Thomas Woodman is a Melbourne/Naarm-based dancer and choreographer who has performed and presented work in a range of contexts. He completed a BFA in Dance (2015) with Honours through the Visual Art School (2019) at the Victorian College of the Arts. As a performer Thomas has worked with a number of artists, particularly with Jo Lloyd of late. His choreographic work is preoccupied with human and non-human encounters, the micro and macro, multiplicity, eschewing notions of originality (how original…), the influence of mass media, and the function of imagination in performance and beyond. Thomas most recently presented the multi-modal work A dead-end in itself (2022) at Temperance Hall as part of a triple bill. He approaches choreography as an equally conceptual and material form, drawing from a pool of multidisciplinary interests.

Megan Payne is a dancer/choreographer, writer and associate editor with The Suburban Review, living on stolen Wurundjeri land. They’ve shown work at venues like Judson Memorial Church, Gertrude Contemporary gallery and PS Artspace, and are the co-founder of ‘No Manifesto for Palestine,’ together with Angelita Biscotti and LJ Connolly-Hiatt, which is shared here to promote solidarity. Megan co-developed and presented the radio show Land Swimming with Oonagh Slater, produced by Bus Radio. Investing in the choreographic practices of fellow artists, Megan has collaborated with Russell Dumas, Shelley Lasica, Sarah Aiken, Rebecca Jensen, Arini Byng, Ivey Wawn, Ellen Davies and Alice Heyward. More recently, they performed in Shelley Lasica’s ‘When I’m Not There’ at the Art Gallery of NSW. Megan’s writing extends to reviews for books, performances and exhibitions, and fiction and poetry.