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Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre is a contemporary dance company based in Perth. The company was founded in 2008 by Serena Chalker [1] and Quindell Orton, [2] graduates of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts [3] and is a company that works in site-specific and immersive performance.

Anything is Valid Dance Theatre has premiered in Europe at Springhouse 2014 [4] in Dresden (DE), where they performed The Dual Existence of Time, and in 2015 AIVDT premiered their one-on-one immersive mobile performance When We First Met at the 24th Process – Space Art Festival [5] (BG). This work has since been re-mounted at Water Tower Art Fest [6] (BG), Noted Festival [7] (AU), YouAreHere Festival [8] (AU), and Festival of Alternative Theatrical Expression (HR). [9] Also in 2015, Amongst the Many premiered at In Short In-Situ, [10] an interactive work guiding 20 audience members through via headsets at Fremantle Arts Centre. In 2012 AIVDT created in Life in Miniature, winner of Best Dance at the Adelaide Fringe, [11] and nominated for numerous awards including a WA Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography. The work is a critically acclaimed performance [12] inside a caravan for an intimate audience, premiering at the 2012 Perth Fringe Festival, with sell-out seasons at the MoveMe Festival [13] and 2013 Adelaide Fringe. In 2010 AIVDT premiered UNEXPECTED-microclimates, a promenade performance in the Perth laneways, which also debuted to a sell-out crowd. AIVDT are currently developing Dust on the Shortbread, [14] created on renowned Australian senior performers Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM (founder of Australian Dance Theatre) and George Shevtsov. Created in a suburban house, this work explores the lives of an older couple; the tension between maintaining independence and vitality and the effects of dementia on intimate relationships.

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  1. ↑ "Serena Chalker". Serena Chalker. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Quindell Orton". Anna Konjetzky (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Western Australian Academy Of Performing Arts WAAPA's website
  4. ↑ "programm 2014 | spring-house.de". www.spring-house.de. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Process - Space Art Festival". www.processspace.net. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "WATER TOWER ART FEST". WATER TOWER ART FEST. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cities Tell Stories". Noted. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "You Are Here » When We First Met". youareherecanberra.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "AKC Attack | FAKI 19 BEGINS!". attack.hr. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "In Short – In Situ: Dance in unexpected places - Ausdance WA". Ausdance WA. 24 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Adelaide Fringe 2013 Award Winners". Glam Adelaide | The Best South Australian News. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Caravan living in Life in Miniature" . Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Perry, Carol Flavell Neist and Angela. "MoveMe dance festival". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Dust on the Shortbread". Serena Chalker. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

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