Born 1980, Viña del Mar, Chile
1998 - 2001 Bachelor of Arts (Dance), University of Western Sydney, Nepean.
2002 - 2003 Bachelor of Teaching (Dance/ Drama Secondary Studies). University of Western Sydney, Nepean.
2023
Recipient of the 2023 Critical Path Regional NSW Choreographic Research Fellowship
2023 Regional Action Research Project Artist- Critical Path with support from Create NSW
Self Directed Works
Slow Talk. Facilitator. Inspired by Critical Path program to self curate virtual slow talks with Sydney artists during Sydney lockdown (while living on Bundjalung country). June 2021.
Untitled Orange Attempt #001 - 1st stage development. Choreographer and collaborator with dancers Sharon Backley-Astrachan and Omer Backley-Astrachan. Presented by On The Cusp by Imagine Platform @ Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney, September 2015
The Draw In - 1st stage development. Choreographer. Collaborated with dancers Kirsty Kiloh, Charemine Seet and Omer Backley-Astrachan. Composer Ilia Bezroukov and dramaturge Dominic Bock. Presented at On the Cusp by Imagine Platform @ Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney. August 2015.
JAPA - 1st stage development. Choreographer, dancer and collaborator. Collaboration with Yidaki player Gumaroy Newman and Dr Barbara Doran on the visual projection. Presented at On the Cusp by Imagine Platform @ Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney, 2014.
Project Amaya - 1st stage development. Choreographer, Dancer and Producer. Collaboration with Victor Martinez on composition and Tamarra Pottier on live painting. Presented at On the Cusp by Imagine Platform @ Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney, 2013.
Collaborative Works
Paul Walker - I Will Survive. Dramaturg for the project working with Paul and participants to capture moments from the creative performance workshops towards a final showing and presentation. Paul invited artists to run creative workshops in response to the recovery from the 2022 Northern Rivers Floods. The project was funded by NORPA through the SEED funding program. Lismore, NSW. August - December 2022.
Merinda Davies and Matt Cornell - Fully Automated Human Touch. Viewed and provided feedback on work in progress. HOTA, Gold Coast. June 2022
Daniele Constance - Looks Like a Tourist. Invited as a dancer and collaborator into the creative development. HOTA. Gold Coast. 2022
Merinda Davies and Kate Usher - Slow Talk. Participant. Program facilitated by Critical Path and NORPA, Lismore 2021.
Tammy Zarb and Co. - Inside Out. Dancer and collaborator. Bleach Festival 2019. Bond University Architecture building. Gold Coast, 2019.
Meredith Elton - Wild City. Workshop Facilitator and collaborator. 2018
Gogi Dance Collective - Iris. Dancer in a site-specific work. Gold Coast, Aug - Sept 2018.
Meredith Elton - Lines In the Sand: (re)making contact. Commonwealth Games Festival 2018. Performer and collaborator. Worked under the direction of Meredith Elton and collaborators Victoria Hunt, Carole McGregor and 11 local women. Gold Coast, QLD. February-April 2018.
Gogi Dance Collective - Quiet By Nature. Bleach Festival 2018. Dancer. Directed by Alicia Min Harvie and collaborators Ashleigh White and Viviene Frehner. Gold Coast, QLD. March-April 2018.
Brooke Stamp – Pulling Down from the Ephemeral, Project manager and director assistant. Bombo Headland, 2017
Le Tuyen Nguyen - Indochina Theatre Project. Researcher, collaborator, choreographer, dancer. Sydney and Adelaide, 2013 - 2016.
Brianna Kell - Observation. Dancer and collaborator. Produced by DirtyFeet. Sydney, October 2016.
Jonathan Jones - Skin and Bones. Public project facilitator and invigilator of outdoor site work. Presented by Kaldor Public Art Project. The Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney. 2016
Annalouise Paul - Forge. Rehearsal Director. Parramatta Riverside Theatre. 2016
Marina Abramovic: In Residence (Kaldor Public Art Projects). Site specific performer. June - July 2015, Sydney. Trained by Lynsey Peisinger in the Abramovic Method.
Xavier Le Roy and Scarlet Yu – Temporary Title 2015, Performer and collaborator. Kaldor Public Art Projects, Carriageworks, Oct. - Nov. 2015.
Annalouise Paul – Mother Tongue. Dancer and Assistant Choreographer. Aug- Sept 2014
Barbara Doran – Binary. Performance artist, Sydney BEAMS Festival, Sept. 2014
Tino Sehgal – This is So Contemporary. Performer. Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Feb. 2014.
Residencies
Tour and invitation to use space in kind at Studio 1, Brisbane. A new dance and creative space in Brisbane. 2021.
Dancing Moments 2. Invited by Alice Cummins and Catherine Magill to train and perform at Riddells Creek Improvisation and Performance Weekend, Victoria. December 2017.
Dancing Moments 1. Invited as dancer by Alice Cummins and Cathrine Magill to an Improvisation and performance weekend at Riddells Creek, Victoria. April 2017.
Critical Path. Space in-kind. Collaboration with visual artist Stella Chen. Feb ,Apr 2017.
Artist in Residency at Bundanon Trust - Research and development of the independent work Project Amaya, February/ March 2014
Company 29x27 Nantes, France. Artist in residency for Project Amaya, 2013
Bundanon Trust. Assistant choreographer to Annalouise Paul in Mother Tongue, 2013
Grants
Bursary and Honorarium received from Critical Path to attend Online CoAD Course - Doing Dramaturgy with Lou Cope. 2022
Awarded placement as Emerging Producer with Supercell Dance Festival 2019. Placement and grant supported by the City of Gold Coast through the Producer Placement Program. 2018 - 2019.
Presenting and Pedagogy
Wrote an online article on the change of time in motherhood. Invited by Supercell Dance Festival as a Forecast Artist. 2021
My online Embodiment Experience Module (created 2020) acknowledged by UTS Staff at the International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2021: Creating Spaces and Cultivating Mindsets for Learning and Experimentation | Global Land Programme. Zurich. 2021.
Interviewed for Every Day Dancers podcast, produced by Adam Warburton. 2021
Wrote and presented the online Embodiment Experience Module for UTS - Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII) Degree. 2020.
Tutor and Lecturer: UTS - Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII). Live and online. 2019 - 2022.
Invited Artist: Bond University, Gold Coast. Wrote activity for Master Architecture students - Embodiment of architecture - The rigid and the flow. 2019
Teaching Artist: Sydney Dance Company. Touring Regional Australia as a teaching artist. 2016 - 2019.
Speaker: Australian Dance Festival. Invited to speak on the panel for Teachers VIP Room with Kelly Abbey and Perfect Form Physiotherapy on the topic ‘Resilient Dancer’. September, 2017.
Training and Research
CoAD Diploma in Dance Dramaturgy with Lou Cope. 2022
The Reconnected - Breath Course. June- July 2022
Ade Suharto - Weekly conversations on arts practice and making whilst both entering Motherhood. 2021 - present.
Meredith Elton - Weekly Movement Practice on Bundjalung Country. 2020 - 2022
Alice Cummins - Zoom Somatic Series. 2020 - 2022
Alice Cummins - Somatic Wisdom Educator Training Module - Organs. 2021
Alice Cummins - Somatic Wisdom Educator Training Module - Bones. 2021
Dancer at Bare Bones – Contemporary Dance Intensive with the Farm Company Feb 2018
Body Mind Centering. Alice Cummins BMC work and workshop in Sydney. October 2017.
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen Body Mind Centering Training. Focus on Embryological Foundations as part of the Body Mind Centering Practice. Three day intensive. March 2017.
Alice Cummins BMC Professional Development. Participant at Alice Cummins Body Mind Centering Professional Development week long training. Riddells Creek, VIC 3431. January 2017.
Adam Linder Workshop. Workshop participant (UNSW). March 2016
200hr Yoga Teacher Training - with Bianca Machliss and Simon Borg Olivier with Yoga Synergy. Goa, India March-April 2014
Masterclass with Sasha Waltz and Co: Critical Path’s The Drill, Jan 2014
Masterclass with Aakash Odedra: Form Projects, Connected Studios, Oct 2013
Masterclass with Foofwa d’Imobilite: at Critical Path’s The Drill, Oct 2012