BECAUSE OF GRAVITY
BECAUSE OF GRAVITY
Teaching & Facilitation
Youth & Community Projects
Theatre / Film / Digital /Music
TEACHING & FACILITATION
TEACHING & FACILITATION
Performance & Research
Bridget Fiske
Facilitation & Mentoring Portfolio
Mentoring
Ongoing / UK & AUS
With Independent Artists - Mentor
Supporting independent Artists at various stages of career and practice development via one-to-one mentoring.
2025 & 2024 / UK
Face Festival - Mentor
Working with artists of diverse cultures of dance practice developing new methods for creating with communities, and Hip Hop Dance Artists creating new performance works.
2022, 2024 & 2025 / AUS
'IndepenDANCE' - Mentor
An annual project supporting independent Choreographers to create and present new works.
2019 / BG
ATOM Choreographic Series - Mentor
An annual international choreographic and dance development project.
2019 / AUS
Dance Consortia North West Mentoring Scheme - Mentor
An initiative supporting North West based Dance Artists.
2011 / UK
Unaccompanied Pilots - Mentor
Supporting independent Dance Artists on the development of new solo works.
Artist Training & Development
Various years / UK & AUS
Company Class Design & Delivery
Regular: Expressions Dance Company (now Australasian Dance Collective).
Guest: Bangarra Dance Theatre, Tasdance, Dancenorth Australia, Phluxus2, Ludus Dance Company, and the cast of Opera Queensland's 'Pearl Fishers'.
2020 - ongoing / UK & AUS
Project Auske - Workshop / Class Design & Delivery
Workshop and classes include: 'Collective Movement Improvisation'; 'Making Participatory Performance'; '30 Minutes'; 'Expanding Flow. Empowering Technique'; 'Split Second'; 'The Resourceful and Compassionate Body' with Chanthalah Webster-Tight, Nathan Tight, and Joseph Lau.
2021 - 2023 / UK
'Ojas' - Workshop Design & Delivery
A training and development project for Bharatanātyam teachers, and students produced by Upasana Arts, and co-designed and delivered with Anusha Subramanyam.
2020 / UK
MDI Talent Hub - Masterclass Design & Delivery
Improvisation, devising and composition practices.
2019 / UK, AUS, IT & BG
'They Gather' at La Boite & Supercell Festival Of Contemporary Dance - Masterclass Design & Delivery
'They Gather masterclass: Part 1, The Personal is Political' - HWY Festival - La Boite; 'They Gather masterclass: Part 2, The People is Political' - Supercell Festival Of Contemporary Dance - co-designed and delivered with Joseph Lau, Stelios Manousakis and Stephanie Pan
2017 - 2019 / UK
Dance Manchester - Workshop / Class Design & Delivery
Development and training workshops for professional dancers and ommunity dance group leaders.
2013 / UK
Dare Dance - Workshop Design & Delivery
A weekend intensive for Dance, Music and Digital Artists in Cumbria, to introduce skills in using the dance and interactive software Isadora. Co-designed and delivered with Andrew Crofts.
2011 & 2012 / UK
The Place 'Summerhouse' - Workshop Design & Delivery
A week-long workshops series in dance and interactive digital environments. Co-designed and delivered with Andrew Crofts and Joseph Lau.
2010 - 2012 / UK
Out Of The Blue Prodcutions - Workshop Design & Delivery
Two days of physical ensemble awareness and physical improvisation development workshops with Manchester Camerata, co-designed and delivered with Joseph Lau; Workshop with music students and staff at University of Salford, co-designed and delivered with Joseph Lau and Gavin Wayte
2005 / AUS
Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre - Workshop Design & Delivery
A week-long summer intensive: ‘Creating new movement for physical theatre'.
Higher Education & Prevocational Training
2024 / AUS
Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University - Guest Workshop / Class Design, and Delivery
Delivering Dance Technique and Creative Practice workshops, and discussions on Professional Practice
2018 - 2022
University Of Central Lancashire - Sessional Lecturer
Delivery on the unit 'Borders and Boundaries' questioning the edges of artistic form and exploring interdisciplinary practices: Delivery on the unit 'Performance Technique'.
2016 - 2017
Manchester Metropolitan University - Visiting Facilitator / Artist
Delivering sessions on improvisation, devising, and choreographic practices and processes.
2013
Roehampton University - Visiting Lecturer
Delivering the MA Choreography unit ‘Creating Event Spaces’.
2010 - current
University of Salford - Sessional and Guest Lecture and Workshop Design and Delivery
Delivering Contemporary Dance technique classes; Delivering guest lectures, seminars, and workshops with undergraduate and post-graduate students in the areas of Career Development, Choreographic, Improvisation, and Devising Practices, Politics in Dance, Dance in Australia, and Digital Dance Practices.
2010 - 2019
Centers For Advanced Training - Class / Workshop Design and Delivery
Guest: Yuva Gati ; The Place.
Regular National Centre for Circus Arts - Manchester.
2009 - current
Lowry Center For Advanced Training - Artist / Tutor
Delivery of Contemporary Dance, Creative, Choreographic, Classical Ballet, Conditioning and Wellbeing practices, Contextual and Appreciation Studies; Mentoring students during creative project processes; Tutorial facilitation; Outreach delivery.
2000 & 2005 - 2006
Queensland University Of Technology - Sessional Lecturer and Mentor
Delivery of ‘Arts Foundation Studies’ and ‘Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum’ units for Primary Education students; Mentoring international MFA students on thesis writing; Sessional marking and assessment.
2001 - 2002, and 2007 - 2008
The Aboriginal Center For The Performing Arts - Tutor
Delivering Contemporary Dance technique, Fitness For Dance, and Jazz Dance classes; Tutor in academic writing skills; Acting Head of Dance (2001); Writing of accredited curriculum.
Community & Education
2025
Heart & Parcel - Session Design and Delivery
Delivery as part of informal ESOL session for adult community.
2024
Ausdance Victoria, LIFT Dance Industry Days - Workshop Design and Delivery
Contemporary Dance for year 9 to 12 high school dance students.
2016 - 2017
Dance Manchester's Sessions For Home Educated Young People - Workshop Design and Delivery
Contemporary and Creative Dance sessions for ages 4 to 14 years.
2005 - 2008
Expressions Dance Company - Class / Workshop Design and Delivery
Intermediate / Advanced weekly adult Contemporary Dance classes; In-schools workshops.
2005 - 2008
Rio Rhythmics - 'Rio Jam' Development Facilitator, and Class Design and Delivery
‘Rio Jam’ is a program for children combining Latin and Contemporary Dance styles; Classical, Contemporary, and Partnering Dance Techniques for Latin and Tango Dancers.
Various years
Dance Studios - Regular and Guest Class Design and Delivery
MAD Dance House; River City Dance; 2Ballerinas
Various years
Festivals - Workshop Design and Delivery
UDance NW at The Lowry: four editions including facilitating 'The Body Of Us' workshops, Dance in Interactive Digital Environments, Dance in Site, and on Wayne McGregor / Random Dance 'Mind and Movement'; Powerkidz at the Brisbane Powerhouse: 'Pulling Faces – Making Dances' and 'ShuffleIt'; The Out of the Box Festival: 'The Dance Tent'.
Various years
In Education Extended Projects - Workshop Design and Delivery
Cledford Primary School for Lowry; Corinda State High School; St Aidan’s Anglican Girl’s School; Indooroopilly Montessori Kindergarten.