Rhiannon Newton is a Sydney based artist whose choreographic practice concentrates on the live-ness of dance and processes of repetition, problematising how a dancing spirit meets economies of production and authorship.
Her works have been presented at Brisbane Festival, Dancehouse, Dance Massive Festival, The Lock-Up Gallery, Judson Church (USA), Metro Arts, Nagib On Stage (SL), PACT Centre for Emerging Artists and Strut Dance. She has developed her practice in residencies throughout Australia and abroad with organisations such as Bundanon Trust, The Centre for Interdisciplinary Arts, Critical Path, UNSW Creative Practice Lab, Create NSW, Australia Council, Movement Research (USA), Nagib (SL), Performing Arts Forum (FR) and Tanzhaus Zurich (CH).
Rhiannon has been a part of international forums such as the Australian and Eastern European Choreographic Exchange, Avignon Festival Seminar and the Swiss / Australian Reciprocal Residency. She has worked as a performer with artists such as Rosalind Crisp, Mette Edvardsen, Martin Del Amo, Paea Leach and Brooke Stamp. Rhiannon co-facilitates First Run Sydney, is on the board of ReadyMade Works Studio and teaches at the Australian College of Physical Education.
