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PROJECTS: DISAGREEABLE OBJECT

Michelle Heaven

As a cre­ator Michelle is inter­ested in animation-type move­ment of the human body, dis­tort­ing its appear­ance through vari­ance of rhythm, speed, scale and move­ment iso­la­tion. Michelle grad­u­ated from the Vic­to­rian Col­lege of the Arts with a Bach­e­lor of Dance in 1992 and Mas­ters of Dance Per­for­mance in 2000. Michelle has worked nation­ally and inter­na­tion­ally with many promi­nent Aus­tralian chore­o­g­ra­phers and direc­tors; col­lab­o­rat­ing, chore­o­graph­ing and con­sult­ing for live the­atre, dance and film. She is a recip­i­ent of The Dame Peggy Van Praagh Chore­o­graphic Schol­ar­ship, The Aus­tralian Post Grad­u­ate Award (Indus­try) Schol­ar­ship and Vic­to­rian Green Room Award. She was twice nom­i­nated for a Help­mann Award for her work with Chunky Move and her work Dis­agree­able Object was nom­i­nated for a 2009 Aus­tralian Dance Award and Vic­to­rian Green Room Award.