Ashleigh Musk (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, dramaturg and community arts facilitator based in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Her practice engages in sensitive interactions with place and landscape, unearthing physicalities which re-imagine the body in relationship to the ecological crises of our time. Radical care is expressed through experiments in time, participation and experimental use of objects, each work acquiring a unique sensorial ecosystem.

Significant projects in 2024 include: developing ‘Chaos in Concert’ with Jenni Large and Anna Whitaker, touring ‘SUB’ and ‘Fertile Ground’ to national platforms across so-called Australia, being artist-in-residence at Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, collaborating on ‘Desert Hothouse’ and youth project ‘Alice Can Dance’ with GUTS Dance, creating multidisciplinary installation CRISÁLIDA with Ivan Trigo Miras for the Desert Festival (Mparntwe) and participating as a selected artist in ‘Conversations on Performance’ at Festival TransAmériques and at the International Choreographers Retreat with Montreal Danse (Tiohtià:ke, Canada).

Jenni Large is based on palawa country in Lutruwita/Tasmania and works as a dancer, choreographer and teacher across so-called Australia. Driven by the personal, political and transformative forces of embodiment, Jenni’s practice incorporates dancing and performance/endurance art, often reinterpreting objects endeavouring to subvert relational narratives and analyse socio-political themes that impact women. Jenni has performed extensively across Australia and internationally with artists and companies including; Tasdance, Dancenorth, Legs On The Wall, GUTS Dance, SA Opera/Leigh Warren and Ashleigh Musk. Jenni’s recent choreographic works include ‘Wet Hard’ – KCA ‘People’s Choice Award’, ‘Body Body Commodity’ – Mona Foma, ’S U C K E R’ – Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed, ‘Synthetic Seduction’ for SDC PPY and ‘Truth Beauty Suffering’ for Australasian Dance Collective. Recently Jenni was honoured to receive a Chloe Munro Fellowship and participate in Asia Link’s Singapore Arts Now exchange as a creative associate of Tasdance.

Anna Whitaker is a multi award-winning Meanjin/Brisbane based sound designer and composer. She graduated from Queensland Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music Technology, and since has designed and composed for productions including MONA FOMA, Sydney Dance Company, Australasian Dance Company, The Farm, tasdance, Stompin’, Aha Ensemble, La Boite Theatre Company, Brisbane Festival, Bleach* Festival, HOTA Gold Coast, Festival 2018 and Vulcana Circus.

Her vast background in classical music and technology-based sound art result in musical concoctions from the traditional and contemporary worlds. Anna received the 2020/2021 and 2019 Matilda Award for Best Sound Design for her work on Michael Smith’s ‘Cowboy’ and The Farm’s ‘Throttle’ respectively. Anna’s unique voice is also evident in her installation works which have exhibited at Bleach* Festival, HOTA, MetroArts and QPAC Museum. Anna has a strong interest in composition for contemporary dance, and making and collaborating with regional artists and communities.

Liesel Zink is an award-winning socially-engaged choreographer, dramaturge and facilitator of Ukrainian and German descent. She’s has developed and presented work around Australia, Asia and Eastern Europe, working in collaboration with local artists of all ages and experience levels. Liesel’s practice explores the intersection of contemporary dance and community engagement often seeing her work across disciplines and in a range of performance sites, most significantly public space. As a dramaturge she has collaborated with artists including Bridie Hooper, Courtney Scheu, Ivy Tsui (Hong Kong), Daniele Constance (Aha Ensemble), Ashleigh Musk and Michael Smith. She currently is a board member of Theatre Network Australia, is a regular provocateur for GENERATE (Situation on the Gold Coast) and was an Associate Artist of Force Majeure between 2020 – 2023.

Daniele Constance is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on creating participatory, inclusive and socially driven works, currently working across the lands and waters of Kombumerri Country, Yugambeh Language Region on the Gold Coast and Bundjalung Country in northern NSW. She creates artistic works that draw from direct experience, site-responsive and community engaged practices; often using contemporary performance, dance, installation, sound, community and/or audience participation.

Her work is informed and shaped by community engaged methodologies; and a deep questioning and reorienting of community and ecology; encompassing the complex natural environments, non-human relationships and dynamics we are inherently a part of. Daniele works with care, conversation, access and inclusion, and with relationships at the center of the work. Her work often offers playful temporal interventions, remedial actions, and invitations to shift perspectives.