Zoë Bastin is an artist. Her expanded choreographic practice considers exhibition, installation, publication and performance as part of the same political project - the reorganisation of societal structures that limit bodies.

In 2021 she completed a PhD at RMIT, University. Bastin has previously exhibited & performed at the Villa Lena Foundazione, Chunky Move, Bus Projects, Dancehouse, Midsumma Festival, Felt Space, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Seventh Gallery, Testing Grounds, BLINDSIDE, Bloc Projects, KINGS Artist Run, MADA Gallery at Monash University, Project Space at RMIT University & The Substation.

Image Credit: Madeline Bishop

Deepa P Mani is a Naarm / Melbourne- based Performing & Teaching artist with over 30 years’ experience in both Classical Bharathanatyam & Contemporary styles. An accomplished performer, dance theatre producer and owner of Chandralaya School of Dance, she believes passionately in the power of traditional dance to connect people with their heritage, sense of self and inner creativity. Aside from being Artistic Director, Deepa is also a Teaching Artist at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Regional Arts Victoria & The Song Room. Born in Chennai, Deepa is a lifelong student of the ancient artform of Bharathanatyam. She has lived – and danced - in India, the United States and now Australia, forging community through her advocacy for dance as a pathway to wellbeing.

Throughout 2022 your hosts engaged in Dancehouse’s Emerging Choreographers Program (ECP). This live artist talk from the 2022 ECP "take over" season, TAKE 22 introduces artists Derrick Duan, Shyama Sasidharan and Jacqui Maida.

ECP is a year-long capacity building and professional development initiative offering young choreographers from diverse cultural and training backgrounds support to develop the skills required for ongoing self-sustaining artistic enquiry, including the concrete tools needed for creating and administering their work.