Aimee Smith
Aimee strives to be an artist, dancer, choreographer, lover, helper, fast runner, world changer, big smiler, sharp thinker, deep feeler, and a good cook. Since graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Bachelor of Arts Honours 2004), dancing has been taking up most of her time.
As a performer Aimee has worked with international choreographers Paul Gazzola (Berlin/ Australia), Didier Theron (France), she engaged Melbounre choreographers Gideon Obarzanek (Melbourne), Gerard Van Dyke (Melbourne), and Phillip Adams (Melbourne) for her own â3 solosâ project, and works regularly with local Perth choreographers including Sue Peacock, Deb Robertson, Bianca Martin and Sam Fox/ hydra poesis.
As a choreographer Aimee is an active member of STRUT; has been commissioned to create works for BUZZ Dance Theatre (Refund Policy), and WAAPA (waiting for the revolution..., Alpha.Beta, A Lesson in Falling and Crease); has independently choreographed performance and installation works including Breakings(2010), Accidental Monsters of Meaning (2009), Courageously Heroic Gallantry (2007), fragments of a fracture (2007), Press Play (2006) and 53â (2006); received the 2007 WA Dance Award for Emerging Artist, carried out a 2008 Asialink artist residency in India, and in 2010 was selected as an artist to voyage to the Arctic Circle .
Aimee is interested in bringing dance back into the world, endeavouring to do this through her community arts practice. Aimee participated in the World Urban EARTH Festival (Canada, 2006), worked as Lead Artist for AWESOME Artsâ 2007 regional arts program, has undergone numerous artist residencies in regional WA communities, and most recently directed TranscenDANCE, a community dance festival in Esperance.
http://www.aimee-smith.com