Video 2: Animated film Turn of Caroline Stevenson, Jacqui Otago, Ellen Avery, Katie Chown, drawn by Amanda Humphries for ‘psalm 1472 Alighieri Verdelho’

Animation: Amanda Humphries, 2016, footage used with permission.

Video 3: Sue Peacock in rehearsal with Katie Chown for ‘psalm 1974 Levinas Shiraz’

Filmed: Lucinda Coleman, 2015, footage used with permission.

April 2016

Artist Kirsten Biven has generated a series of 8 mixed media art pieces from collaborative processes during winery psalms workshops for the interdisciplinary artwork, 1868 Alcott Chenin Blanc. Each of the finished pieces are 35cm X 25cm (unmounted) and hold a value of $350.00 each when mounted. Developed from drawings of dancers Katie Chown, Jacqui Otago and Esther Scott during rehearsals with choreographer Frances Barbe, composer Anna-Kat Hicks as well as artist Kirsten Biven, each work offers a glimpse of a creative process in an artistic product. 

The provocation for the 1868 Alcott Chenin Blanc artistic work was a quote from the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: “I’m not afraid but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven” (1868). The artists’ response to this provocation was an invitation to the viewer to respond: Taste the unashamedly nostalgic flavour of sweet sorrow etched into the threads of time. Joyful notes of spring and roses burst through smoky reminiscence to delicately weave a waltz of memories.

To arrange a viewing, or to purchase one of these evocative pieces, please contact Kirsten directly on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We are excited to share menu details with you for winery psalms. 

Please click HERE for the $75 menu & HERE for the $50 menu. 

Remnant Dance is thrilled to announce a raffle as a part of the 'winery psalms' production @ Fillaudeau's in the Swan Valley.

Available to win are two stunning art works (detailed below)

Katie's Chair, 2015 Size: 24x34cm Mounted: 40x50cm Value: $350.00 This artwork by Danish-born contemporary artist Kirsten Biven is a part of an original series of work developed from preliminary drawings and sketches of dancers while developing work for winery psalms in drawings and mixed media.

Light Movement Study 2 2014 35 x 50cm mounted reproduction print on Arches paper (approx. 45 x 60 cm total size mounted)  Value: $160.00 This print by artist Amanda Humphries is a reproduction print in an edition of 80, from the original watercolour work of the same title that travelled with Remnant Dance to Myanmar in 2014 for the premiere of 'Hpan Myay Hpan Myay - Land of Glass, Land of Mirrors' original work was 102 x 152cm on 640gsm Arches paper.

To purchase tickets for the raffle, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and nominate how many tickets you would like to purchase. Esther will contact you with bank transfer details and ticket numbers for the draw. Both winners will be drawn at Fillaudeau's Restaurant on the closing night of the winery psalms production (Thursday 21 April, 2016). The first ticket drawn will win Kirsten's original artwork, the second ticket drawn will win Amanda's print. Winners will also be announced via Remnant Dance's Remnant Thoughts and via our Facebook page. 

Cost: $5.00/one ticket or $20.00 for 5 tickets. 

A Cellar Showing of the 1970 Morrison Sparkling piece, featuring the collaborative artwork created by Remnant core artists; Ellen Avery, Katie Chown, & Julie Valenzuela and collaborators Anna-Kat, Jo Darvall, Digby Hill, Jacqui Otago, Scott Putman, Caroline Stevenson, & Joanna Tan.

The showing at Young George started with canapés and a glass of the Cape Mentelle Sauvigon Blanc as guests mingled with artists and enjoyed the visual artworks by W.A. artist Jo Darvall.  Later in the evening a tasting of sparking wine was poured, and the dancers moved into the space to perform a segment of Putman's choreography, accompanied by live musicians Anna-Kat, Digby Hill, & Julie Valenzuela, performing their original composition. After the dance there was an artist statement session, where ideas and background stories were shared by the artists, followed by audience Q&A. 

This piece in its entirety will be a part of the 'winery psalms' production, presented by Remnant Dance, hosted by Fillaudeau's Restaurant and featuring wines by Pinelli Estate 15-21 April 2016, in the Swan Valley, Western Australia. 

Photography of A Cellar Showing by Joanna Tan & Sean Chang, reprinted with permission