works include Wintering (2012), Borderlines (2012), Accidental Monsters of Meaning (2011), Breakings (2010), Courageously Heroic Gallantry (2007), Refund Policy (2007), Alpha.Beta. (2006) and Press Play (2006). In 2007 she was named as the WA Dance award’s ‘Most Outstanding Emerging Artist’ and in 2011 she was nominated for ‘Most Outstanding Choreography’ for her work ‘Accidental Monster’s of Meaning’. Aimee has also been recognised as the ‘Most Interesting Australian Artist’ in the 2007 and 2010 Dance Australia Critic’s Survey. As a performer Aimee has worked with international choreographers Paul Gazzola (Berlin/ Australia), Didier Theron (France), engaged in short term developments with Melbourne-based choreographers Gideon Obarzanek (Chunky Move), Gerard Van Dyke (KAGE) and Phillip Adams (Balletlab), and continues to work with local WA choreographers including Sue Peacock, Bianca Martin and Sam Fox. Most recently Aimee has pursued her artistic practice and research through a Masters of Arts in Sustainability at Murdoch University WA, and through numerous international artist residencies including Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan (2011) and Kyoto Arts Centre, Japan (2012).

  

Upon graduating from WAAPA in 2005 Jacqui began performing in the UK for Neville Campbell and Densemble Contemporary Dance Company. Since returning to Perth in 2008 she has worked with Buzz Dance Theatre, Strut Dance and as mentor to Link Dance Company. Jacqui has also worked with independent choreographers and directors such as Sally Richardson, Danielle Micich, Brooke Leeder, Alice Lee Holland and Chrissie Parrott. In 2010 Jacqui was the winner of the Western Australian Dance Award for Emerging Artist as well as nominated for Best Performance by a female dancer for her role in Parrots Cyg.net.

Andries Weidemann is a South African born dancer, educator and choreographer. He worked as a principal dancer for several companies in Southern Africa and Europe and, during a distinguished career, received two FNB Vita Awards and two Niemann/van Rheede Awards for best male dancer. In 2001 he founded the South African Ballet Theatre School (later the School of Classical Ballet, SA) and served as advisor to the South African Ballet Theatre on its dance education prgrammes for disadvantaged children. He is a member of the faculty of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), guest teaches for the Royal Academy of Dance and the Cecchetti Society and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian Institute of Classical Dance (AICD) in WA.

As a choreographer, Andries has created original works for companies, festivals and schools and also creates stage movement for plays and operas. Previous engagements include executing choreography for the Rake's Progress at the State Theatre Centre of WA, choreography for several WA Opera productions, choreography for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), 2011, as well as freelance work in the Middle East.

As founding Director of the School of Classical Ballet, SA, Andries returns regularly to the State Theatre, Pretoria, to work with students of the school and also facilitates bi-annual dance tours to Australia.