Joshua Pether BIO Joshua Pether is an independent dancer/
Joshua’s current practice takes many
choreographer based in Western Australia.
forms and moves between traditional
He is of Kalkadoon heritage and also
investigative processes of dance to
identifies as having a disability. Joshua is
moments of the bizarre. The two
a graduate of ACPA (Aboriginal Centre
intertwining cultures of indigeneity and
for the Performing Arts). In 2012, as a
disability help to shape his practice
member of LINK Dance Company, he
and vision, enabling him to physicalize
toured nationally and internationally.
movement through his own physicality.
Additionally, he has been the recipient
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of various Australia Council grants for professional development As a mentee of Dan Daw, a UK based dance artist with a disability, Joshua engaged on an international level with integrated dance companies in both Europe and the UK. At present, he divides his time between various independent projects on the East Coast of Australia and as a dancer for Touch Compass, New Zealand’s first integrated dance company, where he dances for them on a project basis.
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