‘Queer Icons Party’, EWF 2018 (photo: Snehargho Ghosh)
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Dances, ABC TV, 2018 (dir. Ramon Watkins; watch on iview here)
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My cross-disciplinary performance practice encompasses movement and spoken word. I aim to temper the rigidity of words with the fluidity of physical motion, communicating in a register that is both cognitive and embodied.
As a dancer and choreographer, I work primarily in the genres of hip-hop/urban and lyrical, though I dabble in commercial and house. My practice centres on queering, and I devise and perform either straight choreography or ‘collisions’ of word and movement. In terms of spoken word, I’m known mostly for my poetry; however, I host events and read nonfiction (whether in a serious or a comedic fashion) as well. 2019
2018
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'IDAHOBIT Day 2018', Federation Square (studio footage)
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- Milk Crates (Brunswick, April)
- ‘Crimes Against Literature’, Melbourne Writers Festival (Melbourne, March)
- Dances, ABC TV, Screen Australia, Film Victoria & Mardi Gras (February)
- ‘Spirit of Place’, NIDA, Story Wise & National Sustainable Living Festival (Southbank, February)
- ‘Intimacies of Industries’, Midsumma & The Living Museum of the West (Maribyrnong, January/February)
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'Intimacies of Industries', Midsumma 2018
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- ‘Liminal Presents 2018’, City of Melbourne, Signal & Liminal (Melbourne, January)
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Liminal Presents 2018 (studio footage of dance only)
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2017
- ‘Spelling Bee’, National Young Writers’ Festival (Newcastle, October)
- ‘My Place in Melbourne’, Melbourne Writers Festival (Melbourne, August)
- Flat Exit book launch, Cordite Books & Aeso Studio (Melbourne, June)
- ‘Late Night Lit: Collisions’, Emerging Writers’ Festival (Melbourne, June)
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'Late Night Lit: Collisions', EWF 2017 (studio shoot of dance only; for live footage including poetry, click here)
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- ‘Literary Live Art: Performing Place’, Emerging Writers’ Festival (Footscray, June)
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'Literary Live Art: Performing Place', EWF 2017 (video: Cathy Tran)
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- The Hot Guy book launch, Echo Publishing & Astor Theatre (St Kilda, May)
- ‘Park Lounge’, Midsumma Festival & Wyndham City Council (Werribee, February)
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'Park Lounge', Midsumma 2017 (video: Chloe Brien)
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2016
- ‘Oppression Olympics: A Game Nobody Wins’, Right Now (Melbourne, December)
- ‘The Rag & Scribble Salon’, Small Press Network Independent Publishing Conference (Melbourne, November)
- ‘Poetically Pushing Against Dominant Narratives’, National Young Writers’ Festival (Newcastle, October)
- ‘Debate: BFA vs NYWF’, National Young Writers’ Festival (Newcastle, September)
- ‘Queer Literary Salon’, Melbourne Writers Festival (Melbourne, September)
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'Queer Literary Salon', MWF 2016 (video: Chloe Brien)
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- ‘Late Night Lit: I Want to Know What Love Is’, Emerging Writers’ Festival (Melbourne, June)
Earlier
- Poetry Readings at Fort Charles (Brunswick, October 2015)
- ‘Critical Game Show’, National Young Writers’ Festival (Newcastle, October 2015)
- ‘30 Under 30’, All the Best, FBi Radio, episode 1527 (July 2015)
- Literati Parti (Brunswick, June 2015)
- ‘Epic Word-nerd Battledome’, National Young Writers’ Festival (Newcastle, October 2014)
- ‘Stop! Grammar Time!’, National Young Writers’ Festival (Newcastle, October 2013)
- Spoken Word, 3CR Radio (Collingwood, August 2012)
- Launch of Velour Poetry Zine (Northcote, October 2011)
- ‘Mash’, Overload Poetry Festival (Melbourne, August 2010)
- Narrator, Voiceworks Live (Melbourne, July 2010)