Dance was born outside, perhaps dance can return to outside? We practise in a community, by this I mean, in class, rehearsal, performance and in communion with other bodies where we seek to connect, to dispel loneliness, to find purpose, find tribe and belong.

I obsess over the beauty, the colossal scale of brutalist architecture. Smooth, curved, angular, contrasting. The manipulation of materials into constructed utopias.

To drill into the territory of boredom is to ask specific things of an audience, not the least of which is patience and a capacity to stay in a work when limited sensory stimulation is taking place.

JULIA’s core concept is based on the political life of Australia’s first female Prime Minister. Built on primary research sources including parliamentary transcripts, media reporting and public commentary around the political life and leadership of Australia’s first female Prime Minster, Julia Gillard

On my quicksand days

of crawled choreography

and monologues of moan…

I rehearse in the bath

the tap drip my metronome…

Technical mastery is hard won but there can be such a cost when it is achieved at the expense of our ability to manifest the deeper truths of our being. Technique is a means to an end and not the end in itself.

Dance in a virtual reality environment is an embodied participatory experience, which means that you experience it with your whole body by dancing.

Dancing is utterly central to the club and dance party culture-the dancer and the dance floor playing equally important roles in creating the environment and influencing the production of the music.