Dance Artist

Trudy creates physical landscapes that reveal human nature at its most raw and poetic. Striking a balance between the actual and metaphorical -Trudy combines humour, curiosity and narrative to explore the extraordinary in the everyday.

Over the last 15 years Trudy has performed extensively in Australia, Europe and Asia. Cities include London, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Moscow.

As a Dance Artist she has worked in Project Management, Teaching, Consulting and Facilitating Dance Outcomes for a range of diverse contexts- including Theatre, Film, Arts Festivals, Corporate Events, Site Specific Projects and Schools.

Her career began In Europe after studying at the London Contemporary Dance School. Trudy performed with choreographers and companies including Jasmin Vardimon (UK), Sean Tuan John (Belgium), Jayachandran (UK) and Dance Theatre of Ireland.

Returning to Australia to complete a Masters in Choreography at the Victorian College of the Arts Trudy joined company Strange Fruit performing with them for over 7 years. Other performance credits during this time include Sensitive to Noise, Gravity, Vertigo and The Follies of Emptiness.

Since then Trudy has been creating her own work. Her earliest work Inner Sole was performed in the UK and her solo show A tad absolute toured throughout Asia. Other works include The Petal Waltz, Poupee and Undone. She is currently working on a new project titled Wallflower.  Her latest work Bunker a collaboration with actor Charlie Laidlaw premiered at LaMama Theatre

Trudy’s other choreographic credits include Cupidity commissioned by the Vancouver International Children’s Festival and Absolute Pearl which premiered at the Commonwealth Games Arts Festival in Melbourne 2006 for Strange Fruit.

Trudy is an experienced dance teacher, facilitator and educator. She has been guest choreographer and rehearsal director for numerous projects and is currently teaching contemporary technique at Deakin University.