Maggi sietsma biography
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- Sietsma, Maggi, , interviewee
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- Nov
- 4 digital audio tapes (ca. min.)
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Maggi Sietsma is a choreographer, artistic director.
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- Recorded in Canberra on the 14th and 15th Nov.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
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- Summary available (1 p.)
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- Potter, Michelle, , interviewer
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Maggi Sietsma
Maggi SietsmaAM (born in ) is the founding artistic director of the multiple-award winning Brisbanecontemporary dance company, Expressions Dance Company, and regarded as one of Australia's leading choreographers. Maggi Sietsma has choreographed multiple international dance works during her career and has contributed extensively to dance and danceeducation in Australia.
Career and Personal History
As a child, Maggi Sietsma was inspired to dance after seeing Dame Margot Fonteyn on stage (whom she later performed with). At the age of 14, Maggi Sietsma ran her own dance studio with students, who were put through Royal Academy of Dance examinations. Her studio held annual concerts and had three staff members. At the age of 16, Sietsma was granted an international dance scholarship, and later graduated from The Australian Ballet school receiving an offer to join the company. Maggi Sietsma danced as soloist for international ballet companies– the Avignon Opera Ball
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Actor
Kitty is originally from Alloa, Scotland. Her passion and love of live performance has taken her across the world, in theatre, film and tv.
Kitty recently played the lead role of Jane Boleyn in the play "The Sphere of Light" at Hever Castle Theatre Festival, August
"All Performances were engaging, but that by Kitty Whitelaw was particularly memorable" - Tandridge TimesShe has performed in London, Paris and Singapore, and worked with directors Guy Caron (Cirque du Soleil) Maggi Sietsma (Dragone) Michael La Fleur and Phil McKinlay from Broadway. Recent Theatre credits include “Moana and the Whale” by Wild Words and Sealionwoman. She has also done runs of new work at RADA Festival, VAULT Festival and Brighton Fringe Festival.
Kitty has been featured in numerous commercials. Also her most recent short films have been entered into Oxford Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival and Pinewood’s Lift Off Sessions.
She also did V/O and vocals for BAFTA nominated comp