Vivienne is a movement artist and pilates practitioner. Her career is driven by a passionate belief in the power of dance as a medium of communication & expression that facilitates the self-reflexive growth of individuals and communities.

Her independent creative work focuses on non-traditional venues and contexts for dance, developing short dance installations, site specific dance films and full-length works in diverse places and spaces.

She is an experienced teacher and facilitator of youth dance and community based dance projects and enjoys sharing her passion for movement with everyone.

Viv is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (1994 – Dance), and also has a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology/Italian Language) 2006, a Masters in Visual Culture Research Methods from the Australian National University, 2011 and a Diploma in Contemporary Pilates Teaching Methods.

Vivienne performs, teaches and choreographs for a variety of companies, artists, groups & festivals locally, nationally and internationally.

She founded Mirramu Dance Company with Elizabeth Cameron Dalman (one of Australia’s modern dance pioneers) in 2000 and has been training in Elizabeth’s movement technique for more than 25 years.and has recently taken up the role of Assistant Director of Mirramu Creative Arts Centre upon returning to the Canberra Region after 13 years in Melbourne.

Some of her key achievements in Melbourne were: producing and curating a presentation platform for site-specific performance art over a period of five years, called Circling the Brink, eight years as a member of the organising committee for The PAVE Festival, a performing and visual arts festival in Emerald Victoria, creating two dance installations and workshop series for Dance X at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, creating a solo show called The Whole Cake, which has just been performed in Canberra (2026), producing and organising a site specific dance film workshop with guest artists from Dancecology.

She continues to choreograph and perform new independent dance and is also the Director of Motivation to Move Pilates in Scullin, ACT.

Updated October 2026