Leigh Warren & Dancers is a contemporary dance company based in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Formed in 1993 by Leigh Warren (formerly of the Australian Dance Theatre), the company has toured internationally and won several awards.
A number of dancers from the company performed in "The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky" (2001).
The works danced by Leigh Warren & Dancers include:
Quiver
Shimmer
Quick Brown Fox: a collaboration with William Forsythe
Petroglyths — Signs of Life: a collaboration with Gina Rings (2005 & 2008)
The Philip Glass Trilogy
Akhnaten
Einstein on the Beach Parts 3 & 4)
Satyagraha
Wanderlust: a collaboration with Uno Man (Japan)
Seven (2008)
medico manouevres (2007 & 2009)
Frame and Circle, Choreographers: Prue Lang Rubicon and Leigh Warren Meridian
Dream Time (initially choreographed by Jiri Kylian in 1983) and Escape (choreographed by Leigh Warren and Kaiji Moriyama)
2010 - Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) inaugural Arts & Health Foundation Award
Leigh Warren & Dancers with the Flinders Medical Centre for medico manouevres
2005 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
Innovation Award — Leigh Warren and Gina Rings for Petroglyphs — Signs of Life
2004 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
Individual Award — Leigh Warren for Einstein on the Beach (Parts 3 & 4)
2003 - Green Room Award
Best Dance Ensemble — for Akhnaten
2002 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
Commendation for Akhnaten
2001 - Green Room Awards
Best Female Performer — Rachel Jenson for Quick Brown Fox
Best Male Performer — Peter Furness for Quick Brown Fox
Best Ensemble — Quick Brown Fox
2000 - The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards
Group Award Winner
1999 - Australian Dance Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Dance Company — for Masterpieces of the 20thC
Best Choreography — Leigh Warren for Shimmer
Outstanding Performance by an Individual Dance Artist — Delia Silvan for Silent Cries
1997 - Inaugural Adelaide Critics' Circle Award
Best Performance by a Group — LWD for Quiver
