PERFORMING ARTISTS, 2013-2014

 Stephanie Chan

  Benjamin Chown

 Andrew Haycroft

Stephanie recently graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore) with a Diploma in Dance. Her pursuit of dance began as a spiritual, emotional and physical journey and has incorporated the study of contemporary technique, lyrical jazz, ballet and hip hop. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (Dance) at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts.

Ben holds an Advanced Diploma of Dance from The Australian Ballet School in Melbourne and danced with The Royal New Zealand Ballet Company from 2003 to 2009, performing nationally and internationally. He is currently completing an Arts degree at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, while recuperating from knee surgery. Rehearsing and performing for Remnants found in you is Ben's first collaborative experience with Remnant Dance.

Andrew holds a Diploma in Performing Arts from the Sunshine Coast Academy of Dance Arts in Queensland and has recently graduated from the Adelaide College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Dance Performance. He has worked with choreographers Melissa Lanham, Peter Sheedy, Gabrielle Nankiville, Xiaoxiung Zhang, Paul Gazzola and Kristina Chan. Andrew will be performing in the premiere of Remnants found in you in Perth, and then as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival in February 2013.

 Amanda Humphries

  Juanita Jelleyman

 Michael Keen

Amanda studied at CoFA UNSW, Sydney and the University of California San Diego graduating with a BA in Fine Arts in 2003. Previously Amanda has been involved in a number of group and solo shows in ARI’s regional and commercial galleries both in Australia and Overseas, including a residency in India in 2008, and a scholarship to study and exhibit in the USA in 2002. Amanda is currently based in Perth and has been collaborating with Remnant Dance since late 2013, and joining the collective in 2015. She has a studio practice at the PSAS art space in Fremantle where she continues to develop works and creative projects.

Juanita is a choreographer and independent dance artist based in Auckland, New Zealand.  She holds a Masters in Creative and Performing Arts from the University of Auckland.  Juanita created the short contemporary dance work Shade:less for Remnant Dance (Oct 2011-Jan 2012) which premiered at the Fly By Night Musicians’ Club in Western Australia, followed by a hugely successful season at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in January 2012.

Michael is a contemporary dancer, experienced in hip hop, break-dancing, commercial jazz, acrobatics as well as ballet and jazz.  He has worked as a dancer with Stellar Creative (Sydney), ParaDance, GoSHAW Productions, Affinity Crew, Dance2XS (Perth) and most recently with Bent Knee Creative.  Michael was a guest artist with Remnant Dance for the Fremantle Festival performance season (2013).