About Charmene Yap
Charmene Yap is an award-winning Australian dance artist, choreographer, rehearsal director and movement director whose practice spans contemporary dance, theatre, opera, film and site-responsive work. A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, her choreographic and movement work has been commissioned and presented by Sydney Dance Company, Sydney Festival and Co3, with creative credits across Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir and Opera Australia. Alongside these collaborations, Yap has developed an independent practice encompassing dance-theatre, moving image and public space. Her acclaimed performing career includes work with Sydney Dance Company, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc, Dancenorth and Tasdance, and has been recognised with two Helpmann Awards and an Australian Dance Award. As Sydney Dance Company’s Rehearsal Associate, she has led creative development, staging and dancer development. Drawing on her experience as both performer and maker, Yap brings detailed physical intelligence and a rigorous, collaborative approach to movement and ensemble practice.

About Cass Mortimer Eipper
Cass Mortimer Eipper is an award-winning Australian choreographer and director whose practice spans contemporary dance, live performance, film and installation. His work across these forms has been presented by many of Australia’s major dance institutions, including Sydney Dance Company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australian Dance Theatre, Australasian Dance Collective, West Australian Ballet and Queensland Ballet. His international commissions include work for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal and Milwaukee Ballet. Mortimer Eipper began his professional performing career with West Australian Ballet, where he also received his first choreographic opportunities. Further support from STRUT Dance and his role as co-director of Perth-based dance and media company Ludwig helped shape his early practice. He has since developed a substantial multidisciplinary independent practice, with work presented through Sydney Festival, RISING and Vivid Sydney, alongside international presentations. His choreography has been recognised with a West Australian Dance Award for Best Choreography, while his performing career has received several national and international honours, including the 2015 Helpmann Award for Best Male Dancer. Grounded in dance, Mortimer Eipper brings a distinctive physical and visual language to movement, image and space.

Together, Yap and Mortimer Eipper have created numerous works, including the critically acclaimed ‘Grey Rhino’, a large-scale dance-theatre work produced by Performing Lines and presented at Sydney Festival in 2022. Their collaborative practice brings together their complementary experience across performance, choreography, movement direction and multidisciplinary creative development.