20 January – 14 February

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This show belongs to the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026 season. This season is now over.

Two dancers on a dimly lit stage lean into one another in a close, intertwined pose while a third dancer stands behind them with arms raised toward the blue stage lights, creating a moment of tension and contrast in the choreography.
Three dancers move across a dark stage under warm overhead spotlights, captured mid-leap and reach in expressive, sweeping choreography with strong shadows and dramatic contrast.
Two dancers support and frame a third dancer at centre, their arms interwoven around her head and shoulders under cool blue stage lighting, creating a sculptural, intimate moment within the choreography.
FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026

Canvas of Time

Presenting at FRINGE WORLD, come experience the shifting of the Medieval visual art style through the years to the era and enlightenment of the Renaissance.

A captivating dance piece blending medieval and renaissance art, transitioning from structured, solemn movements to freer, expressive gestures, capturing evolving beauty and cultural shifts. 

"It's an ethereal performance heightened by lovely music." Seesaw magazine, 2025

 

**If sold out, please check the Arts and Cultural Trust website for tickets.

 

Presented by: Kai Taberner and Madilynn Bayliss

Kai Taberner is a contemporary movement artist and choreographer based in Australia. He has performed with Circa Contemporary Circus, Sydney Dance Company, Phluxus2Dance Collective, and in Manifest by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with STRUT Dance. Kai made his choreographic debut with Phluxus2Dance in Independance (2023), exploring movement through vivid imagery and precision. Madilynn Bayliss is a Perth-based emerging artist and WAAPA graduate who has performed works by Anouk van Dijk, Raewyn Hill, and Emma Fishwick, and made her choreographic debut at the 2022 FRINGE WORLD Festival with You So Smooth: EFA In Concert. Together, they co-choreographed and premiered Canvas of Time, a visually rich contemporary work, at The Blue Room Theatre’s 600 Seconds: Moves (2025).
Dance & Physical Theatre • Dance
Western Australia
 
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Content rating: G
Family friendly: Yes

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Presented by: Kai Taberner and Madilynn Bayliss

Kai Taberner is a contemporary movement artist and choreographer based in Australia. He has performed with Circa Contemporary Circus, Sydney Dance Company, Phluxus2Dance Collective, and in Manifest by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with STRUT Dance. Kai made his choreographic debut with Phluxus2Dance in Independance (2023), exploring movement through vivid imagery and precision. Madilynn Bayliss is a Perth-based emerging artist and WAAPA graduate who has performed works by Anouk van Dijk, Raewyn Hill, and Emma Fishwick, and made her choreographic debut at the 2022 FRINGE WORLD Festival with You So Smooth: EFA In Concert. Together, they co-choreographed and premiered Canvas of Time, a visually rich contemporary work, at The Blue Room Theatre’s 600 Seconds: Moves (2025).

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