Weave Movement Theatre is an exceptionally talented and diverse Melbourne based dance/movement performance company comprising people with and without disabilities.

 

Weave formed in 1997 through an Arts Access project and continues today developing high quality performances under the artistic direction of Janice Florence, a dance artist who is paraplegic.

 

Weaves’ work subverts audience’s expectations and challenges conventional ways of seeing dance and disability. Weaves’ work combines dance, physical theatre, spoken word and humour to create bold groundbreaking performances.

 

Weave provides a progressive model for inclusive, integrated dance performance.

 

 

Weave Artistic Director and Co-Founder Janice Florence has trained in dance in Australia and the USA. In 1983 she completed a Graduate Diploma of Movement and Dance at Melbourne University. For 10 years, she was a performer, teacher and researcher with State of Flux. Janice has worked and had residencies with Karen Nelson, exponent of ‘diverse dance’ in the USA and with Blue-Eyed Soul, Touchdown and CanDoCo in the UK.