Australia
Biography
Angela Conquet is an independent dance curator, researcher, writer and translator, working between Europe and Australia. She was Artistic Director of Dancehouse in Melbourne from 2011 to 2020 and of the Keir Choreographic Award and co-director of Dance Massive Festival. More recently, she was the Guest Curator of Dance in Vancouver Festival in 2021, a member of the Asia Network for Dance AND+, and a fellow of the Saison Foundation. Before relocating to Australia in 2011, she was leading the dance artist in residence programs at Mains d’oeuvres in Paris. She has just finalised her doctoral thesis at the University of Melbourne/ UGA Grenoble - with a focus on dance-specific curatorial practices - where she also lectures in Arts Management. She is the coordinator of this edition of the FORUM.