MEDIATHEK

Michael has been performing, choreographer and teaching for the past 25 years. He was a founding member of Dance North and danced with Australian Dance Theatre before moving to New York City in 1991. Over the following four years he was a member of Twyla Tharp and Dancers and Irene Hultman Dance. He performed in the Tharp/Baryshnikov Cutting up tour throughout Mexico and North America which was the highest grossing contemporary dance tour to date. In 1995 Michael joined the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in Germany, he made three new works with the company and toured throughout the America’s, Japan, and Europe until moving back to Australia in 2000. Michael has taught and made works on a variety of different companies and institutions across the globe. As a performer/collaborator he has worked with Company in Space, The Light Room Project, Wendy Houstoun In the Dark and Julie- Anne Longs’ The Nun’s Picnic. In 2005 he was Associate Director of Kim Carpenters’ Theatre of Image choreographing two works for the company. Michael is currently based in Perth and is the Artistic Director of LINK Dance Company and lectures at WAAPA. (Quelle: www.linkdance.com.au) / jst