Run The Show Podcast

Xanthe Beesley is a performance maker with a background in theatre and dance. Her creative practice focuses on movement, dramaturgy and the facilitation of creative ideas - often taking on a different role depending on the need of each artist, organisation or community she collaborates with. Xanthe works as a producer, facilitator and theatre maker developing collaborations with independent companies and artists across Melbourne. She has fostered significant, long-term partnerships with many independent artists and independent companies including Michelle Heaven, Petra Kalive, Paula van Beek and Kate Sulan. Recent highlights include performer/collaborator In Plan, by Michelle Heaven and Ben Cobham (Castlemaine Festival), ‘Body Move Space’ created with Zoe Scoglio (Footscray Community Arts Centre, Gertrude St Projection Festival), movement direction and dramaturgy Ricercar (Present Tense Ensemble, Theatre Works) and the Movement in Conversation language project with refugee and asylum seeker women