Izzy Leclezio

Izzy Leclezio (they/them) is an emerging contemporary dance artist, community dance teacher and writer from Mauritius and Boorloo, currently living and practising on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar. They began dance training in ballet at the Graduate College of Dance and were a member of Co3 Youth before completing a Bachelor of Arts in Dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2018. In 2020, Izzy was a member of LINK Dance Company. Writing a First Class Honours thesis, Izzy researched how community arts engagement empowers women in regional WA. In 2022, Izzy performed in works by choreographers Natalie Allen (In Crimson) and Thomas Mullane (Pretty Purgatory, SITU-8), and co-founded Flying Bicycle Collective, creating a new children’s theatre work (Dreams of a Lonely Planet) that tells a story through contemporary dance and shadow puppetry. In 2023, they performed in Laura Boynes' Subliminal Drift (Fremantle Biennale). In 2024, they performed in Enneagon Movement's Ignorance was Bliss at The Liberty Theatre. Izzy currently teaches in primary and highschools as part of West Australian Ballet’s and Co3 Contemporary Dance's respective education engagement programs, and writes for Dance Australia magazine.