Education
2018 – Present
Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University
2017
Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours), Deakin University – Recieved First Class Honours (H1), specialisation in Dance
2016
Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, Deakin University – majoring in Drama and Dance
Indonesia Dance Internship integrating contemporary dance and traditional Javanese dance, Deakin University, Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta and International Internships – click here for video documentation
2013
Diploma of Music, MWT Institute – specialisation in Performance (Voice)
Certificate IV in Music, MWT Institute – specialisation in Performance (Voice)
Presentation of Work
2021
Upcoming: CARE DANCE, solo dance film work to be presented at Dancehouse, Melbourne & Deakin Motion.Lab
2020
Love Me, Please Love Me or sad space, durational participatory work presented as Melbourne Fringe Festival, bASE! creative space, with support from Ralph Mclean microgrants
CARE DANCE, solo dance film work presented as part of hillsceneLIVE festival, livestreamed on the hillsceneLIVE website and media platforms
2019
Singing and Dancing is Heavily Encouraged, durational dance work presented as part of InterAct! Transdisciplinary Interrogations, academic conference, Deakin Downtown
2017
Soul Sounds, dance work presented as part of Deakin Launch Festival, Deakin University, Studio P
Publications
2020
‘CARE DANCE (solo)’, Verandah Literary and Art Journal: Cabinet of Curisoties. View the work here.
Artistic Practices
2018 – Present
Creator and facilitator of CARE DANCE – casual and weekly dance/movement improvisation research practice sessions for doctoral research
2017
Creator and facilitator of Soul Sounds – a weekly dance/movement improvisation research practice
Teaching
2018 – Present
Dance and Musical Theatre Teacher at BAM ARTS Inc. – Creative arts classes for people with disabilities of all ages (children and adults) – Brighton, Seaford & Frankston
Presentations and Workshops
2020
Hosted and facilitated a session at PO$$€ – a dance and reading group for contemporary dance and other artistic practitioners, online
Paper presentation, Practice as Caring and Caring as Practice: Dance as Epistemology as part of Shaping Bodies, Shaping Minds, academic conference presented by the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
2019
Paper presentation, Listening to Self and ‘Other’ in Dance Improvisation Practice as part of Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies, academic conference presented by the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ), University of Auckland
Workshop, Care and Caring Structures in Dance Practice as part of Lasting the Distance: A Lifetime in the Performing Arts, academic conference presented by The Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH), Arts Centre Melbourne
Invited presentation to third year undergraduate dance students (unit ACD308), Deakin University (also in 2018)
Invited workshop and presentation to ‘mini-BEG’ – a group of PhD students in the Institute of Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University
2018
Paper presentation, Dance Movement Improvisation Practice: The Space Between the Artistic and the Therapeutic, School of Communications and Creative Arts (SCCA) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Seminar, Deakin University
2017
Presentation, Exploring the Sounds and Rhythms of the Moving Body, Creative Arts Honours Symposium, Deakin University, Deakin Downtown
Facilitated a session at Test{ing} Club – a group for collective practising, Melbourne
2016
Facilitated a dance/movement improvisation session for local dance students, Pacitan, Indonesia
Arts and Conference Programming and Organisation
2020
Co-curator of On The Table, a practice-sharing program featuring a different artist or collective each week working within the realms of embodied artistic practice, Dancehouse, Melbourne
2019
Member of the organisation committee and submission review panel for Inter(Act)! Transdisciplinary Interrogations, academic conference presented by Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education
Conference support team member for Lasting the Distance: A Lifetime in the Performing Arts, academic conference presented by The Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH), Arts Centre Melbourne
Conference support team member for Body of Knowledge: Art and Embodied Cognition academic conference, Deakin University
Research Engagement
2020
Contributor to the research of Zoë Bastin for her doctoral research project, That Which Was Once Familiar
2019
Contributor to the research of Dr Shaun McLeod for participatory performance ‘Facing (m)other’ presented at Body of Knowledge: Art and Embodied Cognition academic conference, Deakin University
2017 – Present
Ongoing contributor to the research of Dr Olivia Millard – practice-led research exploring the use of scores in a weekly dance/movement improvisation practice
2017
Contributor to the research of Caitlin Dear for her work, ‘Perceptive Ontologies’ and ‘Moving Objectivity’ – see caitlindear.com/research for video documentation
Contributor to the research and performance practice of Gülsen Özer
Professional Development
2020
(Upcoming) Choreographer Secondment as part of their project, Flux Job, Lucy Guerin Inc.
Emerging Choreographers Program, Dancehouse – year-long professional development program for young choreographers
Performance History
2020
Dancing Affordances by Caitlin Dear, dance improvisation work presented as part of Submerge, Dancehouse
Love Me, Please Love Me or sad space, durational immersive work presented as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival, Digital Fringe & bASE! creative space
CARE DANCE by Ebony Muller, durational dance improvisation work as part of hillsceneLIVE curated arts festival, Burrinja Cultural Centre & hillsceneLIVE
That Which Was Once Familiar by Zoë Bastin, dance film work, Bus Projects
2018
Gatecrasher by Logic Defies Logic, music video
2017
Soul Sounds by Ebony Muller, dance work as part of Deakin Launch Festival, Deakin University, Studio P
2016
Untitled Performance in collaboration with Walter Eggarth, site-specific contact improvisation duet in Vienna, Austria
Sun by MOVE Dance Productions, dance video – watch here
Untitled Performance by MOVE Dance Productions, dance performance as part of Music for Blankets charity event, 300 Blankets, RMIT Kaleide Theatre
Nest in collaboration with Yoni Prior and performers, theatre work, Phoenix Theatre, Deakin University
This is Where it Happened by Gülsen Özer, site-specific performance as part of Dance Here! festival, Healesville
Untitled Performance in collaboration with Louise Morris and performers, site-specific performance as part of Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne Beach – read article on the event here
Untitled Performance, traditional Javanese dance performance, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2015
Captive by MOVE Dance Productions, dance work, The Space Dance and Arts Centre
Untitled Performance by MOVE Dance Productions, dance performance as part of Free to Be charity event, Ormond Hall
Liminal Voices by Jonathan Graffam, theatre work as part of III – An Anthology of Us, Phoenix Theatre, Deakin University
Never Arriving in collaboration with Olivia Millard and dancers as part of dance work double bill Move to Go, Deakin University, Studio B
Mystery Bouffe adapted in collaboration with Louise Morris and performers, theatre work, Phoenix Theatre, Deakin University
Diving Horses in collaboration with Louise Morris, Jof O’Farrell and performers, visual installation and performance, presented by Deakin University & Arts Centre Melbourne
2014
4.48 Psychosis adapted by Meagan Chappel, Elyssa Mahr and Ebony Muller, theatre performance, Phoenix Theatre, Deakin University
Untitled Performance by performers, improvised drama performance, Phoenix Theatre, Deakin University
2013
Feel Human Again with Lync, video advertisement for Generation-e
Tribute: A Rock Legends Revue by Altona City Theatre, music revue show, Altona City Theatre
Hairspray, ASPECT Inc., musical, Shirley Burke Theatre
2012
Aladdin: The Rock Panto, Altona City Theatre, pantomime musical, Altona City Theatre
2011
Untitled Performance by MLOC Prouctions Inc., choir performance as part of Beaumaris Community Carols, Beaumaris Reserve
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Kidz Act, theatre work, Doncaster Playhouse
The Saga of Sagebrush Sal, BATS Theatre Company, theatre pantomime, Cranbourne Community Theatre
Oliver!, Peoples Playhouse, musical, Cranbourne Community Theatre
2010
HMS Pinafore, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, musical, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Assembly Hall
2007
Argybarge by St. Martin’s Youth Theatre in collaboration with performers, theatre work, St. Martin’s Youth Theatre
2004
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Peoples Playhouse, musical, Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre
Creative Work (Other)
2019
Backstage crew for I Don’t Know About You, But I Need…, dance work double bill by Ghost and John as part of Impulstanz Festival, Burgtheater im Kasino (Vienna, Austria)
2018
Usher and front of house for various works, Dancehouse
Model for Alberto Semo, photographer
Life model for Walter Eggarth, dancer and visual artist (Vienna, Austria)
2016
Backstage crew for Dybbuk, curated by Samara Hersch, Malthouse Theatre, Beckett Theatre
2012
Backstage crew for The Wizard of Oz, Peoples Playhouse, Cranbourne Community Theatre
Training and Qualifications
2018
Working with Children’s Check (WWCC) – Employment
2015
Level One Auslan, Victorian Deaf Society
Grants Recieved
2020
Cash for Creatives grant, provided by Melbourne Fringe Festival & The Broadtree Foundation for the sum of $2500 for Love Me, Please Love Me or sad space
Ralph Mclean Microgrant, provided by Melbourne Fringe Festival for the sum of $387 for Love Me, Please Love Me or sad space
2016
New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant, provided by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for the sum of $3000 for Deakin University Indonesia Dance Internship supported by the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta and International Internships
Professional Associations
2019 – 2020
Member of Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH)
Member of Arts Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ)
2018 – 2019
Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Student Representative on the Deakin University Arts and Education Faculty Board
2016 – Present
Member of Golden Key International Honours Society – Invitation only membership for students in the top 15% of their university