Gabrielle Nakivell’s atmospheric performance works and immersive projects are known for their vivid choreography, attention to detail and evocative combinations of the mundane and the bizarre. Her work, which ranges from choreographic strategies for collaboration and social practice projects to bespoke solos and main-stage ensemble works, has landed on iconic stages such as Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, The Joyce in New York City, Sydney’s Roslyn Packer Theatre and Adelaide’s Dunstan Playhouse, as well as unique halls, galleries and open-air venues across Armenia, Andalucía and regional Australia. Gabrielle has toured work independently and been commissioned by Sydney Dance Company, Dancenorth, Australasian Dance Collective, Queensland Ballet, Vitalstatistix, Brisbane Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, Frontier Danceland Singapore, QL2 and Tasdance. She has also been invited to develop performances, research projects and workshops across festival, training and academic contexts internationally. As a performer Gabrielle has worked with Australian Dance Theatre, Aaben Dans (DK), Alexander Baervoets (BE), Chunky Move/Gideon Obarzanek, Gavin Webber/Regurgitator, Jurij Konjar (SLO), Maxine Doyle (UK), Punchdrunk (UK), The Farm, Thomas Steyaert (BE), Raul Maia (PT) & Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus (BE) amongst others. Her collaborative work as an artistic advisor, dramaturg and movement director intersects many artists and companies. She has worked on projects with Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Australasian Dance Collective, Windmill Production Company and State Theatre Company SA, was Artist in Residence at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Training Associate at Sydney Dance Company and is currently Resident Director of Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More in Seoul. Gabrielle is the recipient of the Arts South Australia Fellowship, Keith Bain Choreographic Travel Fellowship, Tanja Liedtke Fellowship, and Marten Bequest.

Luke Smilesʼs love of cinema has inspired his diverse practice, leading him to work across all areas of soundincluding sound design, foley, sound effects editing and music composition. Luke is renowned for producinghighly detailed soundtracks with a focus on an immersive audience experience for artists including: All The Queens Men, ADT, Australasian Dance Collective, Belvoir, Chunky Move, Dancenorth, Gabrielle Nankivell,MTC, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Rachel Arianne Ogle, Restless Dance Theatre, State Theatre Company SA, Sydney Dance Company, STC, The Farm and Windmill Production Company. Luke and Gab’s catalogue of works together number 16 and counting. Their collaborative creative practice spans dancing together, co-directing and building logic at the intersection of choreography, sound and tech.

Kristina Chan has over 20 years of international performance experience with artists; Kate Champion’s Force Majeure, Garry Stewart’s Australian Dance Theatre, Gideon Obarzanek’s Chunky Move, Australian Ballet, Lucy Guerin Inc, Stephanie Lake, Lisa Wilson, Sydney Theatre Company, Legs On The Wall, Narelle Benjamin, Anton, Tanja Liedtke, Craig Bary, Victoria Chiu, Martin del Amo and Victoria Hunt. Alongside her independent works, Kristina has been commissioned by companies including, Sydney Dance Company, Expressions Dance Company and City Contemporary Dance Company (Hong Kong). Kristina received a Helpmann Award for her performance in Narelle Benjamin’s In Glass (2011), two Australian Dance Awards for Tanja Liedtke’s Twelfth Floor (2006) and construct (2009), and the Peggy van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship (2017).Kristina and Gab first danced together at ADT. They have a long history touring the globe together with various companies and independent artists.

Joshua Thomson has been the Artistic Director of Legs On The Wall since 2018. His recent works include the flagship work THAW(Impact Award, 2024), BEETLE, ENDLING, LOVERS, Hive of Industry, Holding Achilles (with Dead Puppet Society) and Now and Everin collaboration with Frances Rings. A celebrated director, maker andperformer, Joshua has worked with companies suchas Bangarra Dance Theatre (consulting on aerial performance), Marrugeku, Dance North, PhysicalVirus Collective, Tasdance and The Farm, with whom he co-created the Helpmann Award Winning work, TIDE. Josh and Gab have created and performed together in many works by The Farm in both Europe and Australia. They have also been collaborators on each other’s independent projects and side hustles.

Rasmus Ölme is an internationally renowned dance artist and academic. He holds a PhD in Media studies with the subject Choreography from KTH/Uniarts in Stockholm. He is professor and head of the BFA in Dance and Choreography and the MFA in Choreography at The Danish National School of Performing Arts. In addition, Rasmus is acting head of artistic research.Once upon a time, Rasmus and Gab danced together in Brussels in the work of Wim Vandekeybus. Over the decades since, they intermittently meet in random studios around Europe to share an unexpected dance.

Vânia Vaneau is trained in dance in Brazil and then at P.A.R.T.S in Brussels, she later obtained a Bachelor of Psychology at the University of Paris 8 and followed a training in Body Mind Centering. She has worked as an interpreter for Wim Vandekeybus, Maguy Marin, Yoann Bourgeois and Christian Rizzo. She is co-director of the Cie Arrangement Provisoire alongside Jordi Galí since 2012. Vânia and Gab also toured together for several years in the work of Wim Vandekeybus. They shared a heatdrenched summer at Danceweb in Vienna and from time to time still meet by rivers or ruins or mountains to dance.

Martin del Amo is a choreographer and dancer with 30 years of professional experience. He is acclaimed for his solos fusing idiosyncratic movement and intimate storytelling, and, more recently, as a creator of group works and solos for others. Programmed by many major festivals and venues across the country, hiswork has toured nationally and internationally. Martin’s contribution to the Australian arts sector as a teacher, dramaturg, dance writer and mentor to emerging artists has been recognisedwith the 2024 Creative Australia Award for Dance, the Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance (2018), and the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship (2015). Although Martin and Gab had never officially worked together before Future History, their long-standing friendship is built on robust dialogue around all things dance and performance. They are united in an ongoing quest for Newtown’s infamous Frosted Latte.

Harriet Oxley is a graduate of VCA (Theatre Design) and RMIT (Fashion Design), Harriet has designed costumes for dance, theatre, opera, musical theatre and circus productions across Australia since 2005. Harriet has had artistic collaborations with Sydney Dance Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, SydneyTheatre Company, Stephanie Lake Company, Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc, Melbourne Opera, Victorian Opera, Chunky Move, Circus Oz, Back to Back Theatre and Malthouse Theatre. Harriet has been nominated for multiple Green Room Awards, winning for design in Opera. She was nominated for a Production Designers’ Guild award for costume for live performance in 2025 for Stephanie Lake’s The Chronicles. She tutors in costume design in The Bachelor of Design at Melbourne University.

Meg Wilson has designed set and costume for Australian Dance Theatre (Jenni Large’sFaraway2026), STCSA (Terrestrial2018,Euphoria, 2021, Eureka Day2021, Antigone2022, Heartbreak Choir (upcoming) and Windmill Theatre Co. (Amphibian, 2018/2021, RELLA 2022 and Moss Piglet 2024), Vitalstatistix (The Photo Boxset design Adelaide Festival 2022, Bedroom (lighting design 2021) and Progress Report (set, costume and lighting designs 2021) and Restless Dance Theatre, including designs for the Adelaide Festival productions ofIntimate Space (2018) and Guttered (2021). Meg was awarded the 2019 Green Room Award for Contemporary and Experimental Performance (Innovation in Durational Performance), for SQUASH!, 2025 Green Room Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for The Exact Dimensions of Helland was nominated in 2025 for the APDG award for Multi-discipline Design for a Live Performance or Event forMoss Piglet.