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Sara Black

Party Creator / Artistic Advisor

Raised in Canberra and an alumnus of QL2 Sara trained as a dancer at the VCA. She has worked as a choreographer, performer, teacher, and collaborator in Australia and internationally over the past 16 years. As a choreographer she has worked in theatre and commercial events whilst developing her own contemporary choreographic practice, most recently premiering her new dance works Double Beat and Value for money. She has worked as a choreographer or associate for organisations such as Iceland Dance company, Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir Theatre, National Theatre of Parramatta, Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NIDA, GUTS dance, QL2, Flipside and Sydney Dance company pre professional year. As a dancer and collaborator, she has worked with companies such as Chunky Move, Punchdrunk, Lucy Guering Inc, The Australian Ballet, Dancenorth, Not yet it’s Difficult, Rogue Dance Collective, Protein Dance and Stephanie Lake dance company along with many Australian and international independent artists. In 2008 Sara was awarded a Helpmann Award for best performer in a dance/physical theatre piece and has since been nominated for two Green Room awards in the same category.