Dance (Lens) Mini 2026: Thursday
IN FOCUS: Claire Marshall, & SCRATCH NIGHT #1 with Fale
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Presented as a part of Dance (Lens) Mini 2026.
IN FOCUS: The Feminist Lens of Claire Marshall
6pm, Thursday 3 December | Sylvia Staehli Theatre
A master of mise-en scene, framing and perspective, Claire Marshall is an internationally recognised and celebrated screendance artist based in Melbourne. Her work has been screened in numerous international festivals including London International Screen Dance Festival, Dance on Camera, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, and enCore.
For IN FOCUS, Claire will cover her recent body of works investigating complex ideas of framing, split screens, aspect ratios, and non-linear storytelling through a feminist lens.
This talk includes screenings of I SAW YOU WATCHING (2026); and extracts of REVOLVE (2026); and FRAMES (2026); and Permutations (2025).
>> Followed by SCRATCH NIGHT hosted by Joshua ‘Fale’ Faleatua
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Claire Marshall is an Australian choreographer most known for her immersive contemporary dance projects, dance films, and choreography of music videos. A graduate of Queensland University of Technology – Bachelor of Arts (Dance), Claire has developed a strong choreographic voice, unique aesthetic and a passion for storytelling in her choreography. Her dance film Ward of State won an Australian Dance Award in 2015 in the film and new media category and was screened internationally in 2016. In addition to her creative practice, in 2019 Claire’s interest in narrative dance film led Claire to study a Master of Fine Arts (Dance) at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Her recent dance film Shift was selected for the 48th Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Centre, New York where it won Best of Fest in the short film category in July 2020.
