Bernadette Lewis

Bernadette Lewis is a contemporary dance artist working across performance, choreography, improvisation, education, and community engagement. Recently relocated to lutruwita/Tasmania from Boorloo/Perth, she is a WAAPA and LINK Dance graduate, and multi award winning artist. Bernadette is producer and mentor of Hidden Movements, an experimental platform for early career performance makers.

Bernadette is a long-term Enneagon collaborator, proudly contributing to several projects in a range of roles including mentor, performer, teacher, and cheerleader.

Performance highlights include Acid Trip (Off-base Dance), Foleyvision (Scott Elstermann), Sunset (Maxine Doyle for Perth Festival and STRUT Dance), Shanghai Bolero (Didier Théron), and Unearthly (with Natalie Allen for Perth Festival). Choreographic and Movement Direction highlights include The Honeymoon Suite(FRINGE WORLD 2018 winner), Oklahoma! (Black Swan State Theatre Company), and The Arsonists(Melissa Cantwell).

Across the diverse aspects of her practice, she is deeply curious about transformation, adaptation, and the interconnectivity of individual and collective.

3 favourite dance moments so far...

1.     Starting – as most little girls did, in the lounge room, for captive family audiences to questionably adult 80’s tracks.

2.     Returning – after an abrupt and unconventional 5 year hiatus in my early 20’s.

3.     Persisting – staying with it, everyday, until the end.