Under Today project team

Dani Powell (producer, animateur, director) holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Animateuring (Theatre) from the Victorian College of the Arts. Dani is the former Community Producer of Big hART’s Ngapartji Ngapartji project and was Assistant Director of touring production. Last year she was the Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony of Art in the Heart. Dani established red shoes in 2000 and her independent works include the red shoes (2000), unspun (2002), upon a river, then we might sleep (ACCA, Melbourne, 2003), a place (Alice Desert Festival 2004, 2005, Adelaide Fringe 2006, under today, Shifting Ground, 2007).

Alexandra Gillespie (media artist) has worked in a range of contexts including public art, gallery exhibitions, architectural collaborations, performance and festivals. Her work has been exhibited in Australia, Asia, America and Europe. Recent works include media installation Collars, combining sound, sculptural form, and recorded memories exhibited at Canberra Contemporary Art Space 2009, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 2009 and at the International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA) Singapore 2008 and screen design for Ningenneh Tunapry permanent Indigenous gallery completed 2007, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Alexandra is currently a PhD candidate School of Art, Photography and Media Arts, ANU.

Guy Webster (sound artist) is a composer, songwriter, sound designer, performer and teacher. While his live performances have earned him a reputation as a prolific and inspiring songwriter, his work in interactive composition and sound design has featured in festivals, galleries, conferences and theatres in Australia, Japan, UK and Europe. In 2009 Guy realized a new approach to immersive sound design for theatre in a new play adapted from the Miles Franklin Award winning novel The White Earth by Andrew McGahan. This year also saw Guy premiere The Pineapple Queen by Lisa ONiell and Norman Price and complete a national regional galleries tour with interactive artwork Intimate Transactions; which received an Honorary Mention for Interactive Art in the Ars Electronica Festival 2005.

Miriam Bond (dancer/choreographer) trained as a dancer at the Victorian College of the Arts and has performed with contemporary dance companies and independent collectives in Australia and overseas. She has worked as a freelance teacher, performer and choreographer in Melbourne, Canberra and now Alice Springs.

Frances Martin (performer/maker) has a background in circus and physical theatre. Before moving to Alice Springs she worked as a Circus Trainer for Westside Circus in Melbourne and has been involved in the creation and production of several shows with Westside Circus as well as the developmentalshowing of Under Today and the Alice Springs Cabaret (2007 and 2008). She has just returned from Europe where she participated in the Interior Landscapes summer school with the Institute International de la Marionette in Charlevillemezieres.

Mariaa Randall (dancer/choreographer) is a Bundjalung woman from the Far North Coast of NSW and now lives in Alice Springs. Mariaa has completed a ‘Certificate of Attainment’ at the Redfern Dance Theatre, ’Certificate in Dance’ at the Conservatorium (Lismore, NSW) and is a graduate of the NAISDA Dance College’s ‘Diploma in Dance’.

red shoes ensemble also includes NIDA trained lighting designer Kallum Wilkinson and performers Kristy Schubert, Matty Day, Fina Po and young Arrernte performer Rita-Mae Ross. Consultants on the project include senior Arrernte women Kumalie Riley and Veronica Dobson and anthroplogist Mike Cawthorn.