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BECAUSE OF GRAVITY
BECAUSE OF GRAVITY
Teaching & Facilitation
Youth & Community Projects
Theatre / Film / Digital /Music
TEACHING & FACILITATION
TEACHING & FACILITATION
Performance & Research
Bridget Fiske
Bridget Fiske
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHER, PERFORMER, FACILITATOR & PRODUCER
Bridget's portfolio of work spans stage and public space dance works; acclaimed theatrical productions; award-winning international feature documentary film; and immersive, participatory and interdisciplinary works across the UK, Australia, Europe and further internationally.
As a director, choreographer, producer and facilitator, Bridget works closely with people and organisations to create processes for imagining, creativity and empowerment that are specific and meaningful to the people, the communities, the context, and the environment the work impacts.
"The severity of the show's content... is counterpointed, by the grace, athleticism and skill of its eight performers..."
The Guardian on 'Trash Cuisine'
"...what seconds ago was simple footage is revealed (as)...dance that probes the underlying themes - complicity, terror, loss. It is wordless exposition, simple and powerful..."
Austin Chronicle on 'Iron Butterflies'
"It has the potential to encapsulate global politics and humanity's empathy...visually stunning and an important contribution to the canon of performance art."
Kate Usher on 'They Gather'
About
Bridget has a 25-year portfolio in the UK and internationally in dance, theatre, film, participatory and interdisciplinary arts.
Bridget is also a founding Director of the creative house Project Auske, facilitating projects that reach people in imagined spaces, virtual spaces, living spaces, overlooked spaces, popular spaces, temporary spaces, green spaces, and more.
Belarus Free Theatre
From 2012-2019 Bridget worked as a Choreographic Director, Movement Director, and Rehearsal Director with Belarus Free Theatre across acclaimed national, international, and touring productions. Highlights include: 'Burning Doors' with Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina - listed in The New York Times' Best Theatre of 2017 and winner of the Off West End 'Best Ensemble' Award; headlining VAULT Festival London with 'Counting Sheep: Staging A Revolution'; 'Trustees' - Malthouse Theatre and Melbourne International Festival; 'Red Forest' - also contributing as an international researcher; and the Total Impact Award-winning 'Trash Cuisine', among others.
Recent Creative & Directing Works
Choreographer and Performer for the Ukrainian feature documentary 'Iron Butterflies', which premiered at Sundance and Berlin International Film Festivals (2023) and won the Docudays ‘RIGHTS NOW!’ Prize.
Co-Director, ‘On The Hour: Dance Kahanyan’ (2022), a British Council-supported UK and Pakistan collaboration.
Co-Director, Co-Creator, Co-Choreographer, and Co-Producer of the interdisciplinary, multi-modal project 'They Gather' (2016 – present), presented by Amare, Cinekid Festival, Kaatsbaan, The Place & Chisenhale Dance, Lowry, Rewire International Electronic Music Festival, Modern Body Laboratory, and Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance.
Movement Director on the research and development of writer Laura Atherton’s ‘Spring’ (2026).
Director and Movement Director on the research and development of Keisha Thompson’s play ‘The Bell Curves’ (2021).
Associate Director and Curator of ‘Sufi In The City’, led by Sarah Sayeed (2014 – ongoing).
Writing
Writing runs through Bridget's work: from scores, to lyrics, to articles, to scripts. Bridget has contributed blogs and articles to Ministry of Counterculture, OneDanceUK and #LoveLowry, and co-wrote a chapter published in 'BeSpectACTive!: Challenging Participation in Performing Arts'. Bridget has co-written the audio works 'An Absurdist Archive Of Isolation: a full-body workout radio play', 'The Great Solar Storm', and 'A Concept Album Of Architectural Choreographies: A guerrilla audio tour in semi-public spaces'. Recordings of original text from Bridget's works 'Red Rain' and 'Because Of Gravity' have featured on tracks 'Another Winter' and 'My Name Is Pony' by composer and recording artist Arbol (Miguel Marin). Bridget is currently developing scripts for both fiction and non-fiction films, moving image and performance works.
Festivals & Cultural Programmes
Bridget’s work has featured in We Invented the Weekend, Illuminating York, ‘Dance Sampled’ (a partnership between Lowry, Sadler’s Wells, and Birmingham Hippodrome), ‘The Future’ (Rambert and Lowry), Liverpool Biennial, Mintfest, and Urban Moves. Bridget has also created and presented work with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Bridget has directed and choreographed works presented in gallery contexts, e.g., the Whitworth Art Gallery, and Queensland Art Gallery.
Working With Young People & Communities
Bridget’s practice is strongly committed to co-creative, collaborative work with young people and communities. These projects range from site-specific works and intergenerational flash mobs to stage productions, films, and large-scale stadium performances. Credits include: St Martins - 'The Word' (Choreographic Artist); Contact Youth Company - 'Baby Fever' (Lead Artist); STRIDE, a young men's dance project led by Company Chameleon with Dance Manchester (Rehearsal Director, Support Artist, Choreographer); Lowry Centre for Advanced Training (Choreographer, Rehearsal Director, Core Tutor); Dance Manchester’s Intergenerational Flashmob for Manchester International Women’s Festival (Choreographer); and a Young Vic Parallel Production with Belarus Free Theatre (Movement Director). Further projects include 'Stellarium' (Choreographer), created as part of the European City of Science in collaboration with leading British female Astrophysicists; 'Before The Pass' (Choreographer) as an Associate Artist of Company Chameleon as part of Rugby League Magic Weekend for Rugby League Cares; the EU consortia BeSpectACTIve! commissioned project 'YES Move. NO Move. (Moved?)' (Choreographer, Producer); among others.
Performer
In addition to performances in her independent works, Bridget has worked with Buzz Dance Theatre (in works by Paige Gordon, Carol Wellman Kelly, and Felicity Bott), Amy Voris ('perch' adaptation), Joseph Lau (including the TURN Prize-winning 'Abandoned Things'), Cheryl Stock, Hellen Sky, and Sarah Rubidge ('Accented Body' in Brisbane International Festival), imitating the dog (’Hotel Methuselah’ touring cast to Cena Brasil Internacional), Louise Deleur, Tarcisio Teatini-Climaco, Kristen Bell, Xanthe Beesely, Wendy Wallace, and Rosetta Cook.
Mentor
Bridget supports artists at different career stages through bespoke one-to-one work and development projects, including Face Festival (a pathways programme for emerging Hip Hop Dance Theatre Makers, and artists working with communities), and Phluxus2's 'IndepenDANCE'.
Trainer & Lecturer
Bridget has delivered artist training with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Manchester Camerata, The Place Summerhouse, Dancenorth Australia, La Boite Theatre's HWY Festival, Ludus Dance, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre, and Expressions Dance Company (now Australian Dance Collective), among others. She has also worked as a sessional and guest lecturer at The Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Roehampton University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Salford, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Central Lancashire.
Arts Advocacy, Development, Producing, Curation, Fundraising & Administration
Bridget’s experience in these areas includes roles with Contact, Manchester Dance Consortium (Manchester Choreolab 2017), Project Auske, North West Dance Artist Led for Artists Network (contributing to Dance Consortia North West), Vanhulle Dance Theatre (Board Member), Dance Manchester, Lowry Centre for Advanced Training, Cheryl Stock on the large-scale intercultural, international, and intermedia project ‘Accented Body’, as well as Rio Rhythmics and Ausdance Queensland.
Artistic Development
Throughout her career, Bridget’s professional and creative development has been supported by Arts Council England; Moving Dance Forward; Ian Potter Cultural Trust supporting training with master Classical Ballet teacher Janet Panetta; Creative Sparks (Brisbane City Council and Arts Queensland via the Queensland Government); and the Australia Council for the Arts ‘Foot in the Door’ Emerging Performers Initiative.
Training & Education
Bridget was born and grew up in places that are now known as central and northern Victoria, Australia, on the Traditional Lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, Bangerang, and Yorta Yorta peoples. Bridget trained with Jacqueline Kornmann and Susan Eacott, developed creative and teaching leadership experience within her community, and made many trips to Naarm (Melbourne) to further her skills.
Bridget completed a Bachelor of Arts (Dance) at Queensland University of Technology with additional studies in Physical Theatre completed in 1997. In 2001, she completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at Queensland University of Technology with a research focus on solo performance.
Bridget's ongoing professional training includes ‘Core Skills in Coaching for Advisors, Mentors, and Teachers’ (Guildhall); Arts Awards (Explore, Discover, Bronze, and Silver Advisor); Trauma-Informed Practices for working with young people in the arts; First Aid at Work; Behaviour Management; and Safeguarding.
Portfolio
'The Body Of Us'
A PUBLIC SPACE PARTICPATORY DANCE WORK
In circulation
'Fia's Dream'
LIGHT, MOVING IMAGE & LIVE PERFORMANCE WORK
Current / In development
'Inner Terra'
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Realised from research realised through the frame of BespectACTive!
'Entertaining A Small Place'
LIVE PERFORMANCE
In development
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