New Breed: a showcase of Sydney Dance Company's next generation

Sydney Dance Company in Dean Elliott's Full In/Half Out

Sydney Dance Company in Siobhan McKenna's Say it Again

Sydney Dance Company in Dean Elliott's Full In/Half Out

Sydney Dance Company in Siobhan McKenna's Say it Again

By Katie Lawrence, 06 December 2024

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“it was mind-blowingly good – explosive, funny, quirky, original”

Reviewed at Carriageworks, Sydney on 4 December 2024

Breath (Piran Scott)

Say it Again (Siobhan McKenna)

Leech (Amber McCartney)

Full In/Half Out (Dean Elliott)

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Katie Lawrence

Katie Lawrence has a background in ballet, jazz, and contemporary, and spent much of her adolescence in the dressing room of dance eisteddfods. She is still mildly triggered by the smell of hairspray. She is now a regular in Sydney's dance audience crowd and can often be found at Sydney Dance Company and Tanya Pearson adult classes.