Dr. Priya Srinivasan is a performer/choreographer/writer and co-Artistic Director of Sangam who lives and works in the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people in Narrm/Melbourne. Sangam under her direction has grown from a humble beginning to a recognised platform for South Asian artistic excellence featuring over 250 artists.

Her practice is rooted in South Asian classical dance, prioritizing feminist decolonization processes, and making visible minority women’s histories. Her work has been presented internationally in major festivals and venues in USA, Europe, China, India and Australia.

With a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, Priya is the author of the award winning book “Sweating Saris: Indian Dance as Transnational Labour.” She has been a mentor in the ECP program at Dancehouse and was an advisor that worked towards the equitable dance festival now called “Frame.”

She has curated, choreographed and performed solo, duet, ensemble and large scale projects in partnership with Hermitage Museum Amsterdam, Berlin Wall Memorial, Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai, Dakshina Chitra and Spaces Chennai, Adishakti Puducherry, Highways Los Angeles, Bunjil Place, Artshouse, Dancehouse, Sydney Opera House, Australian Opera, The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. She has been working with the MSO since 2020 to conceptualize and help create groundbreaking, equitable, intercultural, multidisciplinary collaborations of artistic excellence that redefines music as dance, theatre and text.

Danielle Micich is a highly-awarded choreographer, director and performer of dance theatre and the current Artistic Director & CEO of Force Majeure. She makes new work for festivals, theatre productions, opera and film, alongside site-specific and community work. After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts and relocating to Perth as a company dancer for 2 Dance Plus, she was appointed Artistic Director of STEPS Youth Dance Company. Her independent work extends nationally and internationally, working with companies such as Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Perth Theatre Company, Night Train Productions, Steamworks Arts Productions, Dwhani Dance Company (India), Barking Gecko Theatre Company, Pinchgut Opera and Monkey Baa Theatre. Danielle’s ambition is to contribute to making new Australian work through storytelling that reaches audiences by exploring themes and issues relevant to contemporary culture; reflecting, embracing and challenging community attitudes and ideals.

Govin Ruben is a performance maker, designer, director and creative producer based between Kuala Lumpur, New York and Melbourne. He is also director of TerryandTheCuz, a Malaysian/Australian company which has created an array of interdisciplinary arts projects around the world.

In recent years, he has initiated, steered, directed and designed multiple international collaborations. These include; ‘Klue,Doh!’, a work in theatre, ‘Flatland’ an adaptation in dance, ‘SK!N’ a contemporary performance based on true stories about Human Trafficking, ‘Citrawarna, Colours of Malaysia 2017’ a cultural spectacle set in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, ‘Thicker Than Water’ and the Off-Broadway season of  ‘MADE IN AMERICA’ both presented at The Public Theater in New York City and most recently ‘HuRU-hARa’,a hybrid concept/venue at the 2020 AsiaTOPA Festival in Melbourne.

Govin is a Board Director for the International Society of the Performing Arts (ISPA). He has been nominated for a New York City Innovative Theatre Award, 9 Melbourne Greenroom Awards and a Royal Welsh Theatre Award. He is a multiple Greenroom Award winner for his works ‘SK!N’ and ‘HuRU-hARa’ as well as a 5-time winner of the National Arts Award in Malaysia for ‘Klue,Doh!’ and ‘Flatland’.

Dr Charulatha Mani is a vocal performer of Karnatik music of South India with international renown for her research into Karnatik ragas, ornamentation, and compositional structures. With a PhD in the intersections of Early Opera of 17^th century Italy and Karnatik music from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in Australia, her performance, pedagogy, and research explore the role of historical practices in contemporary (re)constructions of musical dialogue between cultures and contexts. She is currently Lecturer in Creative Arts and Health at the University of Tasmania with research focusses on interdisciplinary approaches to perinatal mental health and wellbeing. She has recently been awarded the prestigious Australian Broadcasting Corporation Classical Commission for a multi-movement compositional work underscoring climate action through Indian music and Sanskrit scriptures. www.charulathamani.com

Insite Arts is a leading independent, multi-scale, multi-genre creative producing hub with an established niche in Australia’s performing arts industry and arts export marketplace. We work with artists to develop and create contemporary works of national significance across performance artforms, and take it to audiences world-wide. Established in 2008 as a professional independent producing company for Australian artists Insite’s head office relocated to Adelaide in 2017 with offices in Adelaide and Melbourne.

Directors of Insite Arts: Jason Cross, Elena Vereker, Victoria Raywood and Lee Cumberlidge work in a collaborative artistic and managerial partnership which, since inception has supported the creation and presentation of more than 75 Australian works resulting in 195 presentations across Australia and 152 international presentations.

Insite Arts projects are nurtured and developed with artists from initial concept through creative development, to production, and performance touring over a multi­year timescale. This increases the quality of the work through creative input, capacity and focus and extends the impact and longevity of the work.

The selection of artists and works that Insite supports seeks to contribute to the ecology of the industry and to impact the longevity and sustainability of the industry in the future.