Performance & Creative Work History

2025

  • The Folded Scene – Choreographer & Performer
    Presented at the Abbotsford Convent for Escalator. Commissioned by Stephanie Lake Company.

  • Clearing – Lead Artist - Creative development residencies supported by Darebin Speakeasy and the City of Maribrynong.

  • Now Pieces – Performer
    Improvised duet with musician Andrew Byrne at Dancehouse.

  • Automated Intelligence – Choreographer & Performer
    Collaboration with composer Andrew Byrne for Astra Chamber Music’s concert series.

  • PENDULUM – Dancer
    Choreographed by Lucy Guerin and Matthias Schack-Arnott. Presented at China Shanghai International Arts Festival.

  • MOTHER – Choreographer
    Creative development for dance film directed by Parisa Latifi and Reza Latifi.

  • I’m in a Forest – Dancer
    Short film by Lucy Guerin and Angus Kemp. Screenings: 2023 Biennale Danza, Teatro Piccolo (Arsenale) – Venice, Italy, 2024 Chaillot Théâtre National de la Danse – Paris, France, 2025 ACMI Premiere Screening – Melbourne, Australia

  • Completed Yoga Teacher Training

  • Joined the Green Room Awards Dance Panel

  • Hotbed Workshop with Ros Crisp at Lucy Guerin Inc.

2024

  • Mawning – Performer & Co-Creator (with Caroline Meaden & William McBride)
    Creative development supported by The Australian Ballet and Lucy Guerin Inc.

  • Lucy Guerin Inc Artistic Director in Residence Program – Alice Will Caroline

  • My New People – Performer
    Creative development of new work by Caroline Meaden.

  • Molly – Performer
    Presentation for Melbourne Fringe. Supported by Union House Theatre and University of Melbourne Arts and Culture. Created by Caroline Meaden.

  • Casual Professional Class Teaching
    Lucy Guerin Inc, Chunky Move, Transit Dance.

  • PENDULUM – Dancer
    Performance season at Chaillot Théâtre National de la Danse, Paris, France.

  • The Last Dimensions of Hell – Movement Director & Choreographer
    Written by Bridget Mackay, directed by Alice Darling. Presented at Forty Five Downstairs.

  • NEWRETRO REDUX – Dancer
    Lucy Guerin Inc. for Melbourne Art Fair.

  • Class Act – Performer & Collaborator
    Written/created by Mish Grigor, directed by Zoey Dawson. Presented by The Sydney Opera House and Vitalstatistix.

  • Skinner Release Workshop – Tanzfabrik, Berlin.

  • Lucy Guerin Inc Artist Advisory Panel Member

2023

  • Dead Rich – Performer
    Created by Aphids for NGV’s Melbourne Now.

  • 4/4 – Rehearsal Director
    Concept/direction by Antony Hamilton, Chunky Move. Presented at The Malthouse Theatre and toured Europe.

  • Clearing – Lead Artist
    Creative development supported by minimax Chunky Move.

  • NEWRETRO – Dancer
    Choreography/direction by Lucy Guerin. Presented by Lucy Guerin Inc. at ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art).

  • PENDULUM – Dancer
    Created by Lucy Guerin and Matthias Schack-Arnott. Presented at Biennale Danza, Teatro Piccolo (Arsenale) – Venice, Italy.

  • Sessional Dance Lecturer for Victorian College of the Arts (BFA Dance) and Transit Dance.

  • Mentor for emerging artist through Midsumma Pathways.

  • Recipient of a Creators Fund grant from Creative Victoria to support solo research and development.

2022

  • On Residence – Creative development with William McBride at Orbost Centre for Dance Research, supported by Dancehouse, Rosalind Crisp, and Andrew Morrish

  • Now Pieces – Improvised performances supported by Dancehouse, curated by Amaara Raheem

  • PENDULUM (dancer) – Created by Lucy Guerin and Matthias Schack-Arnott. Melbourne Fringe Season: Shed 21, Docklands

  • NEWRETRO (dancer) – Lucy Guerin Inc. Creative development

  • Class Act (performer and collaborator) – Written and created by Mish Griggor, directed by Zoey Dawson. Presented at The Substation

  • What’s Actually Happening (Alice Will Caroline) – Presented by Dancehouse and Carriageworks for the Keir Choreographic Commission Award

  • Recipient of the Chloe Munro Fellowship (Alice Will Caroline) in association with Lucy Guerin Inc.

  • Publication of The Applications of Alice Will Caroline, presented at ACCA’s Who’s Afraid of Public Space? Program

  • Casual professional class teaching at Lucy Guerin Inc. and Chunky Move

2021

  • My New People (performer and collaborator) – Choreography and direction by Caroline Meaden, Geelong Performing Arts Centre

  • PENDULUM (dancer) – Lucy Guerin and Matthias Schack-Arnott. World Premiere / RISING Festival: NGV International, Melbourne

  • Slow Calm Drama (dancer) – Choreographed by Deanne Butterworth, presented by Dancehouse

  • Glass (assistant choreographer and movement director) – Created by Marc Brew and RAWcus, presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy

  • Life Changing Show (Life Changing Somatic Practice) (performer and creator with Alice Will Caroline) – Curated by The People (Morgan Rose and Katrina Cornwell) at La Mama

  • Creative Victoria project funding for Cindy Shival with Emma Riches

  • Moving Forward Residency – Lucy Guerin Inc. with Emma Riches

  • Casual professional class teaching at Lucy Guerin Inc. and Chunky Move

2020

  • What Happened in Shanghai (dancer) – Choreography and direction by Victoria Chui. Presented at Abbotsford Convent and Asia Topa

  • Alien Affairs (performer and collaborator) – Creative development by Iki Nakagawa and Walter Dundervill, New York City

  • Top Ten Actions in This Scene (dancer and collaborator) – Choreography and direction by Deanne Butterworth. Creative development

  • WOW (co-choreographed with Caroline Meaden) – Development and presentation performed by VCA BFA (Dance) 2nd Year students

  • A Disorganised Zoom Reading of the Script from Contagion (performer) – Created by Morgan Rose and Katrina Cornwell

  • Australia Council Career Development Grant (Alice Will Caroline) for networking and professional development in New York

  • Trades Hall Residency (Alice Will Caroline), supported by Melbourne Fringe

  • TTDA (Think Tank Dance Assembly) – Founding member

  • Casual professional class teaching at Lucy Guerin Inc. and Chunky Move

  • Hotbed workshop with Mette

2019

  • Lady Example (co-creator and performer, Alice Will Caroline) – Presented by Arts House for Dance Massive Festival

  • Doors Shut (co-creator and performer, Alice Will Caroline with Mark Wilson) – Presented by Temperance Hall for Melbourne Fringe. Winner: Green Room Award for Ensemble Performance

  • Doors Shut (co-creator and performer, Alice Will Caroline with Mark Wilson) – Creative development at Ian Potter Museum Residency

  • I, Spartacus (co-creator and performer, Alice Will Caroline) – Creative development residency at Lucy Guerin Inc.

  • Token Armies (dancer) – Concept, choreography, and direction by Antony Hamilton for Chunky Move, Melbourne International Arts Festival

  • Madama Butterfly (revival choreographer and movement director) – Opera Australia

  • Light, Colour and Quiet Conversation (performer) – Improvised performance in response to a score by Sarah Aiken. Presented at Critical Mass Brunswick Mechanics Institute and TO DO/TO MAKE 2 NEON PARC

  • Casual professional class teaching at Lucy Guerin Inc. and Chunky Move

2018

  • Token Armies (dancer) – Creative development, choreographed by Antony Hamilton

  • Let’s Go Up Here (creator with Caroline Meaden and William McBride) – Development and presentation at Arts House for FOLA (Festival of Live Art)

  • Contest (movement director in collaboration with Natalie Cursio) – Written by Emilie Collyer, directed by Prue Clark. Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy

  • Lady Example (co-creator with Caroline Meaden and William McBride) – Creative development supported by Bluestone Church Residency and The Substation

  • Lady Example (co-creator with Caroline Meaden and William McBride) – Presented by The Substation and Next Wave Festival. Nominated: Green Room Awards (Choreography, Sound Design, Ensemble Performance, Performer)

  • Trilogy of the Desert, Mirage (co-creator, Alice Will Caroline) – Presented as part of FLUX-Kit-MEL for MEL&NYC Festival, in partnership with NGV

  • The Gallery Workout (performer) – Monica Bill Barnes & Co., presented by Arts Centre Melbourne and NGV for MEL&NYC Festival

  • LOOP (performer) – Natalie Cursio Co., presented by Arts Centre Melbourne and The Drum Theatre Dandenong

  • The Australian Ugliness (performer) – Three-channel video installation by Eugenia Lim. Presented by Open House Melbourne and Melbourne School of Design

  • La Bohème (actor) – Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne

  • Lady Example (co-creator with Caroline Meaden and William McBride) – Residency at Bluestone Church (City of Maribyrnong)

2017

  • SURE (performer) – Dance film by Tracie Mitchell, Victorian College of the Arts and Gertrude St Projection Festival

  • LOOP (performer and collaborator) – Creative development with Nat Cursio Co., Chunky Move

  • Lady Example (co-creator, Alice Will Caroline) – Development residencies at The Substation and Vitalstatistix Adhocracy (SA)

  • City of Melbourne Boyd Studio Artists in Residence (Alice Will Caroline)

  • Tiny Slopes (performer) – Nat Cursio Co., presented by Arts House and Dance Massive Festival

2016

  • Fallen O’er (Alice Will Caroline) – Presented by Abbotsford Convent Foundation and Alchemy Commissioning Program. Nominated: Australian Dance Award for Independent Dance

  • Blowin’ Up: The Bush Capital (solo) – Presented by The Substation and Melbourne Fringe. Winner: Melbourne Fringe Arts House Evolution Award

  • The Ring Cycle (performer and facilitator) – Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne

  • LOOP (performer and collaborator) – Creative development with Nat Cursio Co., Chunky Move

  • Tiny Slopes (performer and collaborator) – Creative development with Nat Cursio Co., The Malthouse

  • Mentorship and workshop with David Pledger, Gorman House, Canberra ACT

  • La Bohème (actor) – Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne

2015

2015

  • ArtStart Grant Recipient, Creative Victoria

  • This is What’s Happening (co-creator and performer, Alice Will Caroline) – Development and presentation at Northcote Town Hall for Darebin Arts Speakeasy and Melbourne Fringe. Winner: Melbourne Fringe Best Dance Award, nominated for Green Room Award and Australian Dance Award

  • Lest We Forget (revival choreographer/assistant) – QL2 Dance, Canberra

  • A String Section (performer) – Created by Leen Dewilde and Mole Wetherell (Reckless Sleepers, BEL/UK), presented at The Malthouse Theatre

  • Urban Rupture (dancer and collaborator) – Concept and direction by Nebahat Urpolat, presented by Dancehouse for Melbourne Fringe

  • Madama Butterfly (dancer) – Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne

  • The Marriage of Figaro (actor) – Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne

  • Residencies/Workshops: PAF (France), HOTBED workshop (Martin Nachbar, Lucy Guerin Inc.), Arts House Four Walls Residency

2014

  • Wired Lab (co-creator and facilitator with Dario Vacirca, Zoe Scoglio, Jackson Castiglione) – Eastern Riverina, NSW

  • And Then (performer/collaborator) – Created by Alice Dixon, presented as part of Pieces for Small Spaces, curated by Lucy Guerin Inc.

  • Tasdance TRIP Artist Residency with Anna Smith and Alice Dixon

  • One Step at a Time Like This (performer)

  • Residencies/Workshops: Summer Space Grant (Dancehouse), workshop with Tere O’Connor (Dancehouse)

2013

  • Ballo (performer) – Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne

  • Blizzard (performer and collaborator) – Choreography and direction by Nat Cursio Co. Presented by The Substation. Nominated: Green Room Awards (Ensemble, Choreography, Concept/Realisation)

  • CLOCK It (performer) – Improvised solo, curated by Davis Wells and Merophie Carr for Big West Festival, The Substation

  • Half Brother (performer) – Video work directed by David Rosetzky

  • Film collaborations: This is Super Ugly and The Visit (Alice Dixon). Presented by Melbourne City Library, Private Dances (Nat Cursio Co.), Northcote Town Hall, and Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District Freespace Festival

  • Postgraduate Diploma of Performance Creation (Choreography), Victorian College of the Arts

  • Workshop participation: Yvonne Rainer Trio A with Sara Wookey

2012

  • One Strange Friend (collaboration with Caroline Meaden) – Presented by Dancehouse and Melbourne Fringe

  • La Traviata (dancer) – Opera Australia, Handa Opera on the Harbour, Sydney

  • Residencies: Mosaico Danza (Turin, Italy), ImPulsTanz (Vienna), Summer Space Grant (Dancehouse, with Caroline Meaden and Melissa Jones)

  • Recipient: Besen Foundation Grant for Blizzard (with Caroline Meaden and Melissa Jones)

2011

  • The Pearlfishers (dancer) – Opera Australia. Myer Music Bowl (2007), Sydney Opera House (2008), Arts Centre Melbourne (2011)

  • Above (dancer) – Choreography and direction by Phillip Adams, Balletlab. Presented at Mona Foma, Hobart

  • Residencies/Workshops: HOTBED workshop (Marten Spangberg, Lucy Guerin Inc.), Chunky Move Maximised Residency (Alice Will Caroline), Lucy Guerin Inc. Studio Artist Residency (Alice Will Caroline), Improvisation workshop (Ros Crisp, Helen Herbertson, Andrew Morrish, Atelier de Paris)

2010

  • Home (dancer) – Created by Vertical Shadows Dance Company, Gasworks

  • Who Knows What (dancer) – Choreography and direction by Rob McCredie. Presented by Next Wave Festival, Horti Hall

  • Contained (co-creator with Caroline Meaden) – Presented by Short & Sweet Dance, Chapel off Chapel

  • Recipient: City of Melbourne Young Artist Grant (with Alice Dixon and Melissa Jones)

2009

  • Who Knows What (dancer) – Choreography and direction by Rob McCredie. Creative development at Carriageworks, Sydney

  • Clickety Clack and Aoroi (performer) – By Rochelle Carmichael, presented by Theatreworks for Melbourne Fringe

  • Dressing, Undressing (co-creator with Caroline Meaden) – Presented by Short & Sweet Dance, Chapel off Chapel

  • Vista (dancer) – Created by Feng Feng Wang and Redspan Dance Company, VCA

  • Graduated: Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne

2008

  • Seamstress (performer) – Presented by Threadden for Melbourne Fringe

  • The Pearlfishers (dancer) – Opera Australia. Myer Music Bowl (2007), Sydney Opera House (2008), Arts Centre Melbourne (2011)

  • Tuesday (dancer) – Dance film directed by Lucy Farmer

  • The Two Young Men (co-creator with Jessica Devereux) – Presented at Splashdance, Geelong Performing Arts Centre

  • Performer in work by Gabrielle De Vietri, exhibited in New08, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

2007

  • The Pearlfishers (dancer) – Opera Australia. Myer Music Bowl (2007), Sydney Opera House (2008), Arts Centre Melbourne (2011)

  • With a Bullet the Album Project: Remastered (dancer) – Natalie Cursio Co., presented by Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Theatre

  • Exhibit A (performer/collaborator) – Choreographed by Kylie Shepard, presented by Dancehouse and Melbourne Fringe

  • Live Clips (dancer) – Series of contemporary dance works by Natalie Cursio, Stephanie Lake, Gerard Van Dyck

  • Learning Curve II – With Brian Lucas, development and mentoring program, Dancehouse

  • Bear Me, I Bear (dancer) – Dance film directed by Lucy Farmer. Screened at John Cage’s Music Circus, Melbourne International Arts Festival

  • ChoreoLab – Residency, Footnote Dance Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand

2006

  • Separating the Wood from the Trees – Final Masters Performance, VCA. Directed by Kate Stanley and co-choreographed with the dancers

  • Animal (performer) – Choreographed by Jo Lloyd, performed at Dancehouse

  • Identifying Place – Directed by Kate Stanley and co-choreographed with the dancers. Performed at Dancehouse

  • Flying Floating Falling (video installation) – By Matt Gingold, screened at Sydney Festival 2008

  • Hand in Glove (music video) – Film clip for Mink Engine, choreographed by Natalie Cursio. Screened at Sydney Festival 2008

  • Ready to Wear–Again (performer) – Improvised performance directed by Christos Linou, L’Oréal Fashion Festival, Melbourne Museum