Piran Scott’s new dance work fuses the writing of Tim Winton with John Butler’s music in a celebration of Australian beach culture.
In 2013, dancer Piran Scott moved from Australia to Europe, where he had a dream decade as a soloist with Germany’s Leipzig Ballet and Switzerland’s Ballet Theater Basel. In 2022, he was namedBut for all the success, there was something missing for Scott, who was brought up in Mackay, Northern Queensland. While he loved the beaches in Greece and Italy, he still longed for the Australian coastline of his youth.
The books and music “were a way to bring me back to that identity of being Australian, being from Queensland, being someone who grew up so close to the beach.”features movement reflecting the shapes of cresting waves, tidal landscapes and the rhythms of Winton’s words. Scott says it’s been a long career trajectory from Mackay. He credits his parents, both passionate English and drama teachers.
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