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Samantha Chester (Founder/Manager)
Sam has been involved in the Australian arts industry for the past 15 years. Her formal training includes a BA in Dance from the University of Western Sydney, a post-graduate diploma in Arts Management from UTS and a post-graduate diploma in Movement Studies from (NIDA). In 2004 she received the Mike Walsh fellowship from NIDA and the Dame Joan Sutherland Award to travel to New York to study with American director Anne Bogart and The SITI co.
She has choreographed numerous works including Bound Sonata – AdelaideFringe (2000) Peepshow1: Are you going to love me (2001) The Men’s Room, NIDA (2005), Monster Forming (2008) Trace – NIDA (2009.) She has taught for NIDA, Ashfield Youth Theatre, Shopfront Theatre for Young People and NSW Department of Education.
Sam has worked for the Dance and Community Partnership boards at the Australia Council for the Arts and as the funding and research assistant for RANSW. She co-founded Queen Street Studio in 2005, which she co-manages at the FraserStudios site in Chippendale. Sam is the arts representative on the Critical Path Board and is Head of Movement at the Actors Centre.
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James Winter (Founder/Manager)
A graduate of the Centre for the Performing Arts (Adelaide) in 1993, James has worked as a freelance theatre director and Community Cultural Development arts-worker throughout Australia and overseas. Founder of Brand X Theatre, James has worked with State Theatre of South Australia, State Opera of South Australia, Company B Education Program, Restless Dance Company, Big hART, Urban Myth Theatre of Youth, The Studio at the Sydney Opera House, Australian Theatre for Young People, Adelaide Institute of TAFE (Arts), Shopfront Theatre, South Sydney Youth Services, Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Carclew Youth Arts Centre. James is currently co-manager of Queen Street Studio and artistic director of Ashfield Youth Theatre. |
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