‘It is not important to understand what I am doing; perhaps it is better if they don’t understand, but just respond to the dance.’3 Kazuo Ohno Sarah-Vyne Vassallo Bio
Sarah-Vyne Vassallo is a producer, director and choreographer. With a career spanning two decades, she has worked professionally as a performer and a creative in arts and entertainment. Sarah-Vyne has created across commercial and contemporary dance, theatre, television, film, curation and arts development. She is a 2013 Winston Churchill Fellow, and throughout her career has worked with Sydney Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Sydney Opera House, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Art Gallery of NSW, Ausdance, Shaun Parker and Company, Accessible Arts, Critical Path, DirtyFeet, Bankstown Arts Centre, Sidetrack Theatre, Disney, ABC, Screentime and Channel 7. Sarah-Vyne is the artistic driving force behind Sydney’s first integrated performance company, 'Murmuration'. She is a Sydney based artist who identifies with invisible disabilities. Sarah-Vyne is also an Artist Representative on Critical Path's Board. www.sarahvynevassallo.com www.murmuration.com.au
Dan Daw in research and development for BEAST. Pictured with choreographer, Martin Forsberg. Photograph by Graham Adey
Reference : ‘Kazuo Ohno: Dancer who co-founded the modern Butoh style and brought it to the world stage’, obituary by Martin Childs in ‘Independent’ (7 July 2010). 3
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