PHLUXUS IS BRISBANE’S BOUNDARY BASHING
WHO ARE WE
Phluxus2 Dance Collective is an award-winning and boundary bashing Brisbane based dance theatre company founded in 2006 and led by choreographer Nerida Matthaei. Our work explores beautifully abstract movement landscapes that turn paradigms of performance on its head. The collective of over 100 boasts some of Queensland’s best dance artists and seeks to challenge concepts of best practice, creating cutting-edge performance work that is relevant to artists and audiences.
The companies’ major works include: the machine that carries the soul, The Opposite of Prompt, chinese whispers/broken telephone, Boiling Point, de-generator, The Paratrooper Project, Angel Monster, 10, The Next 14 Seconds and the flagship annual new work seeding initiative the indepenDANCE project. The company has been nominated and awarded numerous accolades including Best Dance Film at New Wave Film Festival Munich, People's Choice Award for Best Dance Film 2022 Choc Top Dance Fest, Critics Choice for Best Choreography 2007 Short and Sweet Dance Festival, Runner Up for Best Performance In Dance and Movement 2006 The Age Melbourne Fringe Festival and many nominations include over 13 long list nominations in the Australian Dance Awards.
The company moving into its 20th year has collaborated with many outstanding artists and companies including Sadari Movement Lab, Jack Morton Worldwide, Brisbane Festival, Theatre Works, Belloo Creative, Queensland Theatre, Fortitude Valley Music Hall, QAG/GOMA, Brisbane Broncos and numerous excellent partners. The company has held artist residencies with The Firkin Crane (Ireland), Cairns Centre of Contemporary Arts, Dancenorth, The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Backbone Arts, The Tivoli, Metro Arts and Thomas Dickson Centre. The company has performed across Australia and internationally at the World Dance Alliance Global Summit (South Korea), the American Dance Guild Festival (New York), T2 Versatility Dance Festival (USA) and Edinburgh Fringe (UK) to name a few. The company has strong and important ties with the Queensland community delivering inspired and inspiring activities and activations.
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Founder & Artistic Director
Nerida has over 20 years experience as a multi-award winning choreographer, movement director, artistic director, performer and intimacy coordinator for stage and screen globally. The underlying pulse of her work comes from an ingrained passion for contemporary choreographic practice as a beautifully planned anarchy of mind-body collaboration. Driven by challenging socio-political orthodoxy and breaking conventions through physical performance, she is a much sought-after collaborator across artistic sectors internationally. She is extremely generous with her skills and time, not only collaborating and leading arts projects around the world, but investing in grassroots programs benefiting the local independent and community sectors. With over 400 credits Nerida has worked with many artists and companies and prides herself on collaboration and interdisciplinarity. Recent highlights include the premier of her new dance-theatre work The Next 14 Seconds, choreography, intimacy and movement director of Queensland Theatre’s Pride and Prejudice, choreography, movement and intimacy on Trent Dalton’s Love Stories, collaborating South Korean company Sadari Movement Lab on Bottari, as guest choreographer for 2024 Motion Mongolia Contemporary Dance Festival and direction of the multi-award winning short film Proximal. Nerida is an accredited Intimacy Coordinator and has a Doctorate of Creative Industries (research) specialising in choreographic practice.
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Design Director
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Sustainability Director
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