Teachers in Australia

Conducted Feldenkrais lessons at the Australian Institute of Music (AIM) actors in Dramatic Arts and musicians in Classical Performance; and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). Assistant Trainer in the Feldenkrais Method.

Teaches somatics at universities, especially the University of Western Sydney and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dance college. Background as professional dancer, including the Australian Opera. Trained in dance at training at Victorian College of the Arts. Trainer in the Feldenkrais Method.

Background in arts and education arts and education: as a teacher, performer, director, lecturer, producer, artisan and writer in Queensland, Australia.

Choreographic credits include commissioned works for ADT, the One Extra Company, 2-Dance Plus, Chrissie Parrott Dance Company, WA Academy of Performing Arts, Steps Expressions. Dance North and LINK Dance Company. Co-founded 2-Dance (Buzz Dance Theatre), founding member and Artistic Program Manager for STRUT dance. Received BA (Dance) Edith Cowan University.

Decades of experience as an actor in theatre, film and television. Studied acting in Sydney with iconic teachers from Hayes Gordon and Tony Knight, to Janise Slayter and Max Lambert. Graduate Certificate In Adult Tertiary Education, and Advanced Diploma of Acting for Stage and Screen, and a Master of Arts from Central Queensland University.

Lecturer at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in the Dance, Theatre, Music and Performance departments. BA in Dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Worked as professional dancer and choreographer in Australia, India and Europe. Also, certificates in Polyvagal and Trauma Skills and qualified as Consent and Intimacy Coach.

Twenty year career as a professional dancer. Teaches Feldenkrais Method at the Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne University) School of Dance as part of the Integrated Body Mind Practices unit. Taught at National Theatre Drama School, Monash University and the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University. Also professional member of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.

Background in martial arts, contemporary dance, both Chinese and European music, physical theatre, circus. Contributions include New Zealand Opera’s “The Bone Feeder” (Chinese flutes and dance), Anna Yen’s Slow Boat, Rhiannon Newton’s Bodied Assemblies, and The Koski Project. Stuidos in Sydney and the Blue Mountains.

Teaches Awareness Through Movement at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane to vocal and instrumental pedagogy students. Faciltitates PlayMoves workshops which integrate Feldenkrais and performance skills. Her arts work spans theatre, contemporary circus, physical theatre, and film. Recipient of a Churchill Fellowship and a Matilda Award Special Commendation. Wrote and performed acclaimed film “Chinese Take Away”.