REBECCA JENSEN

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Rebecca Jensen is a dancer, choreographer and teacher born in Aotearoa and based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her choreography is presented in theatres, galleries, and public spaces and spills into the spaces between disciplines. Rebecca is inspired by the equally speculative and practical forces of dance practice. Works include Deep Sea Dances, Dance Massive 2017; Explorer Kier Choreographic Award finalist 2016; Blue Illusion VCA 2018, Spawn Venice Biennale College Dance 2018, Sinkhole with Jess Gall and Arini Byng (ongoing). With Sarah Aiken, Rebecca has created What Am I Supposed To Do? at Art Centre Melbourne 2019, OVERWORLD Next Wave Festival 2014/Dance Massive 2015 and Underworld Supercell Festival Brisbane/Northcote Town Hall 2017/Melbourne Knowledge Week 2019 and ongoing participatory project Deep Soulful Sweats presented locally and internationally.

Through the LAB Creative Development program, Rebecca will develop the performance event Whale Fall - the ruins. This work explores choreography as an expanded form, extending the body through machines and sound. Connecting ideas of a whale fall, future fossils, and fossil fuels, asking - how can we make way for new narratives?

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