Kate Champion
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Kate Champion is a contemporary dance
choreographer and the director of Force Majeure, a dance collective exploring strong physical performance.
Champion began her dance training with Karen Kerkhoven and also studied in Munich
. She has worked DV8 Physical Theatre
in the UK and in Australia with One Extra Company, dancenorth and the Australian Dance Theatre
.
Lloyd Newson of DV8 has been an important influence, she worked with him as production assistant and performer, including his Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival The Cost of Living. Since the 1990s she has choreographed and danced a number of solo pieces including Face Value and About Face as well as works for Force Majeure.
Contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...
choreographer and the director of Force Majeure, a dance collective exploring strong physical performance.
Champion began her dance training with Karen Kerkhoven and also studied in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. She has worked DV8 Physical Theatre
DV8 Physical Theatre
DV8 Physical Theatre is a dance company based at Artsadmin in London, UK. It was founded in 1986 by an independent collective of chiefly modern dancers. It is led by Lloyd Newson, whose intent has been to have a different approach to most contemporary dance than other existing companies...
in the UK and in Australia with One Extra Company, dancenorth and the Australian Dance Theatre
Australian Dance Theatre
The Australian Dance Theatre is a contemporary dance company based in Adelaide, South Australia established in 1965 by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman,...
.
Lloyd Newson of DV8 has been an important influence, she worked with him as production assistant and performer, including his Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival The Cost of Living. Since the 1990s she has choreographed and danced a number of solo pieces including Face Value and About Face as well as works for Force Majeure.