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Company Dancers
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Director | Choreographer | Dancer | Producer
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Tamsyn Heynes, born in Cape Town, raised in Boorloo, is profoundly moved by music, art and nature. She seeks to express poetic movement through dance, with a special focus on eco-arts, sustainability, environmental and civil justice.
Tamsyn trained at the prestigious Marie Walton-Mahon Academy, and the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts ( WAAPA) under Nanette Hassall and Marilyn Jones. She regards her private training with Prima Ballerina Assoluta - Dame Lucette Aldous AC and ballet training industry giant - Marie Walton-Mahon OAM, as invaluable and a privilege. She was accepted with full sponsorship by South African Ballet Theatre (now Joburg Ballet) to join their graduate programme while in 2nd year of WAAPA, and went on to perform with them professionally. Tamsyn was also offered a Rotary scholarship to tour Germany.
The growing body of artistic collaborations at home and abroad reflect the mindful approach that permeates Tamsyn's practice. As well as staging independent stage productions, she has been fortunate to choreograph for music performances/videos for local artists (some of which are local and international award winning), and has been involved with various visual art projects. Her collaborations have included those with music, circus, academic, writing, audiovisual and visual art backgrounds. She also enjoys the odd job as an extra - her latest appearance being on The Twelve Season 3.
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Tamsyn is committed to creating issues-based works through collaboration and strong developmental processes, with a focus on eco art. Her primary medium is ballet
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Tamsyn is also an official tutor for Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT). She is a lifelong practitioner of yoga and meditation, and an Usui Reiki healer. Tamsyn is also a co-editor at Green Issue - the editorial magazine for Greens WA. and a member of UNESCO - International Council of Dance
(Image: Brett Canet-Gibson)
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Jessica Cruse, is a Perth dancer specialising in Classical Ballet and Contemporary
dance. She trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts before
entering the professional scene as an independent artist. You might have seen her
most recently perform with Fever Production Company in their season of Sleeping
Beauty as well as with Telluric Ballet in the shows ‘Whatever Happened to Captain
Planet?”, ‘These Arbitrary Borders’ and ‘Aeolian Rage’ choreographed and directed
by Tamsyn Heynes. Jessica is excited to continue performing with Telluric Ballet in
their 2026 season and aims to pursue her goals in choreography over the next year.
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Jacinta Andersen began her pre-professional ballet training in Perth, then moved to Melbourne to train in Vaganova style and obtain a Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance). In 2018-2019, she moved to the USA to dance with Mystic Ballet, diversifying her artistry with contemporary repertoire. After a European tour, Jacinta concluded her season abroad and moved back to Perth, where she began teaching, choreographing and coaching students in classical and contemporary styles across Perth and the southwest.
Jacinta is now a freelance artist, performing regularly in "Ballet of Lights" shows across Australia- as the lead fairy in Sleeping Beauty, as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, and as the step sister in Cinderella. She performs eco-art contemporary-ballet works with Telluric Ballet, as well as other freelance productions such as "The Tree We Grew" in 2025.
Jacinta also holds a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences, and is passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of dancers.
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​Jess Peters began her dance training in Perth through a variety of different styles at Dance Venture Ballet School. She continued pursuing her career in classical ballet through full-time training at Ballet Theatre Australia in Melbourne. During her time in Melbourne, she had the opportunity to dance as a guest performer with the Australian Ballet in their production of Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Jess relocated to Europe with a full-time contract with the Opera Comica in Bucharest, Romania, where she danced as a Ballet Soloist for 4 years, performing in a variety of classical ballets, operas, fairytale stories and film productions. During the pandemic, Jess expanded her involvement into the fitness industry, working as a personal trainer, Pilates instructor and dance teacher.
In 2024, Jess returned to Perth, working in the fitness industry and revisiting her dance career.