Founded in 2018 by dance artists Frankie Snowdon and Madeleine Krenek, GUTS Dance // Central Australia (GUTS) exists in a unique, diverse and complex place - one of the most isolated geographies in the world. 

As an Alice Springs/Mparntwe-based contemporary dance organisation, we are the only platform for contemporary dance investigation, creation, training and performance within a 1500 km radius. GUTS supports experimental dance practices and production and is a hub for learning and exchange with a growing reputation in the landscape of Australian dance organisations.


GUTS exists because of a steadfast commitment to support and champion brave and brilliant independent dance makers across regional and remote Australia. We are demonstrating a cultural shift - centring the experience and treatment of artists, celebrating diverse stories and practice, and de-urbanising where great art is funded, made and experienced.

At GUTS, we fiercely believe in the decentralisation of our artistic economies and contemporary practice’s capacity to enable us to evolve and respond with grace, hope and power to a rapidly changing world. We believe community practice, organisational integrity and artistic excellence can and must coexist. 

GUTS exists in the belly of the country, a place of vast expanse and depth, that can be overlooked as a place of vitality and opportunity. A small but strongly beating heart - we link practitioners, peers and organisations to the country’s centre. We proudly assert the importance of equity in artistic and cultural opportunities contributing to full and enjoyable lives, no matter where you live. We are here for the betterment of our community, but also the evolution of the sector. 

GUTS contributes to the elevation of dance to a place where it is ubiquitous and celebrated, to encourage a return to the body and a connection to our communities and stories that is active and undeniable.

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