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Company Members

 

 

 

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Director | Choreographer | Dancer

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Tamsyn Heynes, born in Cape Town, raised in Boorloo, is profoundly moved by music, art and nature. She seeks to express poetic movement through dance, with a special focus on eco-arts, sustainability, environmental and civil justice.

 

Tamsyn trained at the prestigious Marie Walton-Mahon Academy, and the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts ( WAAPA) under Nanette Hassall and Marilyn Jones. She regards her private training with Prima Ballerina Assoluta - Dame Lucette Aldous AC and ballet training industry giant - Marie Walton-Mahon OAM, as invaluable and a privilege. She was accepted with full sponsorship by South African Ballet Theatre (now Joburg Ballet) to join their graduate programme while in 2nd year of WAAPA, and went on to perform with them professionally. Tamsyn was also offered a Rotary scholarship to tour Germany.

 

The growing body of artistic collaborations at home and abroad reflect the mindful approach that permeates Tamsyn's practice. As well as staging independent stage productions, she has been fortunate to choreograph for music performances/videos for local artists (some of which are local and international award winning), and has been involved with various visual art projects. Her collaborations have included those with music, circus, academic, writing, audiovisual and visual art backgrounds

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Tamsyn is committed to creating issues-based works through collaboration and strong developmental processes, with a focus on eco art. Her primary medium is ballet

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She is a lifelong practitioner of yoga and meditation, and an Usui Reiki healer. Tamsyn is also a student of History, on the path the Juris Doctor at the University of Western Australia, and a co-editor at Green Issue - the editorial magazine for Greens WA. She is a member of UNESCO - International Council of Dance

(Image: Brett Canet-Gibson)

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Dancer​

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Jess Cruse, Boorloo/Perth dancer. My life is a balance between three pillars that bring me joy and a sense of success. These being, work, passion and connection. 

I am passionate about social services. I indulge in my passion for dance through teaching, performing and choreography and I value and work on the connections that I have with friends and family around me every day. 

I always thought that success was only reached through perfection.  Specifically in dance I always found my passion to be aligned with the aesthetics and precision that it demands. While this is still true, I also find the joy and beauty in the imperfections and vulnerability that dance can portray.

In my current pursuits as a performer and choreographer I have found that living my life around these three pillars has helped me to ground myself as a dancer . I strive to find the joy in my movement with the balance of precision, and vulnerability and I hope to express this through my performances, my choreography and the way I teach, in the hopes of empowering others to find the same fulfilment. 

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