Emerging Artists
Over the past years, Black Swan’s emerging artist development program has been highly successful in presenting cutting edge extant work and attracting young audiences to the studio space at PICA. The program has also been highly successful in identifying talented designers that have subsequently made the leap to work on Black Swan’s mainstage productions.
In 2011, Black Swan expanded its emerging artist development program to operate across studio and mainstage productions, enabling the Company to work with a growing number of emerging artists and offering them a broader learning experience.
Associate Artists include emerging designers, directors, writers and actors who work closely with each other and more experienced artists throughout the year, giving them an opportunity to experiment and develop their skills.
Our Associate Designers for 2012 will include:
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Alicia Clements, Set & Costume Designer As Costume Designer: Black Swan: The White Divers of Broome, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Clean House. Other Theatre: Deckchair Theatre: Krakouer! Onward Productions: Singular Women. As Set and Costume Designer: Black Swan: The Damned, Madagascar. The HotBed Ensemble: pool (no water), The Dark Room. Other Theatre: Barking Gecko: The Amber Amulet. As Assistant Designer: Barking Gecko: The Red Tree. Steps Youth Dance Company: Compact Dance, Powder Monkey – The A*Mazing Slumber Party. Deckchair Theatre: Checklist for an Armed Robber/The Lonely Hearts Club. Awards: David Hough Award for Outstanding Achievement, WAAPA. Training: 2008 WAAPA graduate. |
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Ben Collins, Sound Designer Black Swan: The White Divers of Broome, When The Rain Stops Falling, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Ninety, Madagascar. The HotBed Ensemble: pool (no water), The Dark Room. Black Swan/Onward Productions: Seven Deadly Sins, Four Deadly Sinners. As Sound Editor: Black Swan: The Swimming Club. As Writer and Composer: The Hayman Theatre: Attempts on Her Life. Ben has also composed for the West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra, Mace Francis Orchestra and St Hilda’s Concert Orchestra. Film: The Expert, Happy Haven, Eternus, DOX, Miss Coolbaroo, Time Enough, The Adjuster. Other: Ben played the Saxophone in Black Swan’s production, The Sapphires. Mixed Media Dance Project: Reality In a Box. Buzz Dance: Behind The Veneer. Ben has performed with many artists including James Morrison, Don Burrows, Tommy Tycho, Ben Folds, Peter Farnan, Lesley Garrett, Grace Knight, Pete Murray, Christine Anu and Casey Donovan. Awards: 2008 WA Screen Award for Best Original Score for Dox, 2004 WA Youth Jazz Orchestra Award for Scholarship for Contribution, 2004 Jaxter Artist Award in the Jazz Category for Big Mama Nelson. Training: Ben graduated from WAAPA in 2003. |
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Trent Suidgeest, Lighting Designer Black Swan: The White Divers of Broome, When The Rain Stops Falling, Ninety, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (with Graham Walne), The Sapphires. The HotBed Ensemble: pool (no water), The Dark Room. Other Theatre: Yirra Yaakin: Waltzing The Wilarra. The Production Company: Kismet, The King and I. Barking Gecko: The Amber Amulet, Fatty Wombat. Steps Youth Dance: Compact Dance, moonwebs & scorched thongs. Perth Theatre Company: An Oak Tree. JANUS Entertainment: When Dad Married Fury, Oklahoma!, Her Holiness. MS Society of WA: Puss In Boots, The Sound of Music. Buzz Dance Theatre: Genie(us). Crow Crow Productions: Flightfall. Prickly Pear Ensemble: The Enchanters, R+J. Secondments: Billy Elliot The Musical (Broadway), High School Musical (Australian Tour), Wicked (Australia). Workshops: A conversation about Light with Rick Fisher. Positions: WA Department of Culture and the Arts Young People and the Arts Funding Panelist 2009-2011, YCulture Metro Funding Panelist 2009, WAAPA Board 2007–2008. Training: WAAPA graduate, 2008. |
