For me, participating in Catalyst as a
is so named for its synergistic potential
choreographer and workshop facilitator
in new collaborative beginnings and
provided an extension on my research
research exchange between the disability,
into developing an all-inclusive embodied
performing arts and marine science
marine environmental awareness practice
communities. Utilising this, I carry
methodology. It has been an invaluable and
out research sessions, direct inclusive
intrinsic platform for me over the last five
performance works, facilitate workshops,
years in developing the inclusive aspects of
teach dance and composition at various
my movement research.
tertiary institutes and present lecture-type demonstrations at arts and environmental
In 2007, I started scuba diving and on
science events.
my very first dive I had an epiphany. I was suddenly bombarded with images,
I enjoy engaging diverse and marginalized
possibilities and methods of how I could
community groups and individuals because
incorporate subaquatic experiences into
I love empowering people, especially
my dance practice. In fact, I couldn’t wait
those who, for whatever reason, feel
to resurface and get started. Since then,
excluded. Catalyst played a substantial
I have been building an interdisciplinary
role in developing the inclusive aspects
and disability-inclusive research and
of ‘PrimeOrderly’ research by affording
performance making practice that has
me time and space to work with large
embodied environmental awareness
groups of people living with vastly diverse
communication at its core.
abilities, many of them experts in their own right in living through systems of exclusion.
My approach to bringing marine environ-
I enjoy being part of this new wave of
mental ecology and technologies (marine
inclusive dance practice experimentations
science and scuba diving) into inclusive arts
and discovery. Catalyst Dance has helped
practice, through embodied application,
in making ‘PrimeOrderly’ a methodology
is entirely unique. I call this research-
that everybody can participate in – which
led practice ‘PrimeOrderly’. It embodies
was my interest all along. Without this
rigorous practical and theoretical inquiry
platform, I would not have been able to
of both inclusive arts and environmental
fast track some of my inclusive movement
science research findings. I rely on my
inquiries to the degree I have. I plan to
SCUBA diving practice as an experiential
continue developing the transformative
means to embody the realms I wish to
effects ‘PrimeOrderly’ has had on people
draw my research from. ‘PrimeOrderly’
living with diverse abilities, and extend its
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