Australia Dancing - Watson, Graeme (1948

Watson, Graeme (1948 - )

Lynkushka, Angela: Portrait of Graeme Watson, 1992

As a dancer and choreographer Graeme Watson has worked on stage, in film, and on television. He joined the Dance Company (NSW) in 1973 and worked periodically with that company until 1980, by which time it had undergone a name change to Sydney Dance Company. His choreography has spanned many styles and the companies with whom he has worked as a choreographer include Australian Dance Theatre, Nederlands Dans Theater, TasDance, Human Veins Dance Theatre, the Dancers Company, 2 Dance Plus, Expressions Dance Company, the One Extra Company, Meryl Tankard Company, Dance North and the Queensland Ballet.

In March 1974 Watson became the Queensland Modern and Contemporary Dance Company's guest artistic director and choreographed two works, Something Turbid and Eccentric Foliage, for the Queensland Festival of Arts season. He has also been artistic director of One Extra Company and Dance North, and is currently head of contemporary dance at the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association Dance College (NAISDA).

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